Wireless : The Latest Telecom Story

Contents Preface. I. Wired origins 1. What hath God wrought. 2. Good heavens it talks and talks. II. Enabling innovations 3. Chips for all. 4. The digital technique. 5. Hot potatoes in transit. 6. Voice transmission. III. The wired world 7. Land and sea cables. 8. Optical links. IV. Into a wireless world 9. The radio window. 10. Microwaves invisible highways. 11. Links with Geosats. 12. The INSAT system. 13. LEO and MEO satellites. V. The wireless revolution 14. The internet a global platform. 15. The emerging broadband. 16. Major wireless networks. 17. The cellular wave. 18. The other Swiss army knife. 19. Wireless access Wi Fi and Wi MAX. 20. Multimedia convergence. 21. And now MMS. VI. Switching and networking 22. Step by step. 23. Crossing the bars. 24. Electronic robots. 25. Challenges in networking. VII. New trends and a new deal 26. Worldwide trends. 27. A new deal to rural India. Glossary. Index. This book is a fascinating story on the ongoing wireless revolution in telecommunications in India and abroad with special emphasis on the amazing innovations that redefine our access to the internet such as Wi MAX and new generations of multifunctional cell phones multimedia convergence that brings us voice data music and video anywhere any time and the latest trends in satellite cellular and optical communications and their impact on urban and rural areas. 322 pp.…