MIMO: From Theory to Implementation Review

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(More customer reviews)It is not clear from the book description, but this book is certainly not for the beginner in the field of MIMO. It assumes a strong background in DSP, mathematics, and basic understanding of MIMO. In other words, this is an industry book for experts. The book does a great job of covering the basics of MIMO, delving into the advantages of the encoding technique and its evolution over the years. Common MIMO measurements and challenges are discussed thoroughly, and one seeking additional enlightenment can find a huge index of papers and books to which he can refer for further information.
The authors also discuss very specific implementation challenges in addition to the theory, including 802.11N, LTE, and WiMax.
If you are in the industry and want a single book with just about everything you need to know on today's challenges in WiMax, I highly recommend this book. If you are just curious or new, you might want to look elsewhere.

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Foreword from Arogyaswami Paulraj, Professor (Emeritus), Stanford University (USA)

* The first book to show how MIMO principles can be implemented in today's mobile broadband networks and components

* Explains and solves some of the practical difficulties that arise in designing and implementing MIMO systems.

* Both theory and implementation sections are written in the context of the most recent standards: IEEE 802.11n (WiFi); IEEE 802.16 (WIMAX); 4G networks (3GPP/3GPP2, LTE).

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4G Roadmap and Emerging Communication Technologies (Universal Personal Communications) Review

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(More customer reviews)Kim and Prasad's contribution to 4G is to explain it in sufficient detail that you can usefully consider possible future applications. You might be working for an existing cellphone provider, for example. Or you might be an individual or company looking to get into the service business for 4G.
4G is essentially a network of networks. It is still a somewhat hazy view of where to go, beyond the current 2G and 3G deployments. Seamless nomadic usage and ubiquitous access are key characteristics. Along with bandwidth of 50-100 Mbps. All by 2010, at least in Asia, by one schedule. While another schedule has this deployed in Europe by 2015. The reader will be struck by the US being at some later unspecified date. While you may be used to the US leading in other technological fields, in the wireless sphere, it is an also-ran by a wide margin.
Mobile IP is suggested by the text as one of the needed technologies. The discussion reveals that it runs best using IPv6, not the current IPv4. Using it under IPv4 is very cumbersome. If you have been following IPv6, you might think its deployment has been slow. A large demand for Mobile IP could be one of the key drivers for an accelerated rollout. (Finally!)
The book suggests that Digital Rights Management will be an important consideration for 4G; more so than under 3G. Its take on DRM is brief. What it does not say is that DRM is intrinsically very hard. Some companies, like music publishers, might have to use DRM to protect their assets on the new phones. But if you are considering a new 4G business to be in, perhaps look for something that does not depend on DRM. A service approach, like multiplayer games. Where the entire issue of DRM is moot.
For SMS and MMS, there could have been more discussion of the problems of spam and phishing. Spam already exists as a considerable problem in SMS in China. While, in general, if MMS takes off, its ability to show images and hyperlinks means it becomes an HTML equivalent. Which increases the attraction of spam and phishing.

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Unlike 3G (third generation), which is a specific standard for mobile communications, 4G (fourth generation) is a broad spectrum of communications standards and technologies that are constantly undergoing revision and enhancement. This book provides a solid, up-to-the-minute and multifaceted look at the 4G suite of standards, services, and technologies. It explains how wired and wireless network technology, telecommunications and Web services, IP (Internet Protocol), and consumer electronics are converging to create 4G. The book examines the current telecommunications marketplace, where consumer demand is driving the market for 4G applications and services. Professionals find coverage of important 4G concepts like the Adaptive Global-Net (AGN), the key technologies enabling 4G, the architecture of 4G networks, and the design challenges in developing 4G devices.

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WiMAX Crash Course Review

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(More customer reviews)I never wrote any review before. But after reading this book, I feel like writing one to warn other potential buyers against buying this book. I think the author has good marketing sense for himself. He sensed that there is a market for a wimax book and he went ahead writing one, although he doesn't really has the insight/expertise on wimax to deliver a good one. He also cleverly positioned this book as more on Wimax business than technology. I guessed I fell into the trap and bought this book, only to be disppointed by it. The author wrote many crash course books on other topics. I would take it as evidence in support of my judgment above: he is not a real expert on any of these topics (how can one be an expert of so many topics?), but is good at pushing out books that people may be interested in.
As an example: this book has 339 pages, of which 102 pages are acronyms, glossary, and index. Another 95 pages are list of companies in the wimax forum and what these companies do. Can you image - about 60% of the book requires no/mimimal insight/expertise to write.

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Mobile WiMAX: A Systems Approach to Understanding IEEE 802.16m Radio Access Technology Review

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(More customer reviews)This is a textbook and it seems to me that it's meant to be used in a classroom environment. That being said, it's not as dry as many that I had when I was in school.
After the preface and introduction the book launches into sixteen and a third pages of abbreviations and you need to spend some time with these pages as the abbreviations are used throughout the book.
There are twelve chapters here: Chapter 1: Introduction to Mobile Broadband Wireless Access. Chapter 2: WiMax Network Architecture. Chapter 3: IEEE 802.16m Reference Model and Protocol Structure. Chapter 4: IEEE 802.16m System Operation and State Diagrams. Chapter 5: The IEEE 802.16m Convergence Sub-Layer. Chapter 6: The IEEE 802.16m Medium Access Control Common Part Sub-layer Part 1 and Chapter 7 is Part 2. Chapter 8: The IEEE 802.16m Security Sub-Layer. Chapter 9: The IEEE 802.16m Physical Layer Part 1 and Chapter 10 is Part 2. Chapter 11: Multi-Carrier Operation. And lastly Chapter 12: Performance of IEEE 802.16m and 3GPP LTE-Advanced.
There you have it, a list of the chapters in this book. I'm no expert, not even a novice. I got this book for my nerdy brother who eats this stuff up. But I agreed to review the book and I sincerely hope that if you're interested in it, that the information I gave you above will help you.

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Presenting the new IEEE 802.16m standard, this is the first book to take a systematic, top-down approach to describing Mobile WiMAX and its next generation, giving detailed algorithmic descriptions together with explanations of the principles behind the operation of individual air-interface protocols and network components.

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A systematic and detailed, top-down approach to the design of 4G cellular systems based on IEEE 802.16m and 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced technologies
A systematic approach to understanding IEEE 802.16m radio access network and mobile WiMAX network architecture and protocols
The first comprehensive technical reference on the design, development and performance evaluation of IMT-Advanced systems, including the theoretical background and design principles as well as implementation considerations

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The author, chief architect and technical lead of the IEEE 802.16m project at Intel Corporation, initiated and masterminded the development of the IEEE 802.16m standard and has been one of the leading technical drivers in its standardization process in IEEE. The author was also a leading technical contributor to the definition and development of requirements and evaluation methodology for the IMT-Advanced systems in ITU-R. Reflecting the author's 20+ years expertise and experience, the book provides an in-depth, systematic and structured technical reference for professional engineers, researchers, and graduate students working in cellular communication systems, radio air-interface technologies, cellular communications protocols, advanced radio access technologies for 4G systems, and broadband cellular standards.

A systematic and detailed, top-down approach to the design of 4G cellular systems based on IEEE 802.16m and 3GPP LTE/LTE-Advanced technologies
A systematic approach to understanding IEEE 802.16m radio access network and mobile WiMAX network architecture and protocols
The first comprehensive technical reference on the design, development and performance evaluation of IMT-Advanced systems, including the theoretical background and design principles as well as implementation considerations

