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Author:   Peter McGuiggan (PMCG Consultancy Ltd, UK)
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.879kg
ISBN:  

9780470095072

ISBN 10:   0470095075
Pages:   400
Publication Date:   23 July 2004
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction. 2. Radio Channels, Physical channels and Logical Channels - the GSM/GPRS Air Interface. 3. Air Interface Frame and Multiframe Structures. 4. The TBF and the MAC Layer. 5. An Introduction to Protocol Layers Data Flow. 6. GPRS Mobile Station Characteristics. 7. Operations in the Physical Layers. 8. RLC/MAC Layer Procedures. 9. LLC Layer Procedures. 10. GMM Layer Procedures. 11. SM Layer Procedures. 12. SNDCP Procedures. Appendix 1: GMSK and EDGE. Appendix 2: System Information and Packet System Information. Appendix 3: Inter-Layer Primitives. Appendix 4: Mobile Station Uplink Power Control. Appendix 5: A Possible Problem with UL TBFs When the Application Layer is Using TCP/IP. Recommended Reading. Index.

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Peter McGuiggan has worked in telecommunications for the past forty years.  He has held a variety of positions such as development test-engineer for a telecommunications manufacturer, an engineer working on fixed line international telecommunications systems including satellite, microwave and line transmission systems and as a lecturer in radio systems and advanced electronics and  an engineering manager.  He also worked in Saudia Arabia managing the telecommunications training for the National Guard.Upon the privatisation of UK telecommunications in 1986, he was appointed as the training manager of one of the new telecommunications operating companies and in 1992 he was appointed Training Adviser to the Director of Mobile Communications of a major operating company. He currently works as a Telecommunications Consultant for PMCG Consultancy Ltd in the UK where he has written and presented courses on the GSM Air Interface, The GSM A-bis Interface, Cell Planning, Cell Optimisation using Frequency Hopping, GPRS Operations and UMTS Operations.

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