Here’s the perfect resource for professionals and students to gain an up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest wireless breakthroughs and technologies—along with priceless “real world” insight into their business applications and implementations.

Covering 2G, 2.5G, and 3G technologies at all tiers, from handsets to carriers, the Encyclopedia of Wireless Telecommunications offers a wide range of clear, concise, easy-to-read articles that make sense of constantly changing terminology and confusing acronyms. The author, an internationally recognized expert, goes beyond theory and definitions and links technical terms with markets and applications to address the nuts-and-bolts, dollars-and-cents issues surrounding wireless. There is no easier, faster, or more convenient way to keep up with the fast-moving world of wireless telecommunications.

Complete with detailed “how to” sidebars for developers, this “A-Z” sourcebook includes practical, plain-English articles on:
* Architectures
* Devices and handsets
* Free Space communications technology
* Globalization
* Infrastructure
* LAN technologies
* Local communication technologies (Bluetooth, Piano, IrDA, etc.)
* Principles of radio and light
* Services and products
* Standards and protocols
* and much more

Service providers, software developers, systems architects, network managers, and sales and marketing personnel will find they can consult this easy-access reference with confidence when they encounter an unfamiliar concept or have to get up to speed in a hurry on any wireless topic.

Contents        

     Preface
   NUMERALS
    IG (First-Generation) Networks
    2G (Second-Generation) Networks
    2.5G Networks
    3G (Third Generation)
    2-Tier
    3-Tier
    Data Rates and Capacities
    Display Technology
    Frequencies
    Miscvellaneous
    Significant Years/Dates
    Symbols and Common Syntax
   A
    Access
    Applications
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   B
    Base Station Controller
    Billing
    Bluetooth
    Broker
    BSS Protocols
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   C
    cdmaOne
    Cdma2000
    Charge Mechanisms
    Classification of GPRS Handsets
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   D
    D-AMPS
    Data
    DCT
    Digital Multimedia
    Discovery (Jini)
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   E
    E-business
    EDGE (Enhanced Data Rate for GSM Revolution)
    EGPRS (Enhanced General Packet Radio Service)
    EVRC (Enhanced Variable-Rate Codec)
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   F
    FDD (Frequency Division Duplexing)
    Fiber Channel
    Firewall
    FMA (FRAMES Multiple Access)
    Fraud
    Frequency
    Frequency Hopping
    Computer/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronymns
   G
    GPRS
    GPS (Global Positioning System)
    Graphics
    GSM
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   H
    Handovers
    HSCSD
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   I
    I-Mode
    Internet
    IP Address
    IP Mobile Networks
    ISDN
    Computers/Software
    Miscellaneous
    Acronyms
   J
    Java
    JavaBeans
    JavaScript
    JavaSpaces
    Jini
  &n