Overview

This is the second of a two-volume work in which Europe's experts from academia and industry present the results of research into advanced mobile technologies and services performed within the scope of the ACTS R&D programme. The volumes describe and analyze the results of the Mobile Domain ACTS projects, and include implementation case studies. They cover: UMTS air interface (terrestrial and satellite); broadband wireless (terrestrial and satellite); wireless access; terrestrial and satellite networks; enabling technologies, including software radio and smart antennas; and services and applications, including multimedia and broadcasting.

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Author:   Ramjee Prasad ,  Ramjee Prasad
Publisher:   Artech House Publishers
Imprint:   Artech House Publishers
Edition:   Unabridged edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.20cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.835kg
ISBN:  

9781580531399

ISBN 10:   1580531393
Pages:   369
Publication Date:   30 June 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Undergraduate ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

From ACTS to IST: beyond UTMS - wireless broadband communications; scope of RTD in ACTS; preview of the book; wheel to the future. Terminals: mobile multimedia systems; applications of mobile telephony for people with special needs; portable digital assistant in a UTMS environment; conclusions. Advanced services and applications: multimedia services; multimedia information services; case studies; broadcasting applications; conclusions. Enabling technologies: flexible integrated radio systems technology; super-conductivity in mobile base stations; technologies in smart antennas - TSUNAMI; new methods for adaptive equalization; smart universal beamforming; software radio. Trials: digital television terrestrial broadcasting; DVB for satellite - project validate. Standards, chains and SIGs: domains; chains; special interest groups; standards; summary.

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Ramjee Prasad is wireless information and multimedia chair and co-director of the Center for PersonKommunikation at Aalborg University. He is the author of CDMA for Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1996) and Universal Wireless Personal Communications (Artech House, 1998), co-author of OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications (Artech House, 2000), and co-editor of Third Generation Mobile Communication Systems (Artech House, 2000).

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