Author: Lawrence Harte
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: network, services, technologies, operation, cdma, access, code, division, multiple, introduction
Number of Pages: 79
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1932813055
ISBN-13: 9781932813050

This book explains the basic components, technologies used, and operation of IS-95 CDMA systems. You will discover why mobile telephone service providers have upgraded from 1st generation analog systems to more efficient and feature rich 2nd generation system. You will also discover how 2nd generation systems are gradually evolving into 3rd generation broadband multimedia systems. This book starts with the system components and basic services that the IS-95 CDMA system can provide. You will learn that the key types of CDMA devices include external radio modems, wireless PCMCIA cards, embedded

Author: Lawrence Harte
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: channels, network, operation, logical, introduction, physical, gsm
Number of Pages: 110
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1932813047
ISBN-13: 9781932813043

This book explains the basic components, technologies used, and operation of GSM systems. You will discover why mobile telephone service providers have upgraded from 1st generation analog systems to more efficient and feature rich 2nd generation GSM systems. You will also discover how 2nd generation systems are gradually evolving into 3rd generation broadband multimedia systems. This book starts with the system components and basic services that the GSM system can provide. You will learn that the key types of GSM devices include single mode and dual mode mobile telephones, wireless PCMCIA card

Author: Lawrence Harte
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: access, wcdma, multiple, division, wideband, code, introduction
Number of Pages: 108
Published: 2004-08-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1932813128
ISBN-13: 9781932813128

Introduction to WCDMA explains the fundamental components, basic operation, services, and terminology used for UMTS code division multiple access (CDMA) systems. This book explains the basic components, technologies used, and operation of UMTS WCDMA systems. You will discover why mobile telephone service providers have upgraded from 2nd generation digital systems to more efficient and feature rich 3rd generation system. You will also discover how 3rd generation systems are gradually evolving into 4th generation ultra broadband multimedia systems. This book starts with the system components and

Author: Lawrence Harte
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: types, access, technologies, modulation, signals, technology, basics, wireless
Number of Pages: 52
Published: 2004-03-15
List price: $12.99
ISBN-10: 1932813039
ISBN-13: 9781932813036

Wireless Technology Basics explains the fundamentals of wireless technology and terminology. This includes how the radio frequency spectrum is divided, the basics of radio frequency transmission and modulation, antennas and radio networks. This book explains how the radio spectrum is divided into frequency bands and why specific frequency ranges are assigned to specific types of devices. Discussed are the differences between analog and digital signal types and how they are used by radio devices. You will learn about the key modulation types including amplitude (AM), frequency (FM), and phase (

Authors:Lawrence Harte, Avi Ofrane,
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: license, content, fees, advertising, revenues, rating, usage, iptv, billing, event, recording, introduction
Number of Pages: 60
Published: 2006-01-28
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 193281373X
ISBN-13: 9781932813739

This book explains how companies bill for IPTV video, telephone, data, and information services. Billing and customer care for IPTV systems convert the measured amounts of services (bytes of digital information transmitted or information services provided) within an Internet Protocol (IP) data network into the money that will be received by the service provider. The billing systems used in IPTV systems can vary from modified television billing systems to custom integrated systems that allow real-time (near instant) activation and prepayment of services. The authors have interviewed and worked

Authors:Lawrence Harte, Ben Levita,
Publisher: Altho
Keywords: systems, operation, technology, course, quick, gps
Number of Pages: 92
Published: 2007-10-04
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 1932813705
ISBN-13: 9781932813708

This book explains satellite position location technology and how the GPS system has evolved. You will learn the functional parts of GPS systems and how they work together to provide position measurements that are accurate to within centimeters. The operation of GPS is described including satellite acquisition, signal reception and pseudo-ranging. Discover how time reference and error correction data is used and why it is very important to provide precise satellite positioning. Global positioning system is a navigation system that uses satellites to act as reference points for the calculation