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Mobile Broadcasting with WiMAX: Principles, Technology, and Applications (Focal Press Media Technology Professional Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)Usually I like to read books only to gain knowledge or to learn more about specific topics. This book got me interested because there has been recently too many articles and discussions across all sections of media covering Sprint-Nextel deal. I always wanted to know why would Time-Warner-AOL, Comcast be interested in WiMAX? What is there for them? How is it different from 3G, LTE cellular technologies? What makes it so attractive to ISP's as well as Teleco's across the globe?
The author goes in depth to cover basics and advanced topics with ease. My background is more towards IP core networking, but was able to easily understand the language used in the book. Book covers important questions like Why WiMAX; Technical details of WiMAX pertaining to broadcast; business case of WiMAX.
Details on topics such as QoS and MBS service specific to broadcast applications have been discussed at length and by giving real world examples and diagrams , author has made a great attempt to simplify a difficult subject.
Whenever there is a talk about a new technology, it is quiet important to compare it with old existing standards and its impact on society. The books covers IPTV, Microsoft TV, and WiMAX and their impact on the existing technologies.
The book covers not only the US market, but also Europe and Asia. Emphasis on differentiating it with 3G cellular networks has also been made.
Overall, I am really impressed by the book and would recommend it to readers interested in knowing about transport of multimedia content in the near future.

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Written exclusively from broadcasters perspective, Mobile Broadcasting with WiMAX will help you move ahead in the use of WiMAX technologies.Whether you are an engineer, content provider, manager, or operator and planning such services, this book helps you understand the dimensions of this new medium and integration of communication, broadcasting and Multimedia technologies. The book oulines migrating to a new generation of broadcasting which integrates the Mobile, Wireless and Fixed network domains, then gives you a complete picture on what is happening in the field.The book is divided into five parts as follows:PART I Gives an introduction to Broadband Wireless Technologies and Mobile WiMAX. Wi-Fi including 802.11a,b,n and g, WiMAX technologies with focus on Mobile WiMAX 802.16e, and provides a global overviewof deployment of Wireless broadband networks.PART-II is about Mobile Multimedia broadcasting and Mobile TV technologies, based on both cellular and broadband wireless. PART IIIcovers Resources for Mobile multimedia broadcasting and comprises of four structured chapters on Spectrum for WiMAX networks, WiMAX terrestrial broadcasting networks, client devices for WiMAX and an update of on chipsets developments. Part IV is devoted to the Network Architectures and the integration of WiMAX with other networks, both fixed and mobile. Part V deals with Software architectures and Applications which help the process of mobile multimedia broadcasting. Case studies of prominent networks are given with country specific examples.*Covers mobile broadcasting using a WiMAX network*Case studies outine successful WiMAX network implementations*Learn how to integrate an exsisting network with WiMAX

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Beyond 3G - Bringing Networks, Terminals and the Web Together: LTE, WiMAX, IMS, 4G Devices and the Mobile Web 2.0 Review

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(More customer reviews)I bought this book sometime ago because I thought that the author's previous book was well written, however I never found time to read it thoroughly.
Over past few months, I discovered that I kept going back to the book and the author's blog to look for reference (e.g. to get a better understanding on SIM card, or to calculate spectrum efficiency and cell capacity, etc.). So I decided to bring this book with me on a trip and finally read the whole book (well... almost). I have to say this is another very well written book from the author. The writing is very clear and the figures show up at where they are needed, nothing fancy, dry, or redundant. Just enough text and figures to cover the topic and I never had to re-read a section to understand the subject (like I usually do when reading a 3GPP standard).
What I liked the most about this book is that the selected areas that the author chose to dive into reflected not only his thorough understanding of the standard, but also his obvious hands-on experience. This book was not only well comprehensible, but also practical, an excellent reference to have at your desk for a wireless engineer. I look forward to read future publications from the author, either at his blog or a new book.

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Giving a sound technical introduction to 3GPP LTE and SAE, this book explains the decisions taken during standardization while also examining the likely competition for LTE such as HSPA+ and WiMAX. As well as looking at next generation network technologies, Beyond 3G - Bringing Networks, Terminals and the Web Together describes the latest mobile device developments, voice and multimedia services and the mobile web 2.0. It considers not only how the systems, devices and software work but also the reasons behind why they are designed in this particular way. How these elements strongly influence each other is discussed as well as how network capabilities, available bandwidth, mobile device capabilities and new application concepts will shape the way we communicate in the future. This book gives an end to end introduction to wireless, from mobile software architecture to core networks, making it a valuable resource for anyone working in the industry.
Examines current and next-generation network technologies such as UMTS, HSPA+, WiMAX, LTE and Wifi
Analyses and explains performance and capacity in practice as well as future capacity requirements and how they can be fulfilled
Introduces the reader to the current cellular telephony architecture and to voice over IP architectures such as SIP, IMS and TISPAN
Looks at mobile device hardware and mobile operating system evolution
Encompasses all major global wireless standards for application development and the latest state of the mobile web 2.0

