Product Description
A wide range of real-world examples illustrates the theoretical aspects of this tutorial introduction to digital mobile wireless networks. In particular, 2.5G and 3G packet-switched systems are discussed in detail, as are wireless LANs and personal-area networks. Many worked examples and homework exercises are provided, and a solutions manual is available for instructors. The book is an ideal text for electrical engineering and computer science students taking courses in wireless communications. It will also be an invaluable reference for practicing engineers.

CUSTOMER REVIEWS (Average Customer Rating: 3.5 based on 2 reviews)

Puzzled

The book was the required text for a PhD level Mobile Communications class I took recently. The book focuses on cellular mobile communications. Mischa Schwartz is renown leading researcher in this area so the expectation for this latest text is pretty high. Unfortunately, half the book, that deals with the physical layer, are not well done. There are a lot of results that are unsubstantiated with superficial descriptions of cellular fundamentals i.e. capacity formulas, modulation/coding, and multi-path. I'm puzzled why my professor selected this text other than perhaps out of some respect for the author. Most of the class lectures were not from the text at all but from my professors own work in the field and previous classes taught. All were much better than this text.

The book's preface explains that the book is an introduction and targeted for senior and first-year graduate level. I think it's clearly written at an undergraduate level and hope that Dr. Schwartz writes a more advance book on a clearly fascinating area of communications.

If you are looking for a light introduction to cellular communications, then this maybe for you.

March 01, 2008

many problems for the student

This is not really a book big on theory. Instead, its main merit is a focused, problem-based approach. For long established subjects like calculus, say, the usefulness of having extensive problem sets for a student to tackle is apparent. And thus there are indeed plenty of texts to supply those problems.

But for the mobile wireless field, most standards and implementations are still so new. There has been little time for some author to come up with a suitable and indepth suite of problems, until this text. The comprehensive nature of these may be very attractive to a lecturer. Plus, the author also offers an adjunct solutions book.
April 20, 2005

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