Wireless Communications -

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Résumé :
emWireless Communications: Future Directions/em focuses on the long-term future of wireless communications. Presently, wireless information networks are recognized as key ingredients in the information services of the next century. industry, government, academia, and the financial community all display intense interest in the subject. The contributions presented in this book address the long-term needs of this rapidly advancing field. Beginning with sections on Standards and Systems Issues, emWireless/em emCommunications/em then presents sections covering Alternative Approaches and New Traffic Approaches. This is followed by a section on Dynamic Channel Allocation. The book concludes with a section on PCN, Multimedia and CDMA. emWireless Communications/em is an excellent reference for anyone interested in the subject, and may be used as a text for advanced courses on the topic.

Sommaire:
I. Standards, Systems, Updates.- 1. Architecture and Access Method Analysis for Integrated Voice-Data Short-Reach Radio Systems.- 2. Development of a Digital Cellular System Based on the Japanese Standard.- 3. Pan-European Project for Third Generation Wireless Communications.- II. Systems Issues.- 4. The Use of SS7 and GSM to Support High Density Personal Communications.- 5. A Microkernel for Mobile Networks.- 6. Querying Locations in Wireless Environments.- III. Alternate Approaches.- 7. Design of High-Speed Wireless Links Using Non-Directional Infrared Radiation.- 8. On the Capacity of Time-Space Switched Cellular Radio Link Systems for Metropolitan Area Networks.- 9. Network Contention Issues in the Design of Very Large Meteor Scatter Networks for Vehicle Tracking and Communication.- IV. New Traffic Approaches.- 10. Teletraffic Models for Urban and Suburban Microcells: Cell Sizes and Handoff Rates.- 11. Communications Traffic Performance for Cellular Systems with Mixed Platform Types.- 12. Traffic Analysis of Co-Channel Interference in TDMA Personal Communications Systems: Theoretical Framework.- V. Dynamic Channel Allocation.- 13. Distributed Dynamic Channel Allocation Algorithms for Microcellular Systems.- 14. Adaptive Channel Allocation in Cellular Networks with Multi-User Platforms.- 15. Asymptotic Bounds on the Performance of a Class of Dynamic Channel Assignment Algorithms.- 16. On the Maximum Capacity of Power Controlled Cellular Networks.- VI. PCN, Multimedia, CDMA.- 17. Multimedia Personal Communication Networks (PCN): System Design Issues.- 18. Multiple Access Options for Multi-Media Wireless Systems.- 19. Optimal Code Rates for CDMA Packet Communications with Convolutional Coding.