Throughout the next decade, 802 wireless systems will become an integral part of fourth generation (4G) cellular communication systems, where the convergence of wireless and cellular networks will materialize through support of interworking and seamless roaming across dissimilar wireless and cellular radio access technologies.

"IEEE 802 Wireless Systems" clearly describes the leading systems, covering IEEE 802.11 WLAN, IEEE 802.15 WPAN, IEEE 802.16 WMAN systems' architecture, standards and protocols (including mesh) with an instructive approach allowing individuals unfamiliar with wireless systems to follow and understand these technologies. Ranging from digital radio transmission fundamentals, duplex, multiplexing and switching to medium access control, radio spectrum regulation, coexistence and spectrum sharing, this book also offers new solutions to broadband multi-hop networking for cellular and ad-hoc operation.

This book: Gives a comprehensive overview and performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11, 802.15 and 802.16 Includes a tutorial like introduction to the basics of wireless communication Discusses challenges in mesh/multi-hop relaying networks and provides profound solutions for their realization with 802 Wireless Systems Covers spectrum sharing on different levels and provides solutions for coexistence, cooperation and interworking of 802 Wireless Systems that are following the same or different standards, but share the same spectrum Includes a detailed overview and introduction on cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access

This book is an essential text for advanced undergraduate students with a basic working knowledge of wireless communication, graduate studentsand engineers working in the field of wireless communications.

This book offers a reliable guide and the foundation for lectures on IEEE 802 wireless systems providing slides of the figures and tables ready to be downloaded for course presentation. Additionally, a complete implementation of a protocol emulator is offered for download to facilitate an understanding, visualization and performance evaluation of IEEE 802.11.

Building on the success of the first edition Mobile Radio Networks continues to be the authoritative text on the radio-related and network-oriented functions of the digital communications networks that have been introduced over the last few years. Thoroughly revised and updated, containing 30% new material, the second edition has been substantially improved and now provides detailed descriptions of the latest wireless systems designs. The traffic performance behaviour of all systems under realistic traffic load conditions is presented and comparisons are made with the performance seen by the user of various competing systems.

• Features new chapters on GSM/GPRS/EDGE systems and includes their traffic performances
• Presents completely new material on 3G systems, focussing on UMTS radio access and fixed network, and a comparison of spectrum efficiency of UMTS and EDGE
• Details the Virtual Home Environment architecture of UMTS, SAT and MExE
• Includes revised and substantially expanded chapters on Wireless LANs and a performance comparison of IEEE 802.11a and HiperLAN/2
• Offers new sections on ad hoc W-LANs, Bluetooth, WAP and WML and new material on next generation systems
• Contains detailed descriptions of numerous systems including DECT, PHS, TETRA, PDC, IS-95 and mobile satellite

Engineers and researchers will continue to find this all-encompassing treatment of mobile radio networks a valuable resource and it will also provide an extensive reference for postgraduates and students in mobile communications.