Understanding weightless: technology, equipment, and network deployment for m2m communications in white space

Essential for getting to grips with Weightless, this definitive guide describes and explains the new standard in an accessible manner. Essential for getting to grips with the Weightless standard, this definitive guide describes andexplains the new standard in an accessible manner. Covering key features and issues of the technology, it will help you to understand the major decisions and requirements involved in designing and deploying a Weightless network. Essential for getting to grips with the Weightless standard, this definitive guidedescribes and explains the new standard in an accessible manner. Covering keyfeatures and issues of the technology, it will help you to understand the major decisions and requirements involved in designing and deploying a Weightlessnetwork. Essential for getting to grips with the Weightless standard for M2M communications, this definitive guide describes and explains the new standard in an accessible manner. It helps you to understand the Weightless standard byrevealing its background and rationale. Designed to make clear the context and the fundamental design decisions for Weightless and to provide a readable overview of the standard, it details principal features and issues of the technology, the business case for deployment, network performance and some importantapplications. This informative book guides you through the key decisions and requirements involved in designing and deploying a Weightless network. Includes a chapter on applications, explaining the relevance of the standard and its potential. Written by one of the lead designers of Weightless, this is an ideal guide for everyone involved with the standard, from those designing equipment to those making use of the technology. Advance praise: 'This highly readableintroduction is extremely valuable. I'm delighted William Webb has taken on this task. [Webb] is well known for his ability to express complex ideas in a clear and concise manner and as lead designer of the Weightless standard is ideally placed to write the definitive guide. This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in machine communications and the Weightless standard. I thoroughly commend it.' Tim Whitley, Managing Director, Research and Technology, BT Innovate and Design 'â€a Professor Webb's book is an excellent introduction to [Weightless] technology and more widely the applications and business cases. I strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to get involved in this exciting area.' Warren East, CEO, ARM INDICE: 1. The world of machine communications; 2. The need for a new standard; 3. Working in white space spectrum; 4. Weightless in overview; 5. The network; 6. The MAC layer; 7. The physical layer; 8. Further functionality; 9. Network design and capacity; 10. Application support.

• ISBN: 978-1-107-02707-7
• Editorial: Cambridge University
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 220
• Fecha Publicación: 22/03/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés