Chapter 17: Multimedia over Wireless and Mobile Networks

Web Resources

John Scourias' GSM report from Univ. of Waterloo

During the early 1980s, analog cellular telephone systems were experiencing rapid growth in Europe, particularly in Scandinavia and the United Kingdom, but also in France and Germany ...

Overview of GPRS

General Packet Radio System is also known as GPRS is a third-generation step toward internet access.

NTIA (National Telecommunications & Information Administration) Spectrum Management

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), located within the Department of Commerce, is the Executive Branch agency that is principally responsible by law for advising the President on telecommunications and information policy issues.

CDMA Development Group

The cdg.org website is now maintained as a historical archive by IFAST.

IMT-2000 (International Mobile Telecommunication 2000)

You can find M.687 : International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000) here.

UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) Forum

The UMTS Forum is a Market Representation Partner in the Third Generation Partnership Project.

CDMA2000 RTT (Radio Transmission Technology)

A presentation by Ewa Gawora, CDMA Development Group.

Wi-Fi Alliance

Wi-Fi Alliance is the worldwide network of companies that brings you Wi-Fi, one of the world's most valued communications technologies.

The 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP)

The project covers cellular telecommunications technologies, including radio access, core network and service capabilities, which provide a complete system description for mobile telecommunications.

Books:

Fundamentals of Wireless Communication by David Tse and Pramod Viswanath

The past decade has seen many advances in physical layer wireless communication theory and their implementation in wireless systems. This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains the web of concepts ...

Wireless Communications by Andrea Goldsmith

Wireless technology is a truly revolutionary paradigm shift, enabling multimedia communications between people and devices from any location. It also underpins exciting applications such as sensor networks, smart homes, telemedicine, and automated highways. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying theory, design techniques and analytical tools of wireless communications ...

Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition by Theodore S. Rappaport

The leading book on wireless communications offers a wealth of practical information on the implementation realities of wireless communications. This book also contains up-to-date information on the major wireless communications standards from around the world ...

Video Processing and Communications by Yao Wang, J. Ostermann and Ya-Qin Zhang

For graduate level courses in digital video processing and communications, and as a reference book for practicing researchers and engineers.

Images:

1. An image illustrating several PDA products: (from left to right) Handspring Treo 270, Intrinsyc $\mu$PDA, Sony CLIE PEG-NZ90, Palm Tungsten T: pdas.jpg

2. An image illustrating several modern cell phones from different manufacturers: (from left to right) Sony Ericsson P800, Motorola A835, Nokia 3650, Samsung Sch V200 and a Samsung wrist-watch cell phone: cells.jpg