Text breaks down wireless radio
Wiring for Wireless Sites
By Ira Wiesenfeld, P.E.
Thomson Delmar Learning, $34.95
The two key purposes of this hands-on, detailed book are to teach technicians and engineers to wire a wireless radio site and to provide a reference for those in the business of site installation and management.
The book is laid out with objectives, summaries, review questions and “Concepts for Review” to focus attention on key points. Coverage spans all aspects of installation and maintenance, provides details about AC power wiring, RF cabling, private line telephone wiring, fiber optic wiring, antennas and all the equipment in between.
Broadband applications and the digital home
Edited by John Turnbull and Simon Garrett
The Institute of Electrical Engineers, $89
BTexact Technologies contributors provide insight into the potential applications of broadband communication technology in the home and everyday life.
The book’s mission is to provide insight into the what a digital home will be, what broadband applications and services will be made available today and in the future and what the key technologies are that will enable the future the digital home.
The scope of the book covers connecting the home to external networks, connecting devices and applications within the home, developing technology that reflects practical uses in the home, and applications under development.
Deploying License-Free Wireless
Wide Area Networks
By Jack Unger
Cisco Press, $60
This book seeks to be a practical guide to license free outdoor wireless WANs. The book is based on real-world WAN deployments.
The subject matter is wide in scope and meant for a diverse audience from those intrigued by wireless to those pursuing a career in wireless WAN development.
JPL Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series
Series edited by Joseph H. Yuen
John Wiley & Sons Inc.
The Deep Space Communications and Navigation Series attempts to lay the foundation for innovation in the areas of deep space navigation and communications. The series also collects fundamental principles and practices developed over years of deep space exploration at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s California Institute of Technology’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
Bandwidth-Efficient Digital Modulation with Application to Deep-Space Communications (Marvin K. Simon, $125) defines, describes and outlines the performance of digital systems that incorporate a variety of bandwidth-efficient modulations.
Formulation for Observed and Computed Values of Deep Space Network Data Types for Navigation (Theodore D. Moyer, $145) is an approachable reference to comprehensively document the formulation of project Regres of the Orbit Determination Program.
Large Antennas of the Deep Space Network (William A. Imbriale, $125) discusses antennas used to support radio and radar astronomy observations in space exploration.
Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep-Space Navigation (Catherine L. Thornton and James S. Border, $110) offers the fundamental principles of radio navigation on interplanetary spacecraft.
