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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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Summary: Grounds all theory learned from DSP and Comm. classes
Review: This is the type of book that helps you to nail down all the concepts learned from DSP, Random Processes and Communications Theory on the topic of 802.11 -WLAN system.
I have studied chapters 1 through 4 and used the simulation tool provided on Sams website.
The exercises are challenging and make you think on why an algorithm behaves the way it does.
The book, for example, will not explain you in detail what a multipath fading channel is, rather, it will provide you with algorithms that deal with it for an improved wireless communication; so this would be a "hands-on" book.The simulation tool (donwloadable from Sams website) is very helpful since one can see how the algorithms are being used with "real life" data. As a final word: The book has lots of powerful algorithms that give more than enough flexibility and choices to the designer of a WLAN system.
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Summary: A great OFDM Text
Review: This text has greatly enhanced my understanding of OFDM systems. The book discusses the basic concepts and then builds upon them to design complete OFDM systems. The text also gives an insight into why the standards like IEEE 802.11a are the way they are.
This book does have a few minor typos but at most places, it is obvious what the authors actually meant. Hence, they do not come in the way of learning the material.
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Summary: very good reference for developers of OFDM-based WLAN's
Review: This very readable book serves as a good overview of OFDM, contains concise descriptions of practical problems facing WLAN developers and plenty of good references at the end of every chapter if one cares to dive further into technical details. The book will appeal to audiences including engineers without WLAN experience and those with many years of experience in WLAN. This book is focused mostly on physical layer aspects of OFDM-based WLAN's, but there are good sections on MAC and RF related issues. I downloaded the software. In the course of running some of the software, the simulation tried to access some files in the Communications Toolbox, which I did not own. Perhaps the authors could write a simplified version of this particular function and include it so that the entire simulation will run. Overall, excellent with what could have been a difficult subject.
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