Mobile and wireless communications an introduction - Gow, Gordon A. (Open University Press, 2006)
Includes bibliographical references (p. [156]-160) and index
Cover -- Front cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of figures and tables -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 01 Introduction -- Chapter 02 Radio basics -- 246;1 Introduction -- 246;2 Radio basics -- 246;246;1 Electromagnetic energy -- 246;246;2 Frequency and wavelength -- 246;3 Spectrum management -- 246;346;1 Managing a natural resource -- 246;346;2 Allocation44; allotment44; assignment -- 246;4 The ITU and world radio conferences -- 246;446;1 Regional coordination of radio spectrum -- 246;5 Assigning spectrum at the national level -- 246;546;1 The case in Canada -- 246;546;2 Bands44; blocks and bandwidth -- 246;546;3 Spectrum release and licensing -- 246;546;4 Licence exempt bands -- 246;6 Contemporary policy issues -- 246;646;1 Convergence of communications industries -- 246;646;2 Globalization of trade -- 246;646;3 Technological change -- 246;7 Marconis legacy -- 246;8 Further reading -- Chapter 03 Going mobile -- 346;1 Introduction --
- 346;2 Origins of the mobile phone -- 346;246;1 Early radiotelephone systems -- 346;246;2 The birth of the 8216;mobile phone -- 346;3 Wireless networking -- 346;346;1 Communication modes -- 346;346;2 Basic network designs -- 346;346;3 Cellular infrastructure -- 346;4 The first generation mobile phone -- 346;446;1 A phone you could carry anywhere -- 346;446;2 Not for everyone 40;yet41; -- 346;5 Regulatory reform -- 346;546;1 Thomas Carter versus Ma Bell -- 346;6 The seeds of revolution -- 346;7 Further reading -- Chapter 04 Getting personal -- 446;1 Introduction -- 446;2 Analogue days -- 446;3 The last mile -- 446;346;1 Squeezing spectrum 40;some more41; -- 446;346;2 Time45;division multiplexing -- 446;346;3 Code45;division multiplexing -- 446;4 Europe leaps ahead -- 446;446;1 GSM -- 446;5 North America -- 446;546;1 D45;AMPS -- 446;546;2 Qualcomms cdmaOne -- 446;6 Japan and PDC -- 446;7 The world in 2G -- 446;8 The personal trusted device -- 446;846;1 Nokia and Nuovo --
- 446;846;2 The popularity of prepaid -- 446;9 The beep heard around the world -- 446;946;1 SMS in North America -- 446;946;2 Textual politics -- 446;10 A strange attractor -- 446;11 Further reading -- Chapter 05 The multitask gadget -- 546;1 Introduction -- 546;2 Defining mobility -- 546;246;1 WANs and LANs -- 546;3 Short Message Service -- 546;346;1 EMS and MMS -- 546;4 Wide area mobile data -- 546;446;1 Circuit switching and packet switching -- 546;446;2 A mobile data network -- 546;5 Air45;link standards for data -- 546;546;1 HSCSD -- 546;546;2 GPRS -- 546;546;3 1XRTT -- 546;546;4 Slow speed data services -- 546;546;5 iDEN and TETRA -- 546;6 The first wireless web -- 546;646;1 C45;HTML -- 546;646;2 Web clipping -- 546;646;3 HDML -- 546;646;4 WAP -- 546;646;5 The protocol stack -- 546;7 Wireless application environment -- 546;746;1 J2ME -- 546;746;2 BREW -- 546;746;3 GUI -- 546;8 Mobile operating systems -- 546;846;1 Symbian -- 546;846;2 Microsoft --
- 546;9 Division44; convergence44; emerging practices -- T.