Mobile and Wireless Communications Network Layer and Circuit Level Design

Mobile and wireless communications applications have a clear impact on improving the humanity wellbeing. Societal development will lead to changes in the way mobile and wireless communication systems are used. Essential services such as e-banking, e-learning and e-health will continue to proliferate and become more mobile. On demand information and entertainment will be delivered over mobile and wireless communication systems. The wirelessly connected Internet of things will make our everyday life more efficient, comfortable and safer. It is apparent, even to the most casual observer, that a veritable revolution in telecommunications has taken place within recent years. The use of wireless communications has expanded dramatically worldwide. Cell phones are ubiquitous. Although most such mobile terminals still carry voice principally, more and more users are sending and receiving data and image applications. Wi-Fi, an example of a wireless local area network (LAN), has caught on spectacularly, joining the major cellular networks deployed throughout the world. Smart and advanced wireless communication environments represent the future technology and evolutionary development step in homes, hospitals, industrial, vehicular and transportation systems. The purpose of Mobile and Wireless Communications Network Layer and Circuit Level Design is to highlight several aspects of mobile and wireless communications networks. It covers the recent development in ad hoc and sensor networks, the implementation of state of the art of wireless transceivers building blocks and recent development on optical wireless communication systems. A student or reader of the book, provides more advanced material, should come away with a thorough grounding in the fundamental aspects of mobile wireless communication, as well as an understanding of the principles of operation of second- and third-generation cellular systems and wireless LAN.