Broadband Wireless Communications: Transmission, Access and Services

Front Matter....Pages I-XI
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Signal Processing for Network Access Technologies: An Overview....Pages 3-10
An Overview of MMDS and LMDS, and the Technical Challenges in Receiver Design....Pages 11-23
Overview of Wideband CDMA....Pages 24-33
Feedforward Estimation Techniques for Carrier Recovery in 16-QAM Modulation....Pages 34-45
On the Joint Adaptation of Memory-Based Nonlinear Adaptive Filters Used in Echo Cancellation....Pages 46-57
The Contour Algorithm for Self-Training Adaptive Equalization....Pages 58-69
Interference Rejection for Spread Spectrum Signals Using the EM Algorithm....Pages 70-79
Adaptive Multi-Carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) Structure for Downlink PCS....Pages 80-91
Combined Source-Channel Coding for Wireless Transmission of H.263 Coded Video....Pages 92-103
Precoding in the Digital Wireless Local Loop....Pages 104-109
Iterated Soft-Decision Interference Cancellation for CDMA....Pages 110-115
Non Linear Distortions introduced by Amplifiers on COFDM signals. Measurements, Effects and Compensation Techniques....Pages 116-124
Front Matter....Pages 125-125
A Survey on MMIC and Antenna Technology....Pages 127-137
Antennas for Broadband Microwave/mm-Wave Communication Systems....Pages 138-148
Broadband Wireless Access System Antennas: Concepts and Designs....Pages 149-161
MMIC Technology for Broadband Wireless Access....Pages 162-166
MMIC Technology in Japan for the Last Mile....Pages 167-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
QoS Support in Mobile, Multimedia Networks....Pages 181-200
Media Access Protocols for use with Smart Array Antennas to Enable Wireless Multimedia Applications....Pages 201-212
QoS Based Predictive Admission Control for Multi-Media Traffic....Pages 213-224
Front Matter....Pages 179-179
The Design and Performance of Wireless MAC Protocols....Pages 225-236
The Throughput of Packet Access Cellular Systems Based on DECT Architecture....Pages 237-246
A Combined Frequency and Time Based Channel Reuse Partitioning Multiple Access Technique for Indoor Wireless ATM Networks....Pages 247-258
A Variable-Order Discrete Model for the Fading Channel....Pages 259-266
Dynamic TDMA scheme with Traffic Policing for ATM Wireless LAN....Pages 267-271
MAC and Interworking in the MEDIAN Project on Wireless ATM....Pages 272-278
An Accurate Markovian Model of Cluster Traffic in a Wireless ATM Environment....Pages 279-286
Capacity of Broadband CDMA in the Millimeter-Wave Band....Pages 287-292
Analysis of the Self-Similar Characteristics of Broadband Traffic in the Wavelet Domain....Pages 293-299
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
Multimedia Terminals....Pages 303-305
Advanced 40 GHz MMDS Technologies....Pages 306-310
Multiple Standards for Multimedia....Pages 311-318
New Developments in Terminal Technology: Personal Perspective to Trends in R&D....Pages 319-326
Overview of the RAI Pilot MMDS Installation in Torino....Pages 327-340
42 GHz Broadband Wireless Systems to access Interactive Services....Pages 341-351
Last Mile Wireless Broadband Access to Interactive Services at Millimeter Waves....Pages 352-363
LMDS, A Broadband Wireless Interactive Access System at 28 GHz....Pages 364-377
Layered Description and Implementation of CDMA Protocols....Pages 378-388
The European System for Digital Terrestrial Television Broadcasting....Pages 389-407
Radio Access to Multimedia Services: the Standardization Process....Pages 408-421
Front Matter....Pages 301-301
A Global Network Management System for Multimedia Services (Terrestrial-Satellite Integrated Network)....Pages 422-429
Back Matter....Pages 431-432