Preface vii
CHAPTER 1 Introduction 1
1.1 Wireless Comes of Age 2
1.2 The Cellular Revolution 3
1.3 The Global Cellular Network 4
1.4 Broadband 4
1.5 The Trouble with Wireless 5
1.6 Outline of the Book 5
1.7 Internet and Web Resources 8
PART ONE TECHNICAL BACKGROUND 11
CHAPTER 2 Transmission Fundamentals 11
2.1 Signals for Conveying Information 12
2.2 Analog and Digital Data Transmission 20
2.3 Channel Capacity 24
2.4 Transmission Media 28
2.5 Multiplexing 34
2.6 Recommended Reading 38
2.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 39
Appendix 2A Decibels and Signal Strength 41
CHAPTER 3 Communication Networks 45
3.1 LANs, MANs, and WANs 46
3.2 Switching Techniques 48
3.3 Circuit-Switching 49
3.4 Packet-Switching 53
3.5 Asynchronous Transfer Mode 59
3.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 68
3.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 68
CHAPTER 4 Protocols and the TCP/IP Suite 71
4.1 The Need for a Protocol Architecture 72
4.2 The TCP/IP Protocol Architecture 73
4.3 The OSI Protocol Architecture 77
4.4 Internetworking 82
4.5 Recommended Reading 88
4.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 88
Appendix 4A Internet Protocol 90
Appendix 4B Transmission Control Protocol 93
Appendix 4C User Datagram Protocol 97
PART TWO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY 99
CHAPTER 5 Antennas and Propagation 99
5.1 Antennas 100
5.2 Propagation Modes 105
5.3 Line-of-Sight Transmission 110
5.4 Fading in the Mobile Environment 118
5.5 Recommended Reading 127
5.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 127
CHAPTER 6 Signal Encoding Techniques 131
6.1 Signal Encoding Criteria 133
6.2 Digital Data, Analog Signals 135
6.3 Analog Data, Analog Signals 147
6.4 Analog Data, Digital Signals 153
6.5 Recommended Reading 160
6.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 161
Appendix 6A Proof of the Sampling Theorem 163
CHAPTER 7 Spread Spectrum 167
7.1 The Concept of Spread Spectrum 168
7.2 Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum 169
7.3 Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum 175
7.4 Code-Division Multiple Access 180
7.5 Generation of Spreading Sequences 184
7.6 Recommended Reading 196
7.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 197
CHAPTER 8 Coding and Error Control 203
8.1 Error Detection 204
8.2 Block Error Correction Codes 213
8.3 Convolutional Codes 232
8.4 Automatic Repeat Request 240
8.5 Recommended Reading 247
8.6 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 248
PART THREE WIRELESS NETWORKING 255
CHAPTER 9 Satellite Communications 255
9.1 Satellite Parameters and Configurations 256
9.2 Capacity Allocation--Frequency Division 269
9.3 Capacity Allocation--Time Division 276
9.4 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 281
9.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 282
CHAPTER 10 Cellular Wireless Networks 283
10.1 Principles of Cellular Networks 284
10.2 First Generation Analog 303
10.3 Second Generation TDMA 305
10.4 Second Generation CDMA 320
10.5 Third Generation Systems 329
10.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 333
10.7 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 335
CHAPTER 11 Cordless Systems and Wireless Local Loop 339
11.1 Cordless Systems 340
11.2 Wireless Local Loop 354
11.3 IEEE 802.16 Fixed Broadband Wireless Access Standard 366
11.4 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 380
11.5 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 381
Appendix 11A Linear Predictive Filters 382
CHAPTER 12 Mobile IP and Wireless Access Protocol 385
12.1 Mobile IP 386
12.2 Wireless Application Protocol 400
12.3 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 423
12.4 Key Terms, Review Questions, and Problems 424
Appendix 12A Internet Control Message Protocol 425
Appendix 12B Message Authentication 429
Appendix 12C Service Primitives and Parameters 431
PART FOUR WIRELESS LANS 433
CHAPTER 13 Wireless LAN Technology 433
13.1 Overview 434
13.2 Infrared LANs 442
13.3 Spread Spectrum LANs 445
13.4 Narrowband Microwave LANs 446
13.5 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 447
13.6 Key Terms and Review Questions 447
CHAPTER 14 IEEE 802.11 Wireless LAN Standard 449
14.1 IEEE 802 Protocol Architecture 450
14.2 IEEE 802.11 Architecture and Services 457
14.3 IEEE 802.11 Medium Access Control 462
14.4 IEEE 802.11 Physical Layer 473
14.5 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 477
14.6 Key Terms and Review Questions 477
CHAPTER 15 Bluetooth 479
15.1 Overview 480
15.2 Radio Specification 488
15.3 Baseband Specification 490
15.4 Link Manager Specification 509
15.5 Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol 513
15.6 Recommended Reading and Web Sites 519
15.7 Key Terms and Review Questions 520
APPENDICES
APPENDIX A Standards and Standard-Setting Organizations 521
A.1 The Importance of Standards 521
A.2 Standards and Regulation 522
A.3 The International Telecommunications Union 523
A.4 Internet Standards and the Internet Society 525
A.5 IEEE 802 Standards 527
APPENDIX B Traffic Analysis 531
B.1 Basic Traffic Concepts 531
B.2 Multiserver Models 533
B.3 Recommended Reading 539
APPENDIX C Fourier Analysis 541
C.1 Fourier Series Representation of Periodic Signals 541
C.2 Fourier Transform Representation of Aperiodic Signals 543
C.3 Recommended Reading 545
APPENDIX D Data Link Control Protocols 547
D.1 High-Level Data Link Control 547
GLOSSARY 555
REFERENCES 563
INDEX 569