Wireless Personal Communications Systems (The Addison-Wesley Wireless Communications Series)

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Summary: Good book for an easy read-and-learn basics
Review: I found the book a basic one for people new to the world of wireless PCS. It gives a clear concise description for most important concepts, includes AMPS, North America TDMA, CDMA, GSM, and Cordless Telephony standard. Special inclusion are short tutorials on special topics on wireless. Each chapter has some questions at the end...good for students.

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Summary: A great book to learn about cellular telephony systems.
Review: The first 7 chapters of this book which cover the existing cellular telephony systems is an excellent introduction to these systems. Chapter 8 on "Low-Tier Personal Communication Systems" is unfortunately just a teaser, as it covers all of these types of systems in just one chapter and provides much much less material about these systems that the chapter per system coverage of the macrocellar systems. Thus the title of the book should really be "Cellular Telephony Systems: Case Studies".