Handbook of Mobile Radio Networks (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

Rating:
Summary: Missing Chapter 14
Review: The book in not an complete edition. At the end of chapter 1 and chapter 13 the author indicated references on chapter 14. However there isn't chapter 14 in this book, nor on the content list. The publisher has been committed to this mistake. However, they had found this just after they printed this book, but they decided not to do anything to make up their fault. This is a huge defect in this book.

About the content, the author tried to cover every moble comm. relative topics in this book. It could be understood how such task is difficault. However each topic should still cover a comlete treatment. The author failed in this way. Moreover, the author provided many facts and formula in this book but without further explaination and clear references. This is the second drawback regarding the content.

BTW, I rate the book with only one star because of such a big defect in publishing. Purely on the content I might rate with 3.5 stars thought the system doens't alowed half star to show up.

Rating:
Summary: Self-contained, informative, and almost complete
Review: This is a well-written and well-organized book, which can be used as an introduction text to the area and as reference.

The book has a logical flow and covers almost all aspects of mobile radio networks: from propagation in the mobile radio environment and access methods to resource management, cellular planning, and mobility management. In addition, it contains very informative chapters on different wireless networks, including paging systems, cellular (voice) networks, and wireless LANs and WANs. It is important to note that the author considers both US and European standards, yielding a rather complete work. The book is not perfect: the careful reader will find some typos - which sometimes can be confusing, and a chapter on UMTS is missing.

The author presents the covered material thoroughly, yet delves into the details only when needed. Moreover, he provides a historical background, which can be helpful when attempting to understand certain design /system choices.

--KmP