Understanding Weightless: Technology, Equipment, and Network Deployment for M2M Communications in White Space New Edition
Author(s): William Webb (Author)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication Date: March 22, 2012
Edition: New
Language: English
Print length: 220 pages
ISBN-10: 1107027071
ISBN-13: 9781107027077
Book Description
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 by revealing 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 important applications. 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.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“This highly readable introduction is extremely valuable. I’m delighted William Webb has taken on this task. William 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 & Design
“The telecoms industry has been successful in connecting most of the people in the world. Now it is time to connect many of the “things” in the world. The Internet of Things is an important enabler to a better world, Weightless is likely to be a key component of this, and Professor Webb’s book is an excellent introduction to the 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 of ARM
Book Description
Essential for getting to grips with Weightless, this definitive guide describes and explains the new standard in an accessible manner.
About the Author
William Webb is one of the founding directors of Neul, one of the core design team involved in Weightless and the CEO of the Weightless SIG. Prior to this William was a Director at Ofcom. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, where he is a Vice President and the author of multiple books, papers and patents.
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