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Summary: An excellent book to understand OFDM system
Review: I think this book is an excellent book to understand OFDM WLANs. It goes through the main topics in a nice and organized way and mention all what you want. Also it provides lots of equations as well as figures to help understanding. I really recommend this book if you are interested to learn about WLAN system based on OFDM.
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Summary: Oops I had Problems With This
Review: I was happy to see another book published on OFDM, 'cause I wanted to see how it uses the FFT and the inverse FFT.
But darn, this book only had one half a page on how the FFT is used in OFDM. I was sure hoping for more.
I was also bothered by the fact that two out of the three DFT examples in Chapter 1 were wrong. I noticed they used both radians/sec and cycles/sec in the same equation.
Whew! That's not good. I'm afraid to read any more.
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Summary: Excellent first-to-market book about practical OFDM systems
Review: OFDM is likely to be a front runner among the technologies for wireless transmission standards in the near future. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to OFDM, especially IEEE 802.11a Wireless LANs. The authors provide the right mix of information sourced from different domains -- Signal processing for communications, modulation and coding theory, RF analysis and real-time hardware implementation. Written by active researchers in this area, the book is a good starting point for engineers, students and managers interested in OFDM technology. As a practicing communications engineer, it is heartening to see that the book includes chapters on the real-time implementation of the physical layer and on the 02.11a and HiperLAN/2 MAC Layer. Though it is not obvious from the preface or acknowledgment sections, these chapters are written by other contributors.
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Summary: Nothing but a shame
Review: The authors simply did not have the necessary mathematical skills to write a book on the topics. The mathematics used was nothing but disaster. For example, in equation 1.65 on page 30, the authors tried to derive the multipath channel model through a convolution operation and came up with the Doppler shift effect. The mathematics involved was so bizarre it should make an average EE undergraduate blush. Given this kind of mathematical background, not a single formula in this book can be trusted. The same with equation 1.63 in which delta functions were multiplied by sinusoidal functions to represent Doppler shift. Anyone with a undergraduate EE training should know that delta function multiplied by another function is just a the same delta function with a constant scale. It cannot produce a Doppler shift. Apparently, the authors did not know this basic principle. Nowadays there are many people like that writing books not trying to educate people on a subject but to cheat them out of their money. And, in the process waste other people¡¯s valuable time and energy.
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Summary: Nothing but a shame
Review: The authors simply did not have the necessary mathematical skills to write a book on the topics. The mathematics used was nothing but disaster. For example, in equation 1.65 on page 30, the authors tried to derive the multipath channel model through a convolution operation and came up with the Doppler shift effect. The mathematics involved was so bizarre it should make an average EE undergraduate blush. Given this kind of mathematical background, not a single formula in this book can be trusted. The same with equation 1.63 in which delta functions were multiplied by sinusoidal functions to represent Doppler shift. Anyone with a undergraduate EE training should know that delta function multiplied by another function is just a the same delta function with a constant scale. It cannot produce a Doppler shift. Apparently, the authors did not know this basic principle. Nowadays there are many people like that writing books not trying to educate people on a subject but to cheat them out of their money. And, in the process waste other people¡¯s valuable time and energy.
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Summary: A good one for OFDM WLANs overview.
Review: This book focuses on WLAN system but provides a very good understanding in general wireless networks.
If you're in graduted school, you may need more books about digital processing and simulation.
However There're many interesting topics you should read. I didn't give 5 star because
the simulation code in this book is too difficult to use but it's a good one.
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Summary: Great book on OFDM for the money
Review: This book is an excellent text that is suitable for experts and novices alike. Its coverage of the fundamentals of OFDM transmission makes it applicable to those who want to learn about the IEEE 802.11a and HiperLAN/2 standards as well as the recently drafted IEEE 802.11g. The examples and illustrations provided in the text are clear and concise and really helped me to better understand some of the concepts that other texts failed to cover adequately. I especially liked the practical exercises and examples. I found this to be extremely useful during my self-study since I haven't found the time to enroll in a class on WLANs. I grade the overall quality of the book as *****.
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Summary: A great book for any level
Review: This excellent text is suitable for those from the student level up to professional engineers who choose to study IEEE 802.11a and HiperLAN/2. Its structure allows for better understanding of the basic facet of communications while allowing experts to reference it for it's sections on the 802.11a and the HiperLAN physical layer. From the practical exercises to the diagrams and equations, this book includes all aspects of WLAN in one easily read, convenient source.
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Summary: A Complete Guide to the OFDM WLAN Physical Layer
Review: This is an excellently written text for engineers and students interested in learning about the 802.11 and HiperLAN/2 PHY for WLANs(Wireless Local Area Networks). The book covers much more than just OFDM; the text includes a review of many of the basic facets of communication system design including convolutional coding, synchronization, and modulation principles. What Terry and Heiskala have managed to do is to take the reader from the basic principles of communication theory (the first chapter includes a nice review of linear system theory) through the implementation details of the 802.11 and HiperLAN/2 OFDM physical layer. While the primary focus is on the physical layer, there is also treatment of the entire WLAN system including a chapter on MACs (Medium Access Control) for 802.11 and HiperLAN/2. In general, the book is very complete and would be an excellent text for a course on WLAN technology. At the same time, the brief review sections and readable style make it accessable to the practicing communications engineer who may be new to this topic. Designers of 802.11 and HiperLAN/2 physical layers will find this a handy guidebook, with useful curves and data all in one place. Like any good text, a list of references is included after each section, pointing the interested reader to sources of more material. There are ample block diagrams, curves, tables and equations which help one to understand the material and make it a pleasure to read. The book also contains exercises throughout and provides a website with simulation code for this purpose. The book even goes a step further with a chapter on how to implement the PHY designs in FPGA hardware. It is rare to find a text which takes the reader from theory to hardware in so complete and interesting a manner. 5 stars.
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Summary: A great book on OFDM WLANs
Review: This is by far the best book on the topic that I have read. The book is perfect for someone who has a very strong CS background but is interested in understanding physical layer issues.
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