Wireless Communication in the 21st Century

- Preface

1 Introduction (Mansoor Shafi, Shigeaki Ogose, and Keith Butterworth)

PART 1: VISIONS OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS APPLICATIONS IN THE 21ST CENTURY

2 Vision of Wireless Communications in the 21st Century (Raymond Steele)

3 Wireless Migration to Packet Network: U.S. Viewpoint (Chung Liu and Wayne Strom)

4 Vision of Wireless Communications Applications in the 21 st Century: A View from Japan (Mitsutoshi Hatori)

PART 2: DEVELOPMENTS IN INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

5 Developments in International Standards (Jane Brownley, Fran O'Brien, Maria Palamara, Derek Richards, and Lynne Sinclair)

6 Standardization on Broadband Wireless Access: Wireless ATM and IP (Masahiro Umehira)

PART 3: PROPAGATION ISSUES

7 Multipath Effects Observed for the Radio Channel (Henry L. Bertoni)

8 Indoor Propagation Modeling (Homayoun Hashemi)

9 Propagation Loss Prediction Models (Masaharu Hata)

10 Path-Loss Measurements for Wireless Mobile Systems (Dongsoo Har and Howard H. Xia)

PART 4: TECHNOLOGIES

11 Coding and Modulation for Power-Constrained Wireless Channels (Ezio Biglieri, Giuseppe Caire, and Giorgio Taricco)

12 Modulation and Demodulation Techniques for Wireless Communication Systems (Seiichi Sampei)

13 Fundamentals of Multiple Access Techniques (Fumiyuki Adachi)

14 Spatial-Temporal Signal Processing for Broadband Wireless Systems (David Falconer)

15 Interference Cancellation and Multiuser Detection (Ryuji Kohno)

PART 5: WIRELESS SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS

16 EDGE: Enhanced Data Rates for GSM and TDMA/136 Evolution (Stefan Javerbring)

17 Continuing Evolution of CDMA into New and Improved Services (Andrew J. Viterbi)

18 WCDMA Radio Access Technology for Third-Generation Mobile Communication (Erik Dahlman, Fredrik Ovesjoš , Per Beming, Christiaan Roobol, Magnus Persson, Jens Knutsson, and Joakim Sorelius)

19 New Systems for Personal Communications via Satellite (J. V. Evans)

PART 6: WIRELESS ATM NETWORKS

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MANSOOR SHAFI is Principal Advisor on Wireless at Telecom New Zealand. He has been employed by Telecom New Zealand for over 20 years and has published extensively on many subjects relating to the physical layer of communications systems. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and was awarded the ComSoc Public Service Award in 1992.
SHIGEAKI OGOSE is engaged in the research and development of the digital mobile communications systems, including PHS, at NTT. He is a member of the Faculty of Engineering, Kagawa University. He received his BSEE and MSEE degrees from Hiroshima University, Japan, and his PhD degree from Kyoto University, Japan. Dr. Ogose is a member of the IEICE.
TAKESHI HATTORI does research and development of cellular systems, paging systems, maritime systems, and advanced cordless systems at NTT. A member of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, he received BSEE, MSEE, and PhD degrees from the University of Tokyo, Japan, and a PhD degree from Kyoto University, Japan. Professor Hattori is a member of the IEICE.

"...offers insight on the kinds of services to expect from wireless networks in the next century..." ( SciTech Book News , Vol. 26, No. 2, June 2002)