Wireless Networks: Design and Integration for LTE, EVDO, HSPA, and WiMAX

Design Next-Generation Wireless Networks Using the Latest Technologies

Fully updated throughout to address current and emerging technologies, standards, and protocols, Wireless Networks, Third Edition, explains wireless system design, high-speed voice and data transmission, internetworking protocols, and 4G convergence.

New chapters cover LTE, WiMAX, WiFi, and backhaul. You'll learn how to successfully integrate LTE, WiMAX, UMTS, HSPA, CDMA2000/EVDO, and TD-SCDMA into existing cellular/PCS networks. Configure, manage, and optimize high-performance wireless networks with help from this thoroughly revised, practical guide.

Comprehensive coverage includes:

• Overview of 3G wireless systems
• UMTS (WCDMA) and HSPA
• CDMA2000 and EVDO
• TD-SCDMA and TD-CDMA
• LTE
• WiMAX
• VoIP
• WiFi
• Broadband system RF design considerations
• Network design considerations
• Backhaul
• Antenna system selection, including MIMO
• System design for UMTS, CDMA2000 with EVDO, TD-SCDMA, TD-CDMA, LTE, and WiMAX
• Communication sites including in-building and colocation guidelines
• 5G and beyond