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Summary: A well done work on cellular radio
Review: Clint Smith's Wireless Telecom FAQs is a requirement for wireless professionals, a necessity for those whose jobs touch on celluar radio, and a great resource for anyone working in telecom. Beginners should have a good telecom or communications dictionary when consulting this book. Those interested specifically in LMDS or other unconventional radio schemes should look elsewhere.Published this year (2000) by McGraw Hill, Wireless Telecom FAQs's is a desk and field reference book in one. It's set in a question and answer format and accompanied by many illustrations. Formulae and equations appear rarely and only when necessary, such as in calculating diffraction loss or figuring path clearance. Besides discussing RF, filters, and antennas, it also gives information on cellular networks, design, cell site management, traffic engineering, and system performance. Bearing little resemblance to musty, text only internet FAQs, Smith's work features crisp diagrams, well done charts, and extensive tables. Each one seems designed for this book; all of the line art is of a piece, and beautifully presented. The GSM/PCS1900 call processing charts in particular are outstanding, as well as the IS-136 channel assignments table. The book's layout is exemplary. Printed on brilliant white, acid free paper, a ragged right border for easy reading, and generous white space between questions and answers, the book's style opens the text, invites browsing, and leavens Smith's studied tone. An accurate, comprehensive index makes subjects easy to find. This is an excellent, practical, Q&A style book on current cellular radio practice.
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