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Wideband code division multiple access (WCDMA) is the air interface technology selected by European Telecommunications Standard Institute (ETSI) and the major European and Japanese mobile communications operators. This technology is optimized to allow very high-speed multimedia services such as full-motion video, Internet access, and videoconferencing. Universal mobile telephony system (UMTS) refers to the next generation of cellular technology that is also being standardized by ETSI.Amazon.com Review
As wireless communications technologies evolve, Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) seems a strong candidate for providing multimedia to the handset, as well as Universal Mobile Telecommunications Services (UMTS)--which is to say common wireless communications standards over most of the world. WCDMA for UMTS sets out to decipher the standards documents of the Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). Specifically, this book deals with the 3GPP documents on Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) and Time Division Duplex (TDD) for Universal Terrestrial Radio Access (UTRA). This book should prove valuable to readers who plan to implement WCDMA in hardware designs or service offerings.

A series of engineering problems make up the backbone of the book, and each part of the deployment process is explained via text and calculations. For example, in the discussion on planning a radio network for WCDMA service provision, the book explains precisely how to take into account requirements (for quality of service, user capacity, and coverage) and conditions (such as terrain). Readers get formulas into which they can plug relative traffic predictions for voice, real-time data, non-real-time data, and overhead. There's also an explanation of how to interpret the formula output for deploying antennae. This is a serious engineering handbook for those who are involved in deploying WCDMA. --David Wall

Topics covered: Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA)--what it is, and (especially) how to implement it in a wireless network. Radio interface protocols, packet traffic, and network planning all are covered. ... Read more

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Junky ... but sadly the only one worth reading
If you attend standards meetings - they zig-zag, meander and bend your mind and numb your brain - without being useful. This book has the same feel. And yet everything else on the market is even worse. There is a real opportunity here for someone to come in and write a book that is worth reading. In the meantime, if you can't bear to read standards and you have to read something - this is it.

If you are interested in the core principles of DS spread spectrum applied to cellular then read Viterbi's book. Simple and elegant - if a bit dated. It doesn't have the coherent uplink innovations and all the EVDO/ HSPA (multiuser diversity, MIMO etc.) - but if you use the first principles approach of the book, you will pick up all of these on your own. And then if you need to know the details and the hairly UMTS names (PCCPCH etc.) - you can read this junk.

One of the worst on this topic.
This book is a confusing compendium of completely unrelated contributions from what looks like manufacturer's warmed over sales brochures and power point slides. Every chapter is written by a different group of people and includes much repeated stuff.Most of the authors demonstrate a poor mastery of English as there are numerous errors in usage and lots of confusing ambiguity. The many sales photos of the Nokia concept phones are laughable.

improving mobile communications
The content is highly technical. Enough "meat" for the practising communications engineer who needs to know this topic well enough to actually develop devices. The book starts off with chapters that give a good general introduction to WCDMA. Explaining in broad terms how it works and the business applications. Where the emphasis is on improving mobile communications, in no small part by permitting higher bandwidth content to be delivered to cellphones.

However, there are implications for the entire network. While the layman just sees her cellphone, the engineer also has to account for changes to the basestation and various radio controllers. Much of the book revolves around explaining what changes are needed.

Read "a different"book before this one.
Otherwise it might be somehow confusing. This book is a must for professionals as another reviewer stated but it is not very suitable as the first book on UMTS technologies. This book serves best as supplementary reading. For example new-beginner readers might get confused talkink about SIP at the first chapter before explaining W-CDMA and core-network layout. Anyway, this book contains wealth of information on UMTS technologies and warmly recommended for serious readers.

Useful compilation of standards, if you need them
If you like to read standards or have to in the course of your work, this book offers a useful and succinct compilation. Other than that, there is nothing to recommend this book as it does not help improve your understanding. Then again, this is not the kind of book which people who do not have to work with standards will want to read.

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With up to 80% of accidents attributed to pilot error, this new series is critically important. It identifies and examines the ten top areas of concern to pilot safety. Each book contains real-life pilot stories drawn from FAA/NASA databases, valuable "save-yourself" techniques and an action agenda of preventive techniques pilots can implement to avoid risks. ... Read more

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Revised First Edition includes updated satellite profiles.

The most comprehensive book ever written about amateur satellites! From setting up a station and choosing the right antenna for the right satellite, to tracking the birds. Regardless of your level of experience with the ham satellites, you'll find what you're looking for in this book:


Operating
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Profiles of all the active satellites
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Ham Satellite Handbook
This is a MUST have IF you want to talk thru the birds! I wish I had this book when I got started with Satellite's. A big TIME saver for old Extra's,(like me), or new hams too.

