Broadband Wireless Access and Local Networks: Mobile Wimax and Wifi

This authoritative resource offers you complete, state-of-the-art coverage of wireless broadband access networks. The book provides you with a thorough introduction to wireless access and local networks, covers broadband mobile wireless access systems, and details mobile and broadband wireless local area networks. This forward-looking reference focuses on cutting-edge mobile WiMax, WiFi, and WiBro technologies, including in-depth design and implementation guidance.

Collecting the most recent experience and knowledge of design and field engineers from leading organizations like Samsung Electronics, Korea Telecom (KT) Corporation and Philips Electronics, the book introduces the network technologies adopted by Mobile WiMAX for the implementation of IP-based broadband mobile wireless access. Moreover, it covers the Wi-Fi technologies that have steadily evolved over the past decade, establishing a firm foundation for IP-based wireless local network access.

WiMax is a telecommunications technology aimed at providing wireless data over long distances. WiFi is a technology designed to improve the interoperability of wireless local area network products based on the IEEE 802.11 standards. Focusing on WiMax and WiFi, this comprehensive resource offers engineers essential, state-of-the-art coverage of wireless broadband access networks, including in-depth design and implementation guidance. Organized into three parts, the book provides a thorough introduction to wireless access and local networks, covers broadband mobile wireless access systems, and details mobile and broadband wireless local area networks.

Byeong Gi Lee is a professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. Dr. Lee is the co-author of Integrated Broadband Networks: TCP/IP, ATM, SDH/SONET, and WDM/Optics and Broadband Telecommunications Technology, Second Edition (Artech House, 2001, 1997). He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Sunghyun Choi is an associate professor in the School of Electrical Engineering at Seoul National University, Korea. He is the author of over 90 technical papers and numerous book chapters. Holder of patents in the US, Europe, and Korea, Dr. Choi received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering and computer science from The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.