Ebook: Advances in Wireless Communications

Advances in Wireless Communications covers a broad range of topics in the field of wireless communications, with chapters describing state-of-the-art solutions along with basic theoretical studies in information and communications theory. Thus, the book offers a far-reaching panorama of this exciting field.
Contributions have been grouped into six areas. Many of the topics cut across all the protocol layers. In fact, as challenging as the more standard communication theory related problems are, it is the multifaceted and multilayer system problems of wireless and mobile communications that offer the most significant opportunities for breakthroughs.
Advances in Wireless Communications offers an abundance of stimulating ideas and presents state-of-the-art technologies relevant to wireless communications. This book furthers the understanding of this exciting and fast-growing field, and the material presented is useful to students and researchers in their own search for new and better solutions towards the realization of the wireless information age. The book may also be used as a text for advanced courses on the topic.

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Advances in Wireless Communications covers a broad range of topics in the field of wireless communications, with chapters describing state-of-the-art solutions along with basic theoretical studies in information and communications theory. Thus, the book offers a far-reaching panorama of this exciting field.
Contributions have been grouped into six areas. Many of the topics cut across all the protocol layers. In fact, as challenging as the more standard communication theory related problems are, it is the multifaceted and multilayer system problems of wireless and mobile communications that offer the most significant opportunities for breakthroughs.
Advances in Wireless Communications offers an abundance of stimulating ideas and presents state-of-the-art technologies relevant to wireless communications. This book furthers the understanding of this exciting and fast-growing field, and the material presented is useful to students and researchers in their own search for new and better solutions towards the realization of the wireless information age. The book may also be used as a text for advanced courses on the topic.

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Advances in Wireless Communications covers a broad range of topics in the field of wireless communications, with chapters describing state-of-the-art solutions along with basic theoretical studies in information and communications theory. Thus, the book offers a far-reaching panorama of this exciting field.
Contributions have been grouped into six areas. Many of the topics cut across all the protocol layers. In fact, as challenging as the more standard communication theory related problems are, it is the multifaceted and multilayer system problems of wireless and mobile communications that offer the most significant opportunities for breakthroughs.
Advances in Wireless Communications offers an abundance of stimulating ideas and presents state-of-the-art technologies relevant to wireless communications. This book furthers the understanding of this exciting and fast-growing field, and the material presented is useful to students and researchers in their own search for new and better solutions towards the realization of the wireless information age. The book may also be used as a text for advanced courses on the topic.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Mobile Communications: Theories, Data, and Potential Impacts a Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. National Surveys....Pages 1-19
The On The Move Project: Description of Mobile Middleware and Experimental Results....Pages 21-35
Information-providing Mechanism Combining Broadcast and On-demand Modes in Mobile Computing Environments....Pages 37-51
Wireless ATM - Multimedia Service Platform....Pages 53-73
Design and Performance of Radio Access Protocols in WATMnet, A Prototype Wireless ATM Network....Pages 75-92
A Distributed Media Access Control for Wireless ATM Environments....Pages 93-108
On Demand Assignment with Centralized Scheduling: A Novel MAC Protocol for Wireless ATM Access Networks....Pages 109-122
Location Management in Wireless ATM Networks....Pages 123-140
Phone Number Translation Delay in PCS Systems with ATM Backbones....Pages 141-155
Supporting QOS Controlled Handoff in Mobiware....Pages 157-169
Bandwidth Allocation in Fixed Broadband Wireless Networks....Pages 171-185
A Novel Distributed Power Control Algorithm for Classes of Service in Cellular CDMA Networks....Pages 187-202
Fast Power Control in Cellular Networks Based on Short-term Correlation of Rayleigh Fading....Pages 203-217
A Short Look on Power Saving Mechanisms in the Wireless LAN Standard IEEE 802.11....Pages 219-226
Energy Management in Wireless Communications....Pages 227-240
An Access Scheme for High Speed Packet Data Service on IS-95 Based CDMA....Pages 241-251
Capacity When Using Diversity at Transmit and Receive Sites and the Rayleigh-faded Matrix Channel is Unknown at the Transmitter....Pages 253-267
On the Performance of a Medium Access Control Scheme for the Reconfigurable Wireless Networks....Pages 269-284
Coding and Networking Techniques for Radio Networks....Pages 285-299
Multilevel Channel Assignment (MCA): A Performance Analysis....Pages 301-311
Estimating the Cell Radius from Signal Strength Measurements....Pages 313-328
Statistical Model of Spatially Correlated Shadow-fading Patterns in Wireless Systems....Pages 329-336
A Model for WWW and RPC Traffic in a Wireless Access Network....Pages 337-344
Optimal Paging Over Imperfect Wireless Links....Pages 345-358
Locating Mobile Stations with Non-line-of-sight Measurements....Pages 359-377
Back Matter....Pages 379-382