Essential for working with Amateur Satellites
This book is essential for anyone wanting to work with the Amateur Satellites.It covers the history of various projects, explains the modes of operation, and shows the equipment needed to talk with the birds.Like all the ARRL books, it is easy to follow and clearly written.The only problem I have with the book is that it hasn't been updated since 1997.It doesn't have good information on some of the newer spacecraft.As an example, it talks about the soon to be launched Phase 3D satellite rather than talking about the now orbiting AO-40 (ex Phase 3D) and some of the problems it is having.Still, the technology and techniques are very valid and good for anyone wishing to work with space communications.

In case your are thinking this is difficult to start in, I've had success transmitting to and receiving from the International Space Station using just a handheld transceiver (Kenwood TH-D7A) and either an attic mounted or handheld directional antenna.I've also heard voice from (but not transmitted to) the OSCAR 14 satellite with this same setup.You don't need an equipment setup to rival NASA in order to start with the aspect of the Amateur Radio hobby. ... Read more

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Japan's cellular networks are acknowledged as the world's most advanced. Seiichi Sampei, the father of Japanese wireless technology, provides a cutting edge look at the next generation of technology--such as digital multimedia over wireless handsets. Unlike other more theoretical wireless books, Sampei uses a hands-on, practical approach geared for practitioners. ... Read more

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A new chapter in the new age
After entering of the internet to our lifes many application sources gave ways to our lifes,our works and the styles of our lifes. Mobile aplications are one more step to new age. And this book showed me my way to this new area and i discovered my abilities more clearly by the help of this book.Ýt changed my view to the wap applications help me to create my future projects. ... Read more

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This book introduces the reader to the concept of an autonomous software-defined radio (SDR) receiver. Each distinct aspect of the design of the receiver is treated in a separate chapter written by one or more leading innovators in the field. Chapters begin with a problem statement and then offer a full mathematical derivation of an appropriate solution, a decision metric or loop-structure as appropriate, and performance results. ... Read more

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Gain a better understanding of the propagation effects you're likely to encounter when working in fixed-link and mobile radio systems with this clear, practical guide. This book explores fixed-link propagation and relates the concepts to the more complex situations you face in the mobile environment. ... Read more

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Excellent reference for radio communications professionals
John Doble reviews the basics for line-of-sight and mobile radio systems.The practicality of this book lies in its comparisons of the similarities and differences. The references at the end of each chapter should be helpful for those readers wanting to obtain a more in-depth knowledge of the material ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishings Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the worlds literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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This manual is designed to help mariners to understand and get the best from radio and satellite communications. It explains the way radio and satellites work and the way the radio frequency spectrum is divided up, internationally and nationally, amongst the multitude of service providers and users. The book covers intership communications, port-harbour and ship movement services, radio telephone and radio telex services, and maritime business (private) radio channels. Also, broadcast services, including distress and safety facilities, weather and navigation warnings, weatherfax and even piracy warnings. Alternatives to the normal global marine radio services, cellular systems (maritime and land mobile systems used by mariners) and the use of amateur radio in the "maritime mobile" environment are also explained. The author spent 12 years as a radio operator in the Royal Navy, both ashore and afloat. He is a fully qualified Merchant Navy Radio Officer and worked in a UK coast radio station for eight years before moving to Maritime Radio headquarters in London. ... Read more

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my dad wrote this
if you believe the hype that surrounds the legend that created this masterpiece then you are on line for a piece of rolling stones (i.e satisfaction.) my father loved and cared for wrote this book and he is a man who would never cheat the buying public into purchasing a manual thatdid not contain all he knew. He runs regular training courses in the uk andeurope which have a success rate which far exceed most of the schools youpeople went to. he will bend over sideways to teach what he knows becausehe understands the gift of knowledge, so do i but only because of him. getthe book if you want to steer ships and get help ashore.he can spellaswell. peace ... Read more

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Handbook filling the gap between the equations and algorithms used in radio engineering and the creation of error-free mathematical models of systems or their characteristics. All simulation algorithms are written in MathCAD 2000. Provides a complete guide to mathematical modeling and computer simulation in this field. DLC: Radio--Computer simulation. ... Read more

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This work offers basic information on the appropriate technologies for television, cable and radio. ... Read more