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Summary: Compulsory reading, comprehensive, AND comprehensible!
Review: It is blatantly obvious that wireless is the only direction in which communications technology can move, and nobody dealing with information distribution or basic data transmission, at any technical level, should remain ignorant in this area. John Vacca explores many of the applications that cannot be implemented otherwise. He describes the pros and cons of the possible carriers, and he guides us through the "alphabet soup" of the various methodologies. The book is a combination of intriguing futures to plan towards, of existing technologies to investigate, (such as MBCS of which we were unaware), and of very pragmatic information such as, (for our own existing implementation), diagnosis of rf impairments/interferences.And once again, Vacca has digested esoteric technology into a logical sequence of comprehensible bites, and made it readable!
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Summary: Future of networks
Review: John Vacca has explained the future technologies of wireless broadband netowrks. This book will be extremely helpful to corporate and home Internet users that have access to wireless broadband services.
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Summary: General comments
Review: The future of Wireless Broadband Networks can simply be described by the estimate given in this book of 15 Billion dollars that will be raised by the U.S. government in license fees. More and more telecom companies will be focusing on this mode of communications in the near future. In a recent issue of Technology Review, MIT's Magazine of Innovations, the importance of Wireless Broadband communications is also emphasized. John Vacca has selected a suitable subject to discuss in this book. I recommend this book for all of those who would like to learn about WBN. This book is a good handbook that describes the principals of WBN and the various stages that should be followed in the installation and management of a WBN.
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Summary: Severely Outdated - Do not buy it.
Review: This book is very, very outdated. For example, it predicts that LMDS will be the clear winner in broadband wireless coverage. The market leaders predicted by this book are all bankrupt.
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Summary: Excellent Handbook!
Review: This comprehensive guide to wireless networking technology, standards, and procedures is the definitive reference in the wireless world. I highly recommend it.
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Summary: A Comprehensive Look at Wireless Technology
Review: This handbook provides a soup to nuts approach, from installation and troubleshooting of broadband networks to future developments in wireless technology. It contains useful descriptions of how to configure and manage various types of wireless networks and is a comprehensive look at this emerging technology.
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Summary: A Comprehensive Look at Wireless Technology
Review: This handbook provides a soup to nuts approach, from installation and troubleshooting of broadband networks to future developments in wireless technology. It contains useful descriptions of how to configure and manage various types of wireless networks and is a comprehensive look at this emerging technology.
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Summary: How to deploy and design wireless broadband networks
Review: This hands-on reference guide to wireless broadband networks provides almost 1,000 pages of informative coverage on such topics as wireless broadband fundamentals, standards for next-generation high-speed connectivity, planning and designing wireless and satellite applications, configuring residential wireless broadband access technology, troubleshooting fixed wireless broadband networks, and testing broadband satellite networks. A must-read for anyone involved in deploying and designing wireless broadband networks, and an essential reference for the future.
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Summary: Best *comprehensive* broadband book available
Review: Wireless Broadband is an extremely comprehensive treatment of the broadband networking technology. The author has done a superb job of dissecting every conceivable aspect of broadbands from installation to methodology; LMDS, MMDS, WLL, etc. All the current protocols are described with complete instructions to their implementations. I highly recommend this book for networking students and professionals in the field of computer networking and telecommunication engineering. This book has it all, including schematics/plots, and numerous topology examples. The internet has relentlessly driven the telecom industry into more extensive networking means, and wireless broadbands are clearly the offering of choice. Read this book to stay abreast of the current wireless trends. Highly recommended reading.
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Summary: The Handbook For Wireless Broadband Networkers
Review: With businesses demanding instant information on a wireless platform, Wireless Broadband Networks Handbook provides a comprehensive resource for all the essential information needed by technicians charged with designing and implementing a wireless broadband network. Network managers will find the chapters covering managing the wireless networks and future directions of broadband networks especially thoughtful.
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