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(More customer reviews)I was looking for a book on WiMax as a reference for designing WiMax radios. Trying to understand WiMax by reading the IEEE 802.16, 16e standards is difficult. The original 802.16-2004 standard was organized in a convoluted way. On top of that there were numerous errors, even in the mathematical formula and the critical system parameters. 16e was written as a errata and addendum to .16. Given the amount of major changes required by .16e, this format of a .16+.16e makes it almost impossible to read to gain engineering understanding. I was looking for a book that could untangle this mess and present the information in .16+.16e in a linear and logical way, if not the MAC, at least the PHYs. The Andrews book does not serve this purpose. Most of the technical details of the WiMax system are missing. For example, a WiMax radio starts with transmitting or receiving the preambles. There are hundreds of preambles in WiMax. I would expect the book to describe all these preambles for reference. It would be even better, if there are insights into the mathematical properties of these preambles for the receiver design. If you agree with my statement, just let me say that the Andrews book contains none of the details the preambles beyond saying WiMax has something called preamble. Of the limited amount of PHY details the book did contain, there are critical errors. For example, the book seems to suggest that the downlink PUSC subchannels consist of two chunks of contiguous OFDM subcarriers of 14 each. According to the 802.16/16e, the 28 subcarriers in a subchannel are scattered. For the lack of details, I feel this book serves poorly as an engineering design reference. It also serves poorly as a guide to untangle the material in IEE802.16/16e due to the lack of details and the critical errors.
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Fundamentals of WiMAX: Understanding Broadband Wireless NetworkingThis is the eBook version of the printed book. Praise for Fundamentals of WiMAX "Thisbook is one of the most comprehensive books I have reviewed ... it is amust-read for engineers and students planning to remain current or whoplan to pursue a career in telecommunications. I have reviewed otherpublications on WiMAX and have been disappointed. This book isrefreshing in that it is clear that the authors have the in-depthtechnical knowledge and communications skills to deliver a logicallylaid out publication that has substance to it."
–Ron Resnick, President, WiMAX Forum
"Thisis the first book with a great introductory treatment of WiMAXtechnology. It should be essential reading for all engineers involvedin WiMAX. The high-level overview is very useful for those withnon-technical background. The introductory sections for OFDM and MIMOtechnologies are very useful for those with implementation backgroundand some knowledge of communication theory. The chapters coveringphysical and MAC layers are at the appropriate level of detail. Inshort, I recommend this book to systems engineers and designers atdifferent layers of the protocol, deployment engineers, and evenstudents who are interested in practical applications of communicationtheory."
–Siavash M. Alamouti, Chief Technology Officer, Mobility Group, Intel
"This is a very well-written, easy-to-follow, and comprehensive treatment of WiMAX. It should be of great interest."
–Dr. Reinaldo Valenzuela, Director of Wireless Research, Bell Labs
"Fundamentals of WiMAXis a comprehensive guide to WiMAX from both industry and academicviewpoints, which is an unusual accomplishment. I recommend it toanyone who is curious about this exciting new standard."
–Dr. Teresa Meng, Professor, Stanford University, Founder and Director, Atheros Communications
"Andrews,Ghosh, and Muhamed have provided a clear, concise, and well-writtentext on 802.16e/WiMAX. The book provides both the breadth and depth tomake sense of the highly complicated 802.16e standard. I wouldrecommend this book to both development engineers and technicalmanagers who want an understating of WiMAX and insight into 4G modemsin general."
–Paul Struhsaker, VP ofEngineering, Chipset platforms, Motorola Mobile Device Business Unit,former vice chair of IEEE 802.16 working group
"Fundamentals of WiMAXis written in an easy-to-understand tutorial fashion. The chapter onmultiple antenna techniques is a very clear summary of this importanttechnology and nicely organizes the vast number of different proposedtechniques into a simple-to-understand framework."
–Dr. Ender Ayanoglu, Professor, University of California, Irvine, Editor-in-Chief, IEEE Transactions on Communications
"Fundamentals of WiMAXis a comprehensive examination of the 802.16/WiMAX standard anddiscusses how to design, develop, and deploy equipment for thiswireless communication standard. It provides both insightful overviewsfor those wanting to know what WiMAX is about and comprehensive,in-depth chapters on technical details of the standard, including thecoding and modulation, signal processing methods, Multiple-InputMultiple-Output (MIMO) channels, medium access control, mobilityissues, link-layer performance, and system-level performance."
–Dr. Mark C. Reed, Principal Researcher, National ICT Australia, Adjunct Associate Professor, Australian National University
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