Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, The - Couverture souple

Weisman, Carl J.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0130354651 ISBN 13 : 9780130354655

Editeur : Prentice Hall, 2002

Synopsis

This complete, friendly, non-technical introduction to wireless and RF technologies has just been updated to reflect the industry's newest technologies and latest trends. The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, Second Edition covers wireless and RF technologies at every level non-technical professionals need to understand, including fundamental concepts, basic terminology, components, system building blocks, and above all, how complete wireless systems actually work.KEY TOPICS:Carl J. Weisman introduces each of today's hottest wireless technologies, including spread spectrum, wireless local loop, ISM, LMDS, CDMA -- as well as some of tomorrow's most promising standards. The book is remarkably accessible: written in a light, engaging tone, with extensive use of figures, photographs, and visual analogies proven to make wireless and RF technologies easier to understand. This edition's extensive new coverage includes smart antennas and superconducting filters, satellite Internet delivery, and an entirely new chapter on broadband fixed wireless, wireless networking, and mobile Internet access. This edition also contains expanded discussions of GPS; phase modulation; and an updated preview of the future of mobile telephony.MARKET:For anyone working in and around the wireless/RF industries who does not have an engineering degree or strong technical background. An ideal resource for non-technical managers, sales administrators, distribution specialists, manufacturer's representatives, buyers, marketing and PR personnel, advertising agents, tradeshow booth staffers, executive recruiters, financial analysts, technical writers, investment bankers, and venture capitalists.

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À propos de l'auteur

CARL J. WEISMAN has extensive experience communicating with non-technical people in the sales chain of RF components and subsystems and has done extensive sales training for RF manufacturers' representatives and distributors such as Avnet/Penstock, Richardson Electronics, Sertek, TTI, and Insight Electronics. He is now a consultant providing marketing communications, technology analysis, and other relevant expertise to high-technology firms.

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The only easy-to-understand guide to the wireless revolution!

• The easy-to-understand guide to the wireless revolution–fully updated for the latest technologies!
• New and expanded coverage: broadband fixed wireless, WLANs, wireless Internet, Bluetooth, smart antennas, and more
• Updated coverage of CDMA, GPS, LMDS, and WLL systems
• Concepts, terminology, components, and systems–plus new wireless glossary
• Perfect for marketers, investors, tech writers, PR specialists, and other non-engineers!

There's a wireless revolution underway! With The Essential Guide to RF and Wireless, Second Edition, you can understand it, join it, and help drive it–even if you don't have a technical background.

Leading consultant Carl J. Weisman has thoroughly updated this bestseller to reflect new market realities and breakthrough technologies–from wireless 802.11 LANs to broadband fixed wireless, and beyond. Mr. Weisman covers wireless at every level you need to understand: concepts, terminology, building blocks, and above all, how complete wireless systems actually work. Drawing on his extensive experience training sales professionals, he explains the essence of every key wireless/RF technology–clearly, comprehensibly, and with just the right touch of humor.

• Spread spectrum and CDMA: how they work and why they're important
• New! Detailed section on broadband fixed wireless: the new "last mile" solution for residential subscribers
• New! Satellite Internet delivery
• New! Smart antenna and superconducting filter technologies and their implications
• New! Wireless Internet, m-commerce, and Bluetooth
• Expanded! Global Positioning Systems: technologies and applications
• Updated! Preview the future of mobile telephony
• Updated! Wireless LANs and home networking

From its all-new glossary to its extensive collection of charts, diagrams, and photographs, no other wireless/RF book is as accessible or as friendly! Whether you're a sales or marketing pro, customer, investor, tech writer, PR specialist, trade press writer, analyst, planner, or student, here's the up-to-the-minute briefing you've been searching for!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Prentice Hall
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0130354651
• ISBN 13: 9780130354655
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 332
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Riccardo Bacigalupo; riccardo.bacigalupo@sanoma.it; ; Sanoma Italia Via Arconati, 1 �; Milano; 20135; Italie