TY - BOOK AU - Bedell,Paul TI - Wireless crash course SN - 0070484007 AV - TK5103.2 .B43 2001 U1 - 621.384 PY - 2001/// CY - New York, New Delhi PB - McGraw-Hill, Tata McGraw-Hill KW - Wireless communication systems N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; Cellular Radio History and Development -- Definition of Cellular Radio: The Cellular Concept -- Cellular System Objectives -- AMPS: The American Cellular Standard -- AMPS Technical Specifications -- The Cellular Market Structure: MSAs and RSAs -- The "A" Carrier and "B" Carrier Designations -- Initial Cellular Licensing -- Basic Wireless Network Design and Operation -- Frequency Reuse and Planning -- Distance-to-Reuse Ratio -- Call-Handoff -- Maps Used in Wireless System Design -- The Hexagon Grid -- Fundamental Wireless System Components -- The Mobile Phone -- The Cell Base Station -- The Backhaul Network -- The Mobile Switching Center (MSC) -- Interconnection to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and the Internet -- POP Counts -- The Cell Base Station -- Criteria and Methods for Cell Placement -- Selecting Cell Base Station Locations -- Cell Base Station Deployment -- Base Station Shelters -- Cells on Wheels (COWs) -- Enhancers -- Microcells -- Picocells and Nanocells -- Radio Frequency Operation and Technologies -- Signal Fading and Degradation -- Ducting -- Absorption -- Free-Space Loss -- Multipath (Rayleigh) Fading -- Wireless Frequency Bands -- In-Building Coverage -- Frequency Coordination -- System Interference -- Cochannel Interference -- Adjacent-Channel Interference -- Intermodulation Interference (IM) -- Radio Frequency Channelization -- Paired Channels -- Channel Spacing -- Control Channels -- Bluetooth -- Ultra-Wideband Wireless (UWB) -- UWB Drivers -- Software-Defined Radio (SDR); ETE UR - http://www.worldcat.org/title/wireless-crash-course/oclc/45630159&referer=brief_results ER -