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WiMAX Handbook: Building 802.16 Networks (McGraw-Hill Communications) Review

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(More customer reviews)Our investment club kept hearing about WiMAX so we did some research and came across this book. We are not "techies" and found this book to be real helpful in understanding the future implications for our investment portfolios (phone companies, cable TV companies, etc) in regardds to WiMAX.
If you have a nickel invested in a telecommunications related company, you MUST read this book. It earned our five stars rating!

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Wi-MAX is a big deal because it's cheaper, smaller, simpler and easier to use than any existing broadband option (DSL, cable, fiber, 3G wireless) – it also bypasses the existing wired infrastructure and legacy service providers (i.e. the phone and cable companies). This book provides a basic technical introduction to the IEEE standard, allowing engineers, technologists, and decision-makers to ascertain how this hugely disruptive technology is going to affect their businesses.

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Fundamentals of LTE (Prentice Hall Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I am an RF Engineer, tasked with optimizing the radio link between the phone and the tower (or in LTE terminology, the User Equipment and e-Node B). Admittedly, this is the first BOOK about LTE I have read. Without other perspective, I give it a 3 star rating because of how useful it will be to me in my role. This is a great reference text for LTE--detailed as it is--on the background considerations and ALL the possibilities and thought that went into the LTE standard, but it's really over my head! It has little information, probably quite understandably, about vendor implementation and how to solve practical issues. What I needed to learn from the book could be reduced to 50 pages instead of 383, that's why I'll keep it on my shelf as a reference text, just in case. But otherwise I've taken extensive notes, which is really all I need.
The author(s) is a good teacher; he keeps re-expressing relevant points previously covered at the appropriate time in each lesson, and gives good summaries at the end of each chapter. The book is thoroughly indexed, and the text of each chapter points the reader to where other matters are more fully explained in other chapters/sections. Though it has a very useful list of acronyms, about 10 important acronyms are not on the list (an oversight by the editors). But the book could really benefit (I could really benefit) from also having a glossary, it would be worth extending the page count to 400. I suggest others on my level take advantage of the authors pedagogical style and the book's index in the following manner: start with the summary at the end of each chapter and if you see something you want to dig into, then go into the chapter for more details or use the index to find the actual lesson. By this means you can extract the most information with the least investment of time. Not all books are written well enough to use (or trust) this method to cover the material. This one is.

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The Definitive Guide to LTE Technology
Long-Term Evolution (LTE) is the next step in the GSM evolutionary path beyond 3G technology, and it is strongly positioned to be the dominant global standard for 4G cellular networks. LTE also represents the first generation of cellular networks to be based on a flat IP architecture and is designed to seamlessly support a variety of different services, such as broadband data, voice, and multicast video. Its design incorporates many of the key innovations of digital communication, such as MIMO (multiple input multiple output) and OFDMA (orthogonal frequency division multiple access), that mandate new skills to plan, build, and deploy an LTE network.

In Fundamentals of LTE, four leading experts from academia and industry explain the technical foundations of LTE in a tutorial style— providing a comprehensive overview of the standards. Following the same approach that made their recent Fundamentals of WiMAX successful, the authors offer a complete framework for understanding and evaluating LTE.

Topics include

Cellular wireless history and evolution: Technical advances, market drivers, and foundational networking and communications technologies
Multicarrier modulation theory and practice: OFDM system design, peak-to-average power ratios, and SC-FDE solutions
Frequency Domain Multiple Access: OFDMA downlinks, SC-FDMA uplinks, resource allocation, and LTE-specific implementation
Multiple antenna techniques and tradeoffs: spatial diversity, interference cancellation, spatial multiplexing, and multiuser/networked MIMO
LTE standard overview: air interface protocol, channel structure, and physical layers
Downlink and uplink transport channel processing: channel encoding, modulation mapping, Hybrid ARQ, multi-antenna processing, and more
Physical/MAC layer procedures and scheduling: channel-aware scheduling, closed/open-loop multi-antenna processing, and more
Packet flow, radio resource, and mobility management: RLC, PDCP, RRM, and LTE radio access network mobility/handoff procedures

