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Summary: Solid time & money investment
Review: A lot of these books just regurgitate specs or heavily technical info...the rest will tell you stuff you can find in any wireless hype magazine. I think Paul Bedell puts the time in to bridge the technologies, show where corelations are, and gives you a solid understanding on where the industry has evolved from. If you deal with wireless networks, buy it; you need it.
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Summary: Solid time & money investment
Review: A lot of these books just regurgitate specs or heavily technical info...the rest will tell you stuff you can find in any wireless hype magazine. I think Paul Bedell puts the time in to bridge the technologies, show where corelations are, and gives you a solid understanding on where the industry has evolved from. If you deal with wireless networks, buy it; you need it.
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Summary: Excellent reference for wireless non-engineer employees
Review: Excellent resource! Mr. Bedell's book had just the right amount of information on all apects of the wireless world. Unless you're an engineer needing indepth technical information, this is the book for any wireless employee who wants to have a good understanding of how a wireless network works. I have read several, and I thought this was the best one yet.
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Summary: Good Place to Start
Review: If you ever wanted to understand how wireless communications work, this book does a very good job explaining it. This book covers specific technologies as well as broad issues, all explained at a level that is easy to follow and understand. It helps if you have a little understanding of wireless concepts prior to reading.
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Summary: Excellent Book!!!
Review: This an excellent "crash course" on the wireless industry. Written with a very high level of knowledge without confusing, as is so often the case. Great library addition.
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Summary: Excellent Book!!!
Review: This an excellent "crash course" on the wireless industry. Written with a very high level of knowledge without confusing, as is so often the case. Great library addition.
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Summary: Excellent reference for wireless non-engineer employees
Review: This book contains a good overview of the cellular and PCS markets with a little smattering of other wireless markets thrown in. There is a little too much on regulatory affairs and a too little on the nuts and bolts of cellular/PCS systems. For instance, the book talks about the general architecture of a cell/PCS site, but doesn't give the reader much of an idea of the subcomponents in a wireless vault. I would have liked to have learned a little more about the actual equipment used. In another example, the author talks about antennas in very broad terms, but barely mentions adaptive antennas or other commonly used systems such as panel arrays. No mention is made about DSP technology, which is the basis for much of the cellular industry today, and has wide-ranging practical aspects (software-defined radios, in-the-vault updates of services, etc). WAP is mentioned briefly without giving details, but I-mode is not mentioned at all. UTMS is also not mentioned at all. The book is US centric in most of its narrative, which may lead the readers to believe that all cellular technology is based on US standards (he does mention the EU GSM environment in passing, however). Finally, this book needs a lot of editing, since there are several redundant passages, places where concepts should be explained more thoroughly, and other places that should be shortened. For engineers, this book is not detailed enough; for marketeers, this book is about right, but it could be organized a little tighter.
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Summary: Good overview, too light on details in places
Review: This book contains a good overview of the cellular and PCS markets with a little smattering of other wireless markets thrown in. There is a little too much on regulatory affairs and a too little on the nuts and bolts of cellular/PCS systems. For instance, the book talks about the general architecture of a cell/PCS site, but doesn't give the reader much of an idea of the subcomponents in a wireless vault. I would have liked to have learned a little more about the actual equipment used. In another example, the author talks about antennas in very broad terms, but barely mentions adaptive antennas or other commonly used systems such as panel arrays. No mention is made about DSP technology, which is the basis for much of the cellular industry today, and has wide-ranging practical aspects (software-defined radios, in-the-vault updates of services, etc). WAP is mentioned briefly without giving details, but I-mode is not mentioned at all. UTMS is also not mentioned at all. The book is US centric in most of its narrative, which may lead the readers to believe that all cellular technology is based on US standards (he does mention the EU GSM environment in passing, however). Finally, this book needs a lot of editing, since there are several redundant passages, places where concepts should be explained more thoroughly, and other places that should be shortened. For engineers, this book is not detailed enough; for marketeers, this book is about right, but it could be organized a little tighter.
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Summary: Easy to Navigate; Written in Plain English
Review: This book covers all the main topics as an introduction to the wireless industry. It's layout is excellent and easy to navigate. Foremost, the book is written in plain english and contains lots of diagrams for those who think visually.Last of all, when addressing more complex topics in detail, it contains just enough repetition of the fundamental issues that the repetition enforces what you've learned in earlier chapters. Great bookself source for investment analysts trying to get up to speed on the industry quickly.
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Summary: Excellent Foundation to Wireless Systems!
Review: This book is a must buy for newcomers to the wireless industry or for those who just want to know how wireless systems work. I gave this a 4 instead of a 5 because I was expecting a little more digital wireless information. This book gives an excellent explanation of analog cellular, the foundation of wireless as we know it today. There is a section later in the book that goes over digital wireless, (GSM, CDMA, TDMA). I think differences between analog and digital protocols should be discussed throughout the book, not just one section at the end. The author does an excellent job of taking a very complex system and filtering out the technical jargon to give the readers a book that has a balance of technical information that is easy to read and easy to understand. This is a great book for your money, and it is definitely worth your time to read it.
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