ECE DL COM 128 

EC1515 

The need to share data, images, videos etc., marked the revolutionary development of the field of wireless communications. The book, wireless communications and networks, 3g and beyond, covers the technology at the essence of voice and information communications. The focus of the revision has been to exhaustively discuss the physical layer to help understand the network layer of communication better.salient featuresfundamental concepts presented lucidly through numerous illustration and examples.state of the art 3g technologies and beyond captured within the content.expanded coverage of cellular mobile wireless networks with handoff processes, priority handoff model etc.table of contents1. Introduction to wireless communications and networks2. Evolution of modern mobile wireless communication systems3. Cellular mobile wireless networks: systems and design fundamentals4. Characteristics of wireless channels and propagation path loss models5. Digital modulations for wireless communications6. Equalization, diversity and coding for fading channels: the receiver techniques7. Multiple access techniques in wireless communications8. Second-generation mobile networks gsm, architecture and protocols9. 2.5g networks the general packet radio services gprs10. Overview of cdma based is-95 2g cellular networks11. 3g the universal mobile telecommunication system (umts)12. Overview of internet protocol and mobile internet protocol13. Mobility management issues role of ip on wireless networks14. Fundamentals of wireless local area networks15. Cellular and wlan integration, heterogeneous network architecture, step towards 4g networks16. Overview of wimax technologies, broadband wireless communication - from Amzon