[...]... TABLE 1- 1 Network Speeds and Standards Type of Network Wireless Generation Connectivity/Protocol Theoretical Throughput WAN 1G Mobitex/Motient 9.6 kbps WAN 2G CDPD, CDMA, TDMA 19 .2 kbps WAN 2G GSM 9.6 kbps WAN 2.5G Ricochet (filed Chapter 11 ) 10 0 15 0 kbps WAN 2.5G GPRS, 1XRTT 10 0 15 0 kbps WAN 3G CDMA2001x, TS-SCHEMA, W-CDMA, EDGE 384 kbps LAN Wired LAN 10 10 0 Mbps LAN 8 01. 11b 11 Mbps PAN Bluetooth 1 2... 2—Planning and Designing Wireless High-Speed Data Applications Part 2 of the book is the next logical step in wireless data network application development Part 2 also examines planning and designing wireless data and satellite applications, architecting wireless data mobility design, fixed wireless data network design, wireless data access design, designing millimeter-wave devices, wireless data services, and... Conclusion References Wireless Data Access Implementation Methods 409 Using Antenna Arrays: Lifting the Limits on High-Speed Wireless Data Access WirelessMAN: Air Interface for Broadband Wireless Access Conclusion References Chapter 17 374 376 388 390 395 407 408 410 419 433 435 Part 4 CONFIGURING WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED DATA NETWORKS Chapter 18 440 452 453 Configuring Broadband Wireless Data Networks 455... Deploying Wireless High-Speed Data Networks This third part of the book discusses how to install and deploy wireless data satellite networks, implement terrestrial fixed wireless data networks, implement wireless data and satellite applications, apply the packet-overSONET/SDH specification (POS-PHY level 3), deploy high-speed wireless data networking applications, and implement wireless data access 13 Deploying... applications But what about wireless data LANs? While carriers have delayed rollouts of wireless data wide-area networks, wireless data local-area networks (WiFi LANs) have surged in popularity WiFi LANs provide network access only for approximately 300 ft around each access point, but provide for bandwidth up to 11 Mbps for the IEEE 802 .11 b protocol, and up to 10 0 Mbps for the emerging 802 .11 a protocol Best... chapter discusses the wireless data moves in m-commerce Not all m-commerce relies on location-based wireless data tracking 4 Wireless Data Marketing Environment This chapter discusses the state of the wireless data market environment It also makes a lot of predications 5 Standards for Next-Generation High-Speed Wireless Data Connectivity This chapter discusses the state of the wireless data standard environment... the propagation environment, the improvement factors are not Part 4—Configuring Wireless High-Speed Data Networks Part 4 shows you how to configure wireless data, broadband wireless data networks, wireless data satellite networks, and residential wireless data access technology 18 Configuring Wireless Data This chapter presents architectural solutions for the following aspects, identified in the TRUST... Are Wireless Networks? A new industry-wide standard, 802 .11 b, commonly known as WiFi, can transmit data at speeds up to 11 megabits per second (Mbps) over wire- Chapter 1: Wireless Data Network Fundamentals 5 less data links For comparison, standard Ethernet networks provide 10 Mbps WiFi is more than 5 times faster than prior-generation wireless data solutions and its performance is more than adequate... pieces of mobile wireless data broadband equipment used in the maintenance of the system, as well as the ongoing maintenance issues The book concludes with a discussion of future wireless data network planning, standards development, and the wireless data broadband mobile Internet industry Part 1 Overview of Wireless High-Speed Data Technology Part 1 presents the fundamentals of wireless data networks:... Mbps PAN Bluetooth 1 2 Mbps 10 Part 1: Overview of Wireless High-Speed Data Technology attainable speed over the network and is typically 50 to 10 0 percent faster than real-world performance Wireless Data Types There is a dizzying array of wireless data standards and technologies available to choose from While wireless data services have been much slower to catch on than wireless voice services, they . WIRELESS DATA DEMYSTIFIED THE McGRAW- HILL DEMYSTIFIED SERIES 3G Wireless Demystified 802 .11 Demystified Bluetooth Demystified CEBus Demystified Computer Telephony Demystified Cryptography Demystified DVD. otherwise. DOI: 10 .10 36/00 714 2 919 0 CONTENTS Foreword xi Acknowledgments xii Introduction xiii Part 1 OVERVIEW OF WIRELESS HIGH-SPEED DATA TECHNOLOGY Chapter 1 Wireless Data Network Fundamentals 3 Wireless Data. Demystified DVD Demystified GPRS Demystified MPEG-4 Demystified SIP Demystified SONET/SDH Demystified Streaming Media Demystified Video Compression Demystified Videoconferencing Demystified Wireless Data Demystified Wireless