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9780321123817

Mobile Communications

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  • ISBN13:

    9780321123817

  • ISBN10:

    0321123816

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2003-08-07
  • Publisher: Addison-Wesley

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Summary

This book takes a non-mathematical, computer science approach to the introduce the field of mobile communications. A wide range of examples is combined with a strong pedagogy making the book perfect for self-study. This book explains the most current developments in mobile communications in both research and industry in a well-structured context with a detailed technical background. An up-to-date idea of the mobile/wireless communications field is provided throughout the text. People interested in learning about mobile communications from a computer scientist's perspective.

Author Biography

Jochen H. Schiller

received his Master¿s and PhD degrees in computer science from the University of Karlsruhe, Germany, in 1993 and 1996, respectively. In 1996 -1997 he was a DFG postdoctoral research fellow at the Department of Computer Systems, Uppsala University, Sweden. Between June 1997 and April 2001 he was researcher at the Institute of Telematics, University of Karlsruhe. In September 1999, he was appointed Associate Professor attached to the École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS), Université du Québec, Canada. Between April 2000 and July 2000 he was Chair of Distributed Systems, Christian-Albrechts-University, Kiel, Germany, In February 2001 he received his habilitation on the topic "Quality of Service Aspects in Mobile Communication Systems". Since April 2001 he is Full Professor, Chair of Computer Systems & Telematics, Institute of Computer Science, Freie Universit¿t Berlin, Germany. He co-authored many articles and several book chapters on mobile and wireless networks, quality of service aspects and security issues.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Wireless transmission
Medium access control
Telecommunications systems
Satellite systems
Broadcast systems
Wireless LAN
Mobile network layer
Mobile transport layer
Support for mobility
Outlook
Acronyms
Glossary
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