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Summary: TERRIBLE BOOK!!!!
Review: The book is absolutely terrible...for one thing there is TOO MUCH unnecessary math and the problems at the end of the chapter were too challenging compared to the example problems within the chapter(and to make it worse there are no answers..so how can you actually learn!!). The material is presented in pieces which made learning extremely difficult...definitely one of the worst text books I've ever had and I don't recommend it to anyone. It should never be used for an undergraduate class again!!!
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Summary: Good for radio theory, not for understanding mobile tech.
Review: The first 440 pages are concerned with the theory behind radio transmission, radio link calculation, propagation models, modulation techniques and Multiple Access Technologies (FDMA, TDMA, FHMA, CDMA, etc.) . Although all this theory is explained in many books, this book could be a convenient source for most you have to know about radio (layer-1). However, this book is very poor regarding the mobile standards (just one chapter), that was the info I was looking for. For understanding the upper layers in the mobile architectures, look for a more recent book, specific to your technology (GSM, D-AMPS, IS-95, etc)
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Summary: this is an understandable way of reading a book of telecom.
Review: the manner that the author conduct the book is apropriate for a student in graduation. There are many problems solved into this book that can lead you to grasp some real situations.
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Summary: Unorganized textbook
Review: this book is not good for the beginner in wireless communication. I have to use this textbook, because it's the requirement form my instructor.the author didn't organize this book as well as he should. All equations are not well explained...Sometime the students need to guess where this variable stands for or what parameter's meaning is. He wrote like the literature or drama.....no space for equation's explanation...all of them are in the same paragrah. i really don't recommend this textbook and i still don't understand why my instructor uses this text
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Summary: Review of Rappaport "Wireless Communications"
Review: This book was the recommended book for a course I just took and I found it much better than the required text. Good discussion of fading channels, overview of the major wireless protocols that were in use at the time the book was written, and well thought out and well written overviews of the prerequisite material from general communication theory.
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Summary: The best text for a new engineer or student to wireless
Review: This text is by far the most comprehensive and useful for explaining all facets of wireless communications. I had this text for an entry graduate class, and found the examples, writing style, and organization to be first rate. The description of 3G systems and WLANs in Chapter 2 was very useful and helped when I later had to read the standards for employment. This text will continue to get good use on my bookshelf. It also has a very thorough index and appendices with many tables, formulas, explanations, and useful engineering matter that I seldom have ever found under one cover before.
Great for students and practicing wireless engineers
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