Summary

For one-semester, undergraduate/graduate-level courses in Advanced Networking, Wireless Communications, Wireless Data Communications, and Wireless Technology, in departments of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Information Science, and Computer Engineering. This comprehensive, well-organized text covers wireless communication and networks, and the rapidly growing associated technologies the most exciting areas in the overall communications field. It explores the key topics in the following general categories: technology and architecture, network type, design approaches, and applications. An emphasis on specific wireless standards reflects the importance of such standards in defining the available products and future research directions in this field. *Coverage of basic networking concepts in Part One and Appendices - appropriate for students with little or no background in data communications. *Consistent discussion of technology and architecture - illustrates how a small collection of ingredients - including frequency band, signal encoding techniques, error correction technique, and network architecture - characterize and differentiate wireless communication and networking