Overview:
Among the many books published on 3G and cellular telecommunications, Ian Poole’s Introduction stands out because of its broad coverage of the subject, and the way it explains the principles and applications of cellular communications systems using a minimum of mathematics.

Writing as an engineer for engineers, Ian Poole provides a systems-level view and a broader knowledge of the fundamentals, which will enhance the understanding of engineers involved in the design of cellular telecoms equipment, or network planning and deployment. Equally, this book helps students, technicians and equipment manufacturers to gain a working knowledge of the applications and network technologies involved in cellular communications equipment and networks.

The coverage of this book focuses on the latest 2G, 2.5G and 3G technologies, primarily those in use in North America and Europe. The fundamentals of radio propagation, modulation, and cellular basics are also covered in a way that will give readers a real grasp of how cellular communications systems and equipment work.

Contents:
Chapter 1: An Introduction to Cellular Telecommunications - history, overview of systems
Chapter 2: Radio Waves and Propagation - Electric fields, magnetic fields, radio waves, frequency, wavelength, polarisation, how radio signals travel, refraction, reflection, diffraction, reflected signals, fading, intersymbol interference, attenuation by atmosphere, coverage and network planning.
Chapter 3: Modulation - radio carrier, amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, phase modulation, phase shift keying, constellation diagram, quardrature amplitude modulation QAM, Minimum shift keying MSK, gaussian minimum shift keying GMSK, spread spectrum techniques, frequency hopping, direct sequence spread spectrum, cdma, orthogonal frequency division multiplex OFDM, bandwidth and data capacity, shannons law.
Chapter 4: Cellular Basics - Spectrum re-use, multiple access schemes, duplex operation, setting up calls, receiving and making a call, handover / handoff, channel usage, infrastructure, base transceiver station, mobile switching centre, mobile phone, voice coding, digital data structures.
Chapter 5: Analogue Systems - Basic system, AMPS, TACS, NMT, base station, mobile switching centres, mobile equipment, voice messaging, signalling methods, control channels, call initiation, paging and incoming call set up, handoff.
Chapter 6: GSM - Global System for Mobile Communications, system architecture, equipment and subscriber identifiers, IMEI, IMSI, TMSI, air interface, power levels, multiple access and channel structure, vocoders AMR, operation, GPRS, EDGE.
Chapter 7: NA-TDMA - System overview, RF signal, identifiers, paging, handoff, authentication, Pacific Digital Cellular PDC.
Chapter 8: cdmaOne / IS-95 - Standards, spreading codes Walsh code PN code, radio signal construction, channels - forward and reverse links, power control, handoff, discontinuous reception, call processing, vocoders, advantages of CDMA.
Chapter 9: CDMA2000 - 1X and 3X, radio configurations, CDMA2000 1X, power control, beam formatting, channels, packet data, handoff, CDMA2000 1xEV-DV - features, channels, adaptive modulation, Release D, CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - EV-DO air interface, forward and reverse links, channels, mobile IP.
Chapter 10: UMTS - capabilities, system architecture overview, protocols, air interface, spreading, synchronization, power control, frames, slots, channels, packet data, speech coding, discontinuous reception, access stratum protocol layers, handover, HSDPA.
Chapter 11: Position Location - Concepts, Cell ID, TDOA, Assisted-GPS A-GPS.
Chapter 12: Conformance and Interoperability Testing - Types of test, SAR test, conformance test, RF test, test cases, interoperability testing.

Published by Newnes, 2006, Paperback, 224 pages , ISBN 0750664355