| Edition |
3rd ed |
| Description |
xxii,501 p. : ills. ; 24 cm. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction to wireless communications -- 2. Wireless data transmission -- 3. Radio frequency communications -- 4. How antennas work -- 5. Wireless personal area networks -- 6. High-rate wireless personal area networks -- 7. Low- speed wireless local area networks -- 8. High-speed WLANs and WLAN security -- 9. Wirelessmetropolitan area networks -- 10. Wireless wide area networks -- 11. Radio frequency identification and near-field communication -- 12. Wireless communications in business. |
| Summary |
"This text covers the fundamentals of wireless communications and provides an overview of protocols,transmission methods, and IEEE standards. This book also examines the broad range of wireless communications technologies available beginning with the basics of radio frequency and wireless data transmission and progressing to the protocols and mechanisms that every wireless network technician should understand. Key topics cover several technologies for Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMANs), and Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) giving an overview of the most current cellular and satellite communications."--Back cove |
| Subject |
Wireless communication systems
|
| ISBN |
9781111307318 |
|
1111307318 |
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