Wireless# Guide to Wireless Communications

This elite guide to the full range of wireless data communications standards and technologies available today is the only publication of its kind to provide an overview of the various opportunities and markets in the industry. It adds both depth and perspective to introductory wireless data communications by helping readers discover technologies from Bluetooth to Satellites. This edition has been restructured to follow a more logical approach, covering Wireless Personal Area Networks (WPANs), Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs), Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks (WMANs), and Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs). Security aspects of each wireless technology are also explored.

Due to the recent emergence of wireless technologies in business, there has been an increase in demand for skilled wireless professionals. This comprehensive hands-on text explores the latest wireless technologies in the networking industry, including Bluetooth, SWAP, Wireless LANs, 802.11a and 802.11b, cellular telephone, broadband, infrared lasers, microwave, spread spectrum, and satellite. Designed for anyone taking an entry-level wireless technology course, this book also offers important historical coverage of wireless technology to show how we got to where we are today and where we can expect to see wireless networks in the future.

Mark Ciampa is Assistant Professor of Computer Information Systems at Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, Kentucky, and holds a PhD from Indiana State University in Digital Communication Systems. Prior to this he was Associate Professor and served as the Director of Academic Computing at Volunteer State Community College in Gallatin, Tennessee, for 20 years. Mark has worked in the IT industry as a computer consultant for the U.S. Postal Service, the Tennessee Municipal Technical Advisory Service, and the University of Tennessee. He is also the author of many Cengage/Course Technology textbooks, including CWNA Guide to Wireless LANs 2ed, Guide to Wireless Communications, Security+ Guide to Network Security Fundamentals 2ed, Security Awareness: Applying Practical Security In Your World, and Networking BASICS.

Jorge L. Olenewa is an instructor at George Brown, The Toronto City College in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a Cisco? Certified Academy Instructor and is also certified in Cisco? CCNA and CWSSP.