Whether you're searching for the technical details of CDPD network operations - or you need a better understanding of the options available to you when choosing a wireless data transfer technology, Cellular Digital Packet Data gives you the background you need. The book provides an overview of existing alternate technologies supporting wireless data communications and explains the architectural concepts of the CDPD network and its major subsystems. It describes the CDPD network's main components and explores key network management issues. Detailed chapters illustrate CDPD deployment, operation, and tuning. This book is a valuable reference for engineers, network/carrier managers, marketing/sales managers, and mobile/wireless users.
Introduction. Wireless Technologies with Data Capability. CDPD Architecture. Air Link Interface. Link Layer Protocol. Subnetwork Dependent Convergence Protocol. Radio Resource Management. Mobility of MESs. Network Management. A Day in the Life of a CDPD M-ES. CDPD Deployment and Operational Issues. Current CDPD Issues.
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Rajiv Kumar
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M. Sreetharan
Muthuthamby Sreetharan is president of Performance Computing, Inc. He received his B.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka, his M.S. from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, and his Ph.D. from Brunel University, London, UK.