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Advances in Wireless Communications covers a broad range of topics in the field of wireless communications, with chapters describing state-of-the-art solutions along with basic theoretical studies in information and communications theory. Thus, the book offers a far-reaching panorama of this exciting field.
Contributions have been grouped into six areas. Many of the topics cut across all the protocol layers. In fact, as challenging as the more standard communication theory related problems are, it is the multifaceted and multilayer system problems of wireless and mobile communications that offer the most significant opportunities for breakthroughs.
Advances in Wireless Communications offers an abundance of stimulating ideas and presents state-of-the-art technologies relevant to wireless communications. This book furthers the understanding of this exciting and fast-growing field, and the material presented is useful to students and researchers in their own search for new and better solutions towards the realization of the wireless information age. The book may also be used as a text for advanced courses on the topic.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Mobile Communications: Theories, Data, and Potential Impacts a Longitudinal Analysis of U.S. National Surveys....Pages 1-19
The On The Move Project: Description of Mobile Middleware and Experimental Results....Pages 21-35
Information-providing Mechanism Combining Broadcast and On-demand Modes in Mobile Computing Environments....Pages 37-51
Wireless ATM - Multimedia Service Platform....Pages 53-73
Design and Performance of Radio Access Protocols in WATMnet, A Prototype Wireless ATM Network....Pages 75-92
A Distributed Media Access Control for Wireless ATM Environments....Pages 93-108
On Demand Assignment with Centralized Scheduling: A Novel MAC Protocol for Wireless ATM Access Networks....Pages 109-122
Location Management in Wireless ATM Networks....Pages 123-140
Phone Number Translation Delay in PCS Systems with ATM Backbones....Pages 141-155
Supporting QOS Controlled Handoff in Mobiware....Pages 157-169
Bandwidth Allocation in Fixed Broadband Wireless Networks....Pages 171-185
A Novel Distributed Power Control Algorithm for Classes of Service in Cellular CDMA Networks....Pages 187-202
Fast Power Control in Cellular Networks Based on Short-term Correlation of Rayleigh Fading....Pages 203-217
A Short Look on Power Saving Mechanisms in the Wireless LAN Standard IEEE 802.11....Pages 219-226
Energy Management in Wireless Communications....Pages 227-240
An Access Scheme for High Speed Packet Data Service on IS-95 Based CDMA....Pages 241-251
Capacity When Using Diversity at Transmit and Receive Sites and the Rayleigh-faded Matrix Channel is Unknown at the Transmitter....Pages 253-267
On the Performance of a Medium Access Control Scheme for the Reconfigurable Wireless Networks....Pages 269-284
Coding and Networking Techniques for Radio Networks....Pages 285-299
Multilevel Channel Assignment (MCA): A Performance Analysis....Pages 301-311
Estimating the Cell Radius from Signal Strength Measurements....Pages 313-328
Statistical Model of Spatially Correlated Shadow-fading Patterns in Wireless Systems....Pages 329-336
A Model for WWW and RPC Traffic in a Wireless Access Network....Pages 337-344
Optimal Paging Over Imperfect Wireless Links....Pages 345-358
Locating Mobile Stations with Non-line-of-sight Measurements....Pages 359-377
Back Matter....Pages 379-382
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