With unique emphasis on real-world networking problems and solutions, this book reveals the nuts and bolts of all key wireless technologies, including WiFi, Bluetooth, WiMAX, and LTE, among others. Written by Johns Hopkins University wireless networking instructors, Wireless Networking: Understanding Internetworking Challenges explains each technology with a minimum of theory, covering models, usage, specifications, standardization, deployment, performance, and trends.
Readers will learn how each technology is used, what problems it was designed to solve, and how it relates to other technologies in the marketplace, both data and cellular. Historical developments and future directions are also explored, from the evolution of the wireless Internet to key technology trends, such as MIMO, multi-carrier modulation, and network coding.
Key Features
- Addresses the wireless standardization process, including standard-setting organizations, from IEEE to the WiFi Alliance.
- Examines personal and local area networks, from Bluetooth and Ultra Wideband to WLAN technologies.
- Reviews wireless metropolitan area networks, covering fixed WiMAX technology and its transition to cellular.
- Discusses 2G, 3G, and 4G cellular communications, from GSM and GPRS to CDMA2000 and LTE-Advanced.
- Explains what Mobile Internetworking is about, along with network layer and transport layer considerations.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction
- 1.1 Data Networks versus Cellular Networks
- 1.2 The History of the Wireless Internet
- 1.3 The Difference between Wireless and Wired
- 1.4 The Wireless Internet: Different Models
- 1.5 A Review of Layered Communications Models
- 1.6 Wireless Data Networking Technologies at a Glance
- 1.7 Cellular Networking Technologies at a Glance
Chapter 2. The Wireless Ecosystem
- 2.1 Wireless Standardization Process
- 2.2 IEEE
- 2.3 IETF
- 2.4 3GPP
- 2.5 3GPP2
- 2.6 International Telecommunications Union
- 2.7 Wi-Fi Alliance
- 2.8 WiMax Forum
- 2.9 Bluetooth Special Interest Group
- 2.10 Summary of The Wireless Ecosystem
Chapter 3. Wireless Personal Area Networks
- 3.1 Bluetooth
- 3.2 ZigBee
- 3.3 Ultra Wideband
Chapter 4. Wireless Local Area Networks
- 4.1 The Original 802.11 Specification
- 4.2 IEEE 802.11b
- 4.3 IEEE 802.11a
- 4.4 IEEE 802.11g
- 4.5 IEEE 802.11e
- 4.6 IEEE 802.11n
- 4.7 IEEE 802.11 Security Models
- 4.8 Other WLAN Technologies
- 4.9 Performance of IEEE 802.11 WLAN Technologies
- 4.10 The Future Direction of IEEE 802.11
- Additional Reading and Online Resources
Chapter 5. Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks
- 5.1 Fixed WiMAX Technology Overview
- 5.2 Usage
- 5.3 Evolution
- 5.4 WiMAX Transition to Cellular Technology
- Recommended Additional Reading
Chapter 6. Second-Generation (2G) Cellular Communications
- 6.1 Historical Perspectives
- 6.2 Overview of 2G Technologies
- 6.3 2G Deployments
- 6.4 Chapter Overview
- 6.5 An Introduction to GSM
- 6.6 GSM Technology Overview
- 6.7 GSM Physical Layer
- 6.8 GSM Signaling at the Air Interface
- 6.9 GPRS Overview
- 6.10 GSM Security Aspects
- 6.11 EDGE Enhancements
- 6.12 GSM Evolution
- 6.13 GSM Usage
- Further GSM Reading
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 7. Third-Generation (3G) Cellular Communications
- 7.1 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System/Wideband Code Division Multiple Access
- 7.2 Mobile WiMAX
- 7.3 CDMA2000
- Recommended Additional Reading
Chapter 8. Fourth-Generation (4G) Cellular Communications
- 8.1 Long-Term Evolution
- 8.2 LTE-Advanced
- 8.3 IEEE 802.16M
- Acknowledgments
Chapter 9. Mobile Internetworking
- 9.1 What Is Meant by Mobile Internetworking?
- 9.2 Network Layer Considerations
- 9.3 Transport Layer Considerations
Chapter 10. Key Wireless Technology Trends: A Look at the Future
- 10.1 MIMO
- 10.2 Multicarrier Modulation
- 10.3 Cognitive Radio
- 10.4 Cross-Layer Radio
- 10.5 Network Coding
Chapter 11. Building the Wireless Internet: Putting It All Together
- 11.1 Dimensions of Performance
- 11.2 Concluding Remarks
- References
- Index
About the Authors
- JACK L. BURBANK is a Principal Professional Staff in the Communications and Network Technologies group at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He is an Associate Technical Editor of the IEEE Communications Magazine.
- JULIA ANDRUSENKO is a communications engineer at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
- JARED S. EVERETT is an electrical and computer engineer and a member of both the IEEE Communications Society and the IEEE Information Theory Society.
- WILLIAM T. M. KASCH is a member of the Senior Professional Staff at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. His interests include IEEE/IETF standards and wireless network design.
Book Details
- Hardcover: 712 pages
- Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (June 17, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1118122380
- ISBN-13: 978-1118122389
- Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 1.6 x 9.5 inches
- List price: $135.00