QoS in Integrated 3G Networks offers you clear descriptions of the factors governing quality in integrated third generation mobile networks, dealing with issues arising from both fixed and mobile systems, and their protocols. Leading-edge technologies, including WCDMA, cdma2000, and GPRS are covered comprehensively and considerable attention is devoted to features of specific application types likely to be run over the integrated network. The book provides you with expert guidance in estimating response times across a network and identifying which part of a 3G network is responsible for any reported QoS (quality of service) problems. This unique, hands-on resource shows you the way different parts of an integrated 3G mobile network affect quality. It offers a better understanding of the trade-off between quality of service and the usable capacity of the network, the best applications to use for multimedia applications, and how to handle quality problems.

This comprehensive book gives you a hands-on understanding of the techniques and architectures being used to provide voice and data services over wireless networks. It serves as a unified "how it works" guide to wireless Internet telecommunications, systematically addressing each of the technological components and how they fit together. You get a clear picture of protocols like RTP for multimedia transport and SIP for session control signaling, and see what's being done to tackle tough challenges in QoS control, mobility management, and security in the wireless environment. The book discusses at length the cutting-edge IP Multimedia Sub-System (IMS) of UMTS to illustrate how each of these crucial components can be successfully implemented in a real-world wireless IP system.

Focusing on core technologies at the heart of every system, this volume clearly shows engineers how to apply, reuse, and enhance these building blocks from one generation of networks to the next.

Ambient Intelligence (AmI) is the next wave in computing and communications technology. Nano-sized sensors and computers, wireless networks, and intelligent software are being integrated to create AmI environments. This forward-looking volume also covers such latest AmI developments as smart dust, smart personal object technology, and context-aware computing.

Provides a comprehensive treatment of the evolution of wireless communications to help practitioners keep pace with the developments in their field. This book offers guidance on various critical topics, including inter-networking of 3G CDMA (code division multiple access), broadband wireless, CDMA wireless local loop and wireless LAN, and more.

This work provides users with a thorough knowledge of IMS to help them fully understand the need for 3G and how it will provide enriched end user services.

This authoritative book gives you new perspective on the RF and analog hardware and systems design aspects of software defined radio. It delves into the architecture of transmitters and receivers that make software-defined radio a reality. Covering both the practical aspects and underpinnings of these architectures, the book details all key RF and analog baseband components and sub-systems, from the converters that interface with DSPs and ASICs through to the duplexer feeding the antenna. It enables you to select the right technique for any application by providing alternatives for implementing the main system components.

This new hands-on resource tackles capacity planning and engineering issues that are crucial to optimizing wireless communication systems performance. Going beyond the system physical level and investigating CDMA system capacity at the service level, this volume is the single-source for engineering and analyzing systems capacity and resources.

Geographic information systems (GIS)--a central repository of geographic data collected from various sources, including satellites and GPS--is emerging as one of the most intriguing and promising high-tech fields. This easy-to-understand resource provides technical and nontechnical professionals, regardless of their background, with an accessible and practical guide to important GIS know-how.