Europe's leading experts from industry and academia present the results of the research into advanced mobile technologies and services performed within the scope of the ACTS R&D program in two new book volumes. Invaluable for industry professionals and researchers, the state-of-the-art in European R&D into wireless technologies is detailed in these two works. Describing and analyzing the results of the Mobile Domain ACTS projects, and including implementation case studies, these amply illustrated volumes cover: UMTS air interface (terrestrial and satellite); broadband wireless (terrestrial and satellite); wireless access; terrestrial and satellite networks; enabling technologies, including software radio and smart antennas; and services and applications, including multimedia and broadcasting. Software Included: CD-ROM contains further details, including presentations of project trials.
Forward.Preface. Acknowledgements.; Introduction - Evolution of Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) towards 3 rd Generation Universal Mobile Telecommunication Systems (UMTS). Beyond UMTS: Wireless Broadband Communications. Preview of the Book.; ACTS Mobile Domain - The ACTS Mobile Domain. ACTS Future Perspectives and Conclusions.; Terrestrial Air Interfaces -Introduction. Terrestrial UMTS. Wireless Broadband Systems. Wireless Access Systems. Conclusions.; Satellite Air Interfaces -Introduction. Satellite UMTS. Satellite Broadband Communications. Conclusions.; Networks -Introduction. Terrestrial Networks. Satellite Networks. Conclusions.; About the Author. List of Abbreviations. Index.;
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Ramjee Prasad
Ramjee Prasad is director of the Center for TeleInFrastruktur (CTIF), Aalborg University. He is the author of OFDM for Wireless Communications Systems (Artech House, 2004), coauthor of Applied Satellite Navigation Using GPS, GALILEO, and Augmentation Systems, Multicarrier Techniques for 4G Mobile Communications, and WLANs and WPANs towards 4G Wireless, (Artech House, 2005, 2003, 2003), co-editor of Wireless IP and Building the Mobile Internet (Artech House, 2003), and is the author/coauthor of several other books published by Artech House.