Wireless Communications and Networks : 3G and Beyond Iti Saha Misra

The need to share data, images, videos etc., marked the revolutionary development of the field of wireless communications. The book, Wireless Communications and Networks, 3G and beyond, covers the technology at the essence of voice and information communications. The focus of the revision has been to exhaustively discuss the physical layer to help understand the network layer of communication better.
Salient features

Fundamental concepts presented lucidly through numerous illustration and examples.
State of the art 3G technologies and beyond captured within the content.
Expanded coverage of Cellular mobile wireless networks with handoff processes, priority handoff model etc.
Table of Contents

1. Introduction to Wireless Communications and Networks
2. Evolution of Modern Mobile Wireless Communication Systems
3. Cellular Mobile Wireless Networks: Systems and Design Fundamentals
4. Characteristics of Wireless Channels and Propagation Path Loss Models
5. Digital Modulations for Wireless Communications
6. Equalization, Diversity and Coding for Fading Channels: The Receiver Techniques
7. Multiple Access Techniques in Wireless Communications
8. Second-Generation Mobile Networks GSM, Architecture and Protocols
9. 2.5G Networks the General Packet Radio Services GPRS
10. Overview of CDMA Based IS-95 2G Cellular Networks
11. 3G the Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS)
12. Overview of Internet Protocol and Mobile Internet Protocol
13. Mobility Management Issues Role of IP on Wireless Networks
14. Fundamentals of Wireless Local Area Networks
15. Cellular and WLAN Integration, Heterogeneous Network Architecture, Step Towards 4G Networks
16. Overview of WiMAX Technologies, Broadband Wireless Communication