Wireless Communications in the 21st Century [Hardcover]

Bringing together the best recent articles from the foremost IEEE publications, this book features contributions from leading communications experts, who discuss current and future developments in wireless technology.
Major topics covered include wireless standards, radio channel propagation, modulations and coding issues pertinent to the physical layer, spatial and temporal signal processing, IM 2000 radio systems, new packet radio systems, and wireless ATM.Preface.

1 Introduction (Mansoor Shaft, Shigeaki Ogose, and Keith Buttenvorth).

1.1 History of Mobile Radio Communications.

1.2 Telecommunication Needs for the 21st Century.

1.3 Data Rate Road Map to 3G.

1.4 Mobile Networks of Tomorrow.

1.5 4G Mobile Systems.

1.6 Handsets.

1.7 Mobility Management in an IP World.

1.8 Mobile IP.

1.9 Spectrum for Mobile Systems.

1.10 Organization of this Book.

1.11 Summary.

Acronyms.

References.

PART 1: Visions of Wireless Communications Applications in the 21st Century.

2 Vision of Wireless Communications in the 21st Century (Raymond Steele).

2.1 Introduction.

2.2 Current Scene in Wireless Communications.

2.3 3G Scene for the Beginning of the 21st Century.

2.4 Post-3G Systems.

2.5 Global Family of Ad Hoc Networks.

2.6 Peering Through the Future Haze.

References.

3 Wireless Migration to Packet Network: U.S. Viewpoint (Chung Liu and Wayne Strom).