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From GSM to LTE: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband Review

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(More customer reviews)As the author indicates at the beginning of the book, "From GSM to LTE" provides a comprehensive overview of this evolution of modern wireless technologies, in a single concise but comprehensive format accessible to anyone with a prior background in communications theory. It is a plus that the author avoids the mathematics behind these standards, instead focusing on the "how and why" of all the technical components of GSM, GPRS/EDGE, WCDMA/UMTS, and LTE, without going into the mind-numbing detail of the actual technical standards, which are nonetheless cited for those who wish to refer to them to actually implement these technologies. The book also has chapters on IEEE 802.16 (WiMax), IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n (WLAN), and Bluetooth, but I have not yet read them.

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A new edition of Wiley's Communication Systems for the Mobile Information Society, from the same author

Wireless systems such as GSM, UMTS, LTE, WiMAX, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth offer possibilities to keep people connected while on the move. In this flood of technology, From GSM to LTE: An Introduction to Mobile Networks and Mobile Broadband enables readers to examine and understand each technology, and how to utilise several different systems for the best results. This book contains not only a technical description of the different wireless systems available today, but also explains the rationale behind the different mechanisms and implementations; not only the 'how' but also the 'why' is focused on. Thus the advantages and also limitations of each technology become apparent.

Offering a solid introduction to major global wireless standards and comparisons of the different wireless technologies and their applications, this new edition has been updated to provide the latest directions and activities in 3GPP standardization reaching up to Release 10, and importantly includes a new chapter on LTE. The new LTE chapter covers aspects such as Mobility Management and Power Optimization, Voice over LTE, and Air Interface and Radio Network.

Provides readers with an introduction to major global wireless standards and compares the different wireless technologies and their applications
The performance and capacity of each system in practice is analyzed and explained, accompanied with practical tips on how to discover the functionality of different networks
Offers approximately 25% new material, which includes a major new chapter on LTE and updates to the existing material including Release 4 BICN in relation to GSM
Questions at the end of each chapter and answers on the accompanying website (http://www.wirelessmoves.com) make this book ideal for self study or as course material

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IP Design for Mobile Networks Review

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(More customer reviews)Cisco Press has published many technical books about their products and about networking in general. But this book is a little atypical in that it seems to have far more detailed content. Also and perhaps pleasantly to some readers, the level of detail is not about an exhaustive explanation of the features of some Cisco product. You could construe this book as a timely discourse on numerous industry efforts at the intersection and integration of mobile networking (which is effectively equivalent to the use of cellphones) and the Internet.
One topic bruited about is the use of femtocells to improve cellular reach; especially inside buildings. Three methods are given - WiMax, UTMS and cdma2000. A chapter gives a detailed scrutiny of the latter.
For the Internet, there is much about IPv6. It seems far easier to handle cellphones and the movement of these via IPv6 than shoehorning the problem into IPv4. The reader might be struck by the idea that this, finally, could be what drives a large scale deployment of IPv6.
We also see that within IPv6, advances have been made. There are details of an improved next generation IPv6. Chapter 4 seems to be a key section of the book. Titled "An IP Refresher", it does not just cover the usual beginner's stuff about v4 and v6, but delves into cutting edge material.
Later portions of the book also explain how the 3G and 4G cellphone levels might evolve and tie into the Internet. The text is a useful complement to these recent offerings on 4g - IP for 4G by Wisely, and 4G Roadmap and Emerging Communication Technologies (Universal Personal Communications) by Kim.

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Space-Time Coding: Theory and Practice Review

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(More customer reviews)I learned the essence of MIMO by reading this book. It is in simple words and yet backed by math formula.

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This book covers the fundamental principles of space-time coding for wireless communications over multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels, and sets out practical coding methods for achieving the performance improvements predicted by the theory. The theory and practice sections can be used independently of each other. Written by one of the inventors of space-time block coding, this volume is ideal for a graduate student familiar with the basics of digital communications, and for engineers implementing the theory in real systems.

