How wireless works
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How wireless works
Que, 2001
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Includes index
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Description
How Wireless Works continues in the How It Works series tradition by explaining every aspect of wireless communications, from the remote control on your coffee table to the most sophisticated wireless Internet networks. As wireless technology proliferates, readers will need to understand how wireless technologies work in order to make educated buying and business decisions related to wireless technologies. This book will provide readers with a basic technical background on wireless technologies, including infrared, radio-frequency, power line, and PNA (wireless home networking.) The book will also explain the strengths and weaknesses of each technology, so the reader will understand which technology is best suited to a particular application. Where appropriate, we?ll explain the differences between competing industry standards, so readers can make an informed buying decision.
Table of Contents
Introduction.
I. UNDERSTANDING WIRELESS'S BASIC TECHNOLOGIES.
1. Welcome to the World of Wireless.
2. What Is the Electromagnetic Spectrum?
3. How a Basic Wireless System Works.
4. How Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Frequency Modulation (FM) Work.
5. How Data Rides on Wireless Waves.
6. How Antennas, Transmitters, and Receivers Work.
II. HOW RADIO AND TELEVISION WORK.
7. How Radio Broadcasting Works.
8. How Walkie-Talkies and Family Radio Service (FRS) Work.
9. How Television Broadcasting Works.
III. HOW CELLULAR TELEPHONES AND PAGERS WORK.
10. How Cellular Networks, Cells, and Base Stations Work.
11. How Cellular Telephones Work.
12. How Pagers Work.
IV. UNDERSTANDING WIRELESS NETWORKS.
13. How a Wireless Network Works.
14. How Home Wireless Networks Work.
15. Understanding Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 Networking.
V. THE WIRELESS INTERNET.
16. Understanding the Internet.
17. How Cell Phones Access the Internet.
18. How XML and Voice XML Deliver Internet Data.
19. How i-mode Works.
20. PCs and Wireless Technology.
21. How Wireless Palmtops Work.
VI. APPLYING WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY: mCOMMERCE, SECURITY, BUSINESS USE, AND BEYOND.
22. How mCommerce and Corporate Wireless Access Work.
23. Privacy and Security in a Wireless World.
24. How Wireless 3G Works.
25. Wireless Use in Satellites and Space.
Glossary.
Index.
by "Nielsen BookData"