Wireless : The Latest Telecom Story

Contents: Preface. I. Wired origins: 1. What hath God wrought? 2. Good heavens: it talks and talks! II. Enabling innovations: 3. Chips for all. 4. The digital technique. 5. Hot potatoes in transit. 6. Voice transmission. III. The wired world:  7. Land and sea cables. 8. Optical links. IV. Into a wireless world: 9. The radio window. 10. Microwaves: invisible highways. 11. Links with Geosats. 12. The INSAT system. 13. LEO and MEO satellites. V. The wireless revolution: 14. The internet: a global platform. 15. The emerging broadband. 16. Major wireless networks. 17. The cellular wave. 18. The other Swiss army knife. 19. Wireless access: Wi-Fi and Wi-MAX. 20. Multimedia convergence. 21. And now MMS. VI. Switching and networking: 22. Step by step. 23. Crossing the bars. 24. Electronic robots. 25. Challenges in networking. VII. New trends and a new deal: 26. Worldwide trends. 27. A new deal to rural India. Glossary. Index.

"This book is a fascinating story on the ongoing wireless revolution in telecommunications in India and abroad with special emphasis on the amazing innovations that redefine our access to the internet, such as Wi-MAX and new generations of multifunctional cell phones; multimedia convergence that brings us voice, data, music and video anywhere any time; and the latest trends in satellite, cellular and optical communications and their impact on urban and rural areas."