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WiMax Explained; System Fundamentals Review

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(More customer reviews)I needed to get up to speed on WiMax and quick. I bought a few books but this one was clearly the best. It's a straight forward "explaination" of WiMax starting with "What is WiMax" to Service Flows.
It starts with technical information that I already understood and clearly added/combined/modified technical details to develop a logical and technical explaination of what WiMax. It's at the right technical level. It stops short of all the protocol details (however many of those are existing and I know them) that bogs down a lot of technical books. There's nothing worse than pay $50 for a book and getting 20 pages of overview and then 150 of standards which I could have gotten for free online.
This book definately gave me the right technical information sprinkled with illustrations that were SIMPLE to understand. The figures are clear and relate directly to the explainations. It saved me a lot of time by getting me up to speed quick so I now have a good understanding of the WiMax system.
One more praise for this book...The index is really well done. I'm not sure what it is, but when referring back to this book for information when I'm working, I find it easily in the index. They must be doing something right. Most technical books have me just flipping through the book to find information becuase the index doesn't help get you to the specific item you need.

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This book explains the functional parts of a WiMax system and its basic operation. You will learn how WiMax can use base stations to provide high speed data connections that can be used for voice, data and video services to distances of over 30 km. The original WiMax system was designed to operate at 10-66 GHz and it had to change to offer broadband wireless access (BWA) in the 2-11 GHz frequency range. To do this, the WiMax standard includes variants (profiles) that use different combinations of radio channel types (single carrier -vs- multicarrier), modulation types, channel coding types to provide fixed, nomadic or portable services.WiMax can provide multiple types of services to the same user with different QoS levels. For example, it is possible to install a single WiMax transceiver in an office building and provide real time telephone services and best effort Internet browsing services on the same WiMax connection. To do this, WiMax was designed to mix contention based (competitive access) and contention free (polled access) to provide services which have different quality of service (QoS) levels. You will learn about WiMax protocols and how they are designed to allow for point to point (PTP), point to multipoint (PMP) and mesh networks. Operators can use the mesh configuration to allow it to link base stations without the need to install or lease interconnecting communication lines. Some of the services WiMax operators can provide include leased line, residential broadband, commercial broadband and digital television (IPTV) services.WiMax can use radio channel bandwidths that can vary from 1.25 MHz to 28 MHz and data transmission rates can exceed 155 Mbps. The types of data connections on WiMax radio channels include basic (physical connection), primary (device control), secondary (configuration) and transport (user data).You will learn about the typical range for WIMAX systems and how to extend the range of WIMAX systems through the use of directional antennas. Some of the most important topics featured include:. The Functional Parts of WiMax Systems. Basic WiMax Operation. The Types of WIMAX Services. Data Transmission Rates. WIMAX Industry Standards. WIMAX Technology Evolution. Protocols Used in WiMax. Physical and Logical Channel Types. The Different Types of WIMAX Devices. Basic Security Operation

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Mobile WiMAX: Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (Wireless Networks and Mobile Communications) Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is clear written and well structured. The authors handle the basic concepts and advanced topics with ease and comprehension. There is a fine balance between qualitative ideas and mathematical techniques behind key results. Some sections are extremely comprehensive in details which is necessary for beginners.
Very good book in this field for serious technique readers.

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The Wireless Metropolitan Area Network (WirelessMAN) is a promising Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) technology that provides high-speed, high-bandwidth efficiency and high-capacity multimedia services for both residential and enterprise applications. Mobile WiMAX: Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks examines the basic concepts, recent advances, and latest standard specifications pertinent to WirelessMANs, placing emphasis on IEEE 802.16-based WiMAX. After introducing the basics of WirelessMAN, the book addresses topics in three accessible parts. The first part focuses on radio frequency (RF), signal processing, multiple in-multiple out (MIMO) technology, and identifying challenges and possible solutions in the physical layer. An examination of protocol issues follows, including those involving medium access control (MAC), quality of service (QoS) in point-to-multi-point (PMP) and mesh networks, cross layer optimization, mobility management, handoff in heterogeneous networks, energy management, and link adaptation mechanisms. The final part considers issues regarding security, economy, and system capacity in the WiMAX.Mobile WiMAX: Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks is an important resource for those interested in understanding all aspects relevant to the technical, practical, economic, and policy issues concerning WirelessMANs. It offers comprehensive practical and technical guidance on the fundamentals and recent advances in general WirelessMAN, as well as the latest standard specifications in IEEE 802.16a/c/d/e families.

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WiMAX: Technology for Broadband Wireless Access Review

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(More customer reviews)If you have read the 802.16 standard this is not the book for you. It very closely follows its abysmal prose and its lack of clarity. You will find very few insights from the author about anything. To me, the point of writing a book about a standard should be to show how its pieces fit together, to give clear explanations on its foundations and to clarify the many obtuse parts of a several hundred page collective document. I did not find much of that in this book. Your money will be better spent buying "Fundamentals of WiMax" by Jeffrey Andrews et al.

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WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16 Standard for Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks Review

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(More customer reviews)I have read several of the so called WiMAX books out there. This is the only one that I have found useful. If you want to know how 802.16-2004 (Fixed WiMAX) actually works this is the book to buy.
Having read most of the other books this is the only book that I recommend to my colleages and customers.

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WirelessMAN: Inside the IEEE 802.16™ Standard for WirelessMetropolitan Area Networks is the perfect resource for understanding and navigating through the IEEE 802.16 standard, which serves as the basis of all WiMAX broadband wireless access systems.Written by the 802.16 Working Group's Chair, Dr. Roger B. Marks, and Vice Chair, Kenneth L. Stanwood, along with Working Group participants Carl Eklund, Subbu Ponnuswamy, and Dr. Nico J.M. van Waes, the book provides a thorough understanding of the standard from an insider's perspective not found elsewhere.Inside:• Find detailed descriptions of the medium access control (MAC) and physical layer (PHY) operation up through IEEE 802.16-2004, with an introduction to the technologies introduced in IEEE 802.16e.• See why certain design choices were made and how recenttechnological developments, real-world experience, and lessons learned from previous projects were used to make critical tradeoffs.• Get details on OFDM, OFDMA, multiple antenna systems, security,and mesh technologies.• See performance simulations and learn about current conformance and interoperability activities.• Read a summary of ongoing projects, related standards, and future extensions.WirelessMAN is a must-read for anyone wishing to understand the IEEE 802.16 standard and its operation. This book will immediately benefit designers, engineers, students, and deployment professionals who need to rapidly understand the fundamentals of the standard. The book is a self-contained companion to the standard, and no specific knowledge ofany other wireless protocols is assumed. It can be used for self-study, as a reference, or as a designer's handbook.

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IEEE 802 Wireless Systems: Protocols, Multi-Hop Mesh/Relaying, Performance and Spectrum Coexistence Review

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(More customer reviews)I purchased this book as a software engineer hoping to get a better understand of IEEE 802.11 networks operate. That information is in the book, but it's not presented as clearly as it could be and it is practically buried by other topics. Some of those other topics, such as the author's proposal for "Future Mesh Technologies", seemed out of place in a book that otherwise describes standardized technologies. I remain in search of a better book on the subject.
It seems clear that the authors have significant knowledge in the field, and they often revert to jargon and acronyms that I found impenetrable. A reader with sufficient knowledge would probably find the book more approachable. However, it is particularly egregious that some abbreviations are used without initial definitions.
Whether intentional or not, there is significant redundancy between some of the chapters. In a book that is so dense written, I found myself skimming by the end to avoid slogging through these similar-seeming paragraphs. Chapters have been written by different subsets of the authors--there are in fact more authors than get credit on the cover--and it is possible, this redundancy represents a lack of coordination among them.
Finally, the book contains a couple of real gems, like the chapter introduction that explains the chapter will conclude with "a conclusion", and a definition of "cognitive" from Wikipedia, when any dictionary would have been a better source.

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Fundamentals of WiMAX: Understanding Broadband Wireless Networking Review

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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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This 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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