Crash course in wireless telecom Need a jargon-free explanation of how wireless telecommunications work, with an emphasis on the design and management of systems? You'll find it in Paul Bedell's Wireless Crash Course. This guide provides everything you need to understand the basic working of wireless, its technology and markets. You get a crystal-clear introduction to basic concepts like radio frequency (RF), cell sites, and switching, and insight into issues such as site acquisition, tower selection and construction, design of the fixed network (a.k.a the "backhaul"), and interconnection to the Public Switched Telephone Network. The expert author carefully delineates the complex regulatory processes that affect all wireless service providers. This A to Z treatment of every major feature of wireless explains both coming wireless internet access (WAP, Bluetooth, wireless data, etc.) and wireless broadband access (LMDS, MMDS) and their prospects in the marketplace. This volume looks at how wireless works in the real world. It provides the beginner with everything they need to understand the basic workings of wireless, technologically and within the markets. The guide looks at the regulatory structure of the wireless market and the basics of wireless systems and components, it clearly explains concepts like radio frequency, cell sites and switiching, as well as the regulatory processes that affect all wireless service providers. There is also guidelines detailing how wireless networks connect to and work with the traditional phone system, and an A-Z of every major feature of wireless. The book finishes with a look at the future of wireless applications, such as WAP, Bluetooth, wireless data; wireless broