Wireless Basics Book

The third edition of the already popular line of Wireless Basics books explains how various wireless services work and their interconnection with traditional telephone networks. It is a well-known fact that wireless technology and services are continually changing. Author and industry veteran Harry E. Young understands these changes in the industry and provides descriptions and diagrams of typical interconnection arrangements for cellular, paging, PCS, land mobile radio, SMR and satellite systems. Literally thousands of people who need to understand how wireless works have found previous editions of this book to be extremely valuable. Wireless Basics, 3rd Edition provides details of the latest wireless technologies and systems. Some of the most important topics featured are:

• An introduction to the latest wireless systems, their network parts and how they operate.
• Regulatory changes as a result of the 1996 Telecommunications Act that has dramatically changed what services wireless systems can offer.
• An overview of Third Generation (3G) wireless technologies.
• What are the requirements for local number portability (LNP) and how systems must change to implement them.
• How the North American (Telephone) Numbering Plan (NANP) is administered.
• Gain an understanding of paging network architectures and how they are changing to compete with mobile telephone and wireless data service.
• Why calling party pays (CPP) is important and how it is entering into the marketplace.
• How wireless systems interconnect with the pubic telephone network and other networks such as the Internet.
• What are the latest wireless developments in mobile satellite and air-to-ground aviation systems.
• How land mobile radio (LMR) systems have evolved into digital specialized mobile radio (SMR) networks with more features than cellular and PCS services.