Wireless Crash Course

by Paul Bedell

McGraw-Hill (ISBN: 0-07-137210-5)

Summary Table of Contents

Chapter 1 - The History of Radio Communications (1)

Chapter 2- The Cellular Market Regulatory Structure (11)

Chapter 3- Fundamental Wireless System Design and Components (17)

Chapter 4- The Cell Base Station (31)

Chapter 5- Radio-Frequency Channelization (41)

Chapter 6- Radio-Frequency Propagation (49)

Chapter 7- Wireless Communication System Towers (63)

Chapter 8- Antennas and Radio-Frequency Power (81)

Chapter 9- Base Station Equipment and Radio-Frequency Signal Flow (93)

Chapter 10- Wireless System Capacity Engineering (101)

Chapter 11- Cellular Regulatory Processes (117)

Chapter 12- Enhancers and Microcells (125)

Chapter 13- Design Tools and Testing Methods (133)

Chapter 14- The Mobile Switching Center (137)

Chapter 15- The N-AMPS Standard (143)

Chapter 16- The Fixed Network and System Connectivity (149)

Chapter 17- Microwave Radio Systems (159)

Chapter 18- Wireless Interconnection the the Public Switched Telephone Network (175)

Chapter 19- Cellular Call Processing (209)

Chapter 20 - Roaming and Intercarrier Networking (221)

Chapter 21 - Wireless Fraud (239)

Chapter 22 - Digital Wireless Technologies (253)

Chapter 23 - Personal Communication Services (273)

Chapter 24 - Wireless Data Technologies (299)

Chapter 25 - Commercial and Business Issues (323)

Chapter 26 - Enhanced Specialized Mobile Radio (337)

Chapter 27 - Satellite PCS Systems (343)

Chapter 28 - Broadband Wireless Technologies (359)

Chapter 29 - The Future of Wireless Telephony (377)

Test Question Answers (393)

Index (405)