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Book Review Mobile Radio Networks: Networking and Protocols B. Walke; John Wiley and Sons, 1999, ISBN 0-471-97595-8 The book gives a comprehensive and detailed description of network oriented functions of a variety of digital wireless and mobile radio systems. It is aimed at engineers in the industry and graduate and undergraduate mobile communi- cations students. The book covers system aspects and fundamentals of radio transmission, along with an insight into protocols used by all major mobile providers. Among the systems described in the book are the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), Terrestrial Trunked Radio (ETSI/TETRA) and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). The book also previews the forthcoming stan- dards like third Generation Mobile Radio UMTS/ IMT2000 and ETSI/ATM-Forum Wireless ATM systems. “A picture is worth a thousand words”—following this principle, the book is easy to read and is full of interesting and precise illustrations that allow the reader to follow the book’s flow of ideas. The historical development in the introduction, along with the last chapter entitled “The Future is Wireless” describing a typical day in the year 2000 and wireless communication in the year 2005, give the book a chronolo- gical aspect which help the reader understand not only the technical aspects of the described systems but also the reason behind their developments. For all these reasons I think that the book is worth reading and is value for money. However, on the negative side, I noticed that, Sections 12.3.7.2 and 12.4.2 are a little weak, and many works on Cross Over Switch discovery and selection and many hand- off schemes proposed for WATM are not mentioned. The call admission control scheme is a very important issue in WATM networks, especially because these networks have to offer a variety of QoS to users, which makes a detailed study of the issue a must. Y. Iraqi 417605 Davenport Road, Waterloo ON, Canada N2L 6H8 Computer Communications 23 (2000) 1319 0140-3664/00/$ - see front matter q 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved. PII: S0140-3664(00)00212-7 www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom

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Page 1: Mobile Radio Networks: Networking and Protocols: B. Walke; John Wiley and Sons, 1999, ISBN 0-471-97595-8

Book Review

Mobile Radio Networks: Networking and ProtocolsB. Walke; John Wiley and Sons, 1999, ISBN 0-471-97595-8

The book gives a comprehensive and detailed description

of network oriented functions of a variety of digital wireless

and mobile radio systems. It is aimed at engineers in the

industry and graduate and undergraduate mobile communi-

cations students.

The book covers system aspects and fundamentals of

radio transmission, along with an insight into protocols

used by all major mobile providers. Among the systems

described in the book are the Global System for Mobile

Communications (GSM), Terrestrial Trunked Radio

(ETSI/TETRA) and Wireless Local Area Networks

(WLAN). The book also previews the forthcoming stan-

dards like third Generation Mobile Radio UMTS/

IMT2000 and ETSI/ATM-Forum Wireless ATM systems.

ªA picture is worth a thousand wordsºÐfollowing this

principle, the book is easy to read and is full of interesting

and precise illustrations that allow the reader to follow the

book's ¯ow of ideas.

The historical development in the introduction, along

with the last chapter entitled ªThe Future is Wirelessº

describing a typical day in the year 2000 and wireless

communication in the year 2005, give the book a chronolo-

gical aspect which help the reader understand not only the

technical aspects of the described systems but also the

reason behind their developments.

For all these reasons I think that the book is worth reading

and is value for money.

However, on the negative side, I noticed that, Sections

12.3.7.2 and 12.4.2 are a little weak, and many works on

Cross Over Switch discovery and selection and many hand-

off schemes proposed for WATM are not mentioned. The

call admission control scheme is a very important issue in

WATM networks, especially because these networks have

to offer a variety of QoS to users, which makes a detailed

study of the issue a must.

Y. Iraqi

417605 Davenport Road,

Waterloo ON,

Canada N2L 6H8

Computer Communications 23 (2000) 1319

0140-3664/00/$ - see front matter q 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

PII: S0140-3664(00)00212-7

www.elsevier.com/locate/comcom