• Author:
  • Brodsky, Ira
• Subject:
  Computer Science
• Published by:
  John Wiley & Sons Inc (US)
• Published:
  20/06/1997
• Price:
  $74.99
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Wireless Computing A Manager's Guide to Wireless Networking Ira Brodsky Pagers, cellular phones, and high-flying satellites have radically altered the modern work place and forever changed the way business gets done. But in his forward-looking new book Wireless Computing, industry expert Ira Brodsky convincingly documents the fact that the wireless revolution has actually just begun. Wireless Computing is a comprehensive guide to each of the elements of the new wireless universe. Chapters provide detailed analysis of topics such as:
* The wireless workplace and radio Local Area Networks (LANs)
* Cellular phones, including a complete discussion of the migration from analog to digital cellular technology
* Paging and personal messaging services
* Infrared: "Fiber optics without the fiber"
* Bandwidth, including a full tour of frequency ranges and how each is currently used
Beyond merely summarizing the latest wireless advancements, Brodsky suggests ways companies of various sizes and industries might integrate them into their internal communications networks. As the battle rages over which standards and technologies will win marketplace superiority, Wireless Computing offers provocative insights that corporate IT and communications managers, network administrators, equipment and software vendors, and others responsible for staying ahead of the communications technology curve are sure to find invaluable.

Ira Brodsky is President of Datacomm Research Company, a management consulting and market research firm specializing in emerging wireless communications, with clients in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. Also the author of Wireless: The Revolution in Personal Telecommunications, Mr. Brodsky has published numerous articles in leading trade journals and is a regular columnist for Network World, Cellular Business, and Wireless For The Corporate User. Mr. Brodsky has also chaired six wireless conferences.

Cyberspace Without Wires.

Using the Spectrum.

Cellular Data Solutions.

Personal Messaging.

Wireless Data Networks.

Wireless Bandwidth-on-Demand.

The Wireless Workplace: Radio LANs.

Fiberless Fiber Optics.

Wireless Computing in the Sky.

Wireless Software.

Mobile Devices.

Batteries: Cutting the Final Cord.

Being Wireless.

Glossary.

Index.