By (author): Ramjee Prasad
Description
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.
Table Of Contents
Forward.Preface. Acknowledgements.; Introduction.; Enabling Technologies -Introduction. Flexible Integrated Radio Systems Technologythe First Project. Super-Conductivity in Mobile Base Stationsthe SUCOMS/Cool Talk Project. Technologies in Smart Antennas for Universal Advanced Mobile Infrastructure. New Methods for Adaptive Equalization and Adaptive Antennas for Satellite Segment of UMTS Systemsthe NEWTEST Project. Software Radio--the SORT Project. Conclusions.; Advanced Services and Applications -Introduction. Multimedia Services. Multimedia Information Services. Case Studies. Broadcasting Applications. Conclusions.; Terminals -Introduction. Mobile Multimedia Systemsthe Project MOMUSYS. Applications of Mobile Telephony for People with Special Needsthe Project UMPTIDUMPTI. Portable Digital Assistant (PDA) in an UMTS Environmentthe Project MULTIPORT. Conclusions.; Trials.; Standards -Introduction. Scenario in the United States. Scenario in Asia. Scenario in Europe. The ACTS and Standardization. Other Project and Standardization Groups. Conclusions.; SIGs and Chains -Introduction. Chains. Special Interest GroupsSIGs. Summary.; About the Editor. List of Abbreviations. Index.
Author
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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.