The IEEE Wireless Dictionary
by Wael William Diab and Howard M. Frazier
ISBN: 978-0-7381-4766-6 Part Number: STDSP1142 Format: Softcover, 100 pages Release Date: 1 January 2005 Price: Member and Affiliate Price: $23.00 Non-Member Price: $28.99
About the Book Wireless technology, like many other technical fields,
has its own set of jargon and acronyms. Many times,
these acronyms are used simply to reduce the effort
required to describe concepts.
The goal of this book is to provide meaning for the
acronyms and jargon used in the wireless industry
with a particular emphasis on commercial systems.
Although not exhaustive, an additional goal was to
include the most commonly used terms. Individuals
who are experts in one particular field, e.g., 3G
cellular or WLANs, will find terms from other fields
with which they are unfamiliar. Individuals who need
to have broad view of the wireless landscape will
find that this book covers most of the topics and
terms that are important in today’s market.
This book is a dictionary that reads more like an
encyclopedia. Rather than just giving a terse definition
for various wireless terms, many of the definitions
contain additional information to provide context
for understanding the term. A little history is added
where appropriate as well as some opinion regarding
the technical and marketing issues that make the design
of wireless systems so interesting.
The book is organized into two sections. The first
contains an overview of the book and addresses a couple
of topics that are common to many of the definitions,
frequency bands and the OSI networking model. The
second part of the book contains the definitions in
alphabetical order.
