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As time goes by, so does the development and betterment of Wireless Internet Technology. Much like WiFi refers to 802.11 wireless networks, “Wireless Broadband” technology is likewise specified by the acronym “WiBB” which is entering the vocabulary as an abbreviation for it.

Wireless Broadband is accessible in Internet cafes or what is also called as “hot spots” scattered within a lot of cities, workplaces, and various homes. A very commodious vantage of wireless broadband internet is that it does not need to be hitched to the broadband modem or router by way of Ethernet or network cable. Wireless broadband functions through radio waves that may be received by any broadband modem or computer, phone, or other device with Wi-Fi capability from the directly surrounding area or “hot spot”. Thus, since any device within the radius of the hot spot may receive the signal, this form of broadband internet is said to be “portable”.

Among the latest improvements in broadband technology is the introduction of 4G. 4G is an acronym which is used to refer to the Fourth Generation of standards in wireless technology. It is the successor to 3G and 2G technology. It is a engineering that promises to revolutionize wireless communications in a wholly more superior way. 4G is likewise acknowledged as “beyond 3G” because it is competent to provide a altogether dependable Internet Protocol (IP) solution. 4G is equipped with a broader bandwidth capacity and higher selective information rates, consequently clients will have the gain of high quality video and audio streaming “anytime, anywhere” at a speed much more quickly than the preceding generations. The “Anytime, anywhere” theme of 4G engineering science is also recognized as “MAGIC” which is an acronym for Mobile multimedia; Anytime/anywhere; Global mobility support; Integrated wireless solution; and Customized personal services. 4G engineering won’t be applied only for cellular telephone systems, but will likewise be available through assorted modes of wireless broadband access communicating systems.

With these superb new features, 4G engineering will target to provide flawless service allround a whole host of wireless networks and systems. All the core technologies employed by fourth-generation wireless ascertain great rates of data transmissions. Some of these core technologies applied may include MIMO (Multiple Input/Multiple Output Technologies), SDR (Software-Defined Radio) receivers, UTMS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), OFDM (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing), and OFDMA (Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access).

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Wireless Multimedia Communications Universal Personal

A study of OFDM, including a comparison with other forms of single carrier modulation methods. It provides the design guidelines necessitated to maximise gains from this technology. There is practical counsel on how to plan, design and use OFDM to make wireless multimedia communications happen. It offers a solid base for assessing the performance of wireless OFDM systems; explains how OFDM signals are formed using the Inverse Fast Fourier Transform, how the cyclic extension mitigates the effects of modulation, and how windowing may limit out-of-band radiation; discusses the sensitivity of OFDM to synchronization errors; examines the fundamental principle of direct sequence and frequency hopping CMDA, helpful in understanding combinings of OFDM and CDMA; explains Multicarrier CDMA, respective transmitter architectures, and the pros and cons equated to other CDMA techniques; and includes a discussion of the combining of OFDM and frequency hopping CDMA to get a multiple access scheme with similar vantages to direct sequence CDMA.

About the AuthorRichard D.J. van Nee, Ph.D. is a fellow member of the technical staff at Lucent Technologies/Bell Labs in the Netherlands. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Delft University, and his M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Twente University. Dr. van Nee was amidst those who proposed the OFDM-based physical layer, which was chosen for standardization in IEEE 802.11, MMAC, and ETSI HiperLAN. 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, 1996) and Universal Wireless Personal Communications (Artech, 1998). Dr. Prasad earned his Ph.D. in communications from the Birla Institute of Technology.

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25 of 28 people found the following review helpful.
Not your uttermost OFDM book
By Charan
If you are looking for a book that distinctly explains the mysteries of OFDM and COFDM then, you will have to wait. This is not that book. Much is left to “as an exercise for the student.” There is numerous generic stuff on coding but how it relates to multipath mitigation is not clear. There are no good pictures of spectrums. The effect of amplifier non-linearities is inadequately addressed. The conception of IFFT as employed to modulation is not explained in a way you may perceive it quickly. The division on consistent and differential detection is uneven in the amount of detail and understandability. The whole book has in places either too much math or not enough. There is no division on performance that tells you what the end to performance might be. Good try but far from perfect.

Charan Langton

8 of 8 humans found the following review helpful.
Disappointing content
By Suketu D. Naik
I agree with the reviewers who provided negative feedback. This book has gained reputation because it is one of the very original books on OFDM. I am not impressed with it. It is a mere represenation of Prasad and van Nee’s papers, including a good deal of of the exploration projects they supervised. I didn’t think the book was very helpful at all. The chapters are not as consistent as they must have been. Authors could have written a better book. You wouldn’t want to buy the book if you wanted to learn and understand OFDM. If you are a practising engineer in this area, you will not learn anything new. If you are a graduate/PhD student, you won’t learn everything regarding OFDM. Like a lot of of the reviewers already said, only a few pages are utile (if they are).

23 of 28 persons found the following review helpful.
A Good Book For Starting With OFDM
By Jun Ni
OFDM is not a new technology. It was first and foremost introduced in 1960s. But until recently, OFDM was largely unknown. As OFDM seems to be the only technology for wideband wireless transmission, it became the past one year. OFDM was applied in digital audio/video transmission, wireless LAN and is presently beneath investigation for wireless fixed point transmission. This is book is one of the only two books in regards to OFDM available now, and I think it is a good book. It gives a rather finish overview in regards to wireless transmission, and also addresses the main proficiencies employed in OFDM, including sychronization, channel equalization, peak-average power problems, etc.. It is the right book for starting OFDM. The only shortcome of this book is that I found the references given were not enough.

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