Joseph GhetieCambridge University PressEdition: Illustrated, 8/28/2008EAN 9780521513562, ISBN10: 0521513561Hardcover, 464 pages, 25.4 x 18 x 2.5 cmLanguage: EnglishDo you need to understand the solutions that allow multimedia communications between mobile networks and fixed wireless communications? If so, this practical book, presenting the fundamentals of individual fixed and mobile wireless technologies in terms of architectures, standards, management capabilities and quality of service issues, is essential reading. Adopting the term Fixed-Mobile Convergence (FMC), an analysis of the interworking between cellular networks and a variety of wireless technologies, such as WLAN, WiMAX, RFID and UWB, is provided. An in-depth study of the convergent solutions offered by UMA and IMS is also given, together with up-to-date information about products, vendors and current service offerings. You'll also find criteria for analyzing and evaluating fixed-mobile convergent products and services, and numerous diagrams and feature/component tables. This practical text is ideal for engineers and practitioners in the field of telecommunications and wireless communications, as well as graduate students of electrical and computer engineering.Part I. Wireless CommunicationsNetworking and Management1. Wireless communications and networking2. Network management3. Service managementPart II. Cellular Mobile Radio Networking and Management4. Cellular mobile radio networking5. Cellular mobile radio networks management and servicesPart III. Fixed Wireless TechnologiesNetworking and Management6. Wireless local area networking7. Wireless personal area networking8. Wireless metropolitan area networking9. Wireless near-field sensor networkingPart IV. Fixed Wireless Cellular Mobile Networks Convergence and Integration10. Fixed mobile convergence overview11. Wireless LAN cellular mobile convergence12. Wireless PAN cellular mobile convergence13. Wireless MAN cellular mobile convergence14. Wireless sensor networks cellular mobile convergencePart V. Fixed wireless cellular mobile convergencestandardized networking solutions15. UMA-based fixed wireless and cellular mobile networking solutions and products16. Session initiation protocol17. IMS-based fixed wireless and cellular mobile networking solutions and protocolsPart VI. Fixed Mobile Convergence Services, Industry Trends, and Implementation Issues18. QOS in fixed wireless cellular mobile convergent networks19. The economics of fixed wireless cellular mobile networks integration20. Fixed mobile convergence implementationstatus, trends, and issues.
