Wireless Networks (3^rd Ed.)

Completely updated throughout, Wireless Networks, Third Edition explains how to design, manage, and optimize high-performance wireless networks. This professional resource offers industry-proven advice on how to successfully integrate LTE, WiMAX, WCDMA/HSPA, CDMA2000/EVDO, and TD-SCDMA into existing cellular/PCS networks. The book provides an introduction to key standards and protocols and compares different wireless technologies and their applications, covering critical issues of compatibility, internetworking, and voice/data convergence.

Includes new chapters on LTE, WiMAX, and backhaul

Major revamp to the Core Network chapter

New and expanded material on network design considerations, high-speed packet access, MIMO, HSDPA/HSUPA, femtocells, cloud devices, location-based services, and more

Updated standards for implementing wireless local area network computer communication (IEEE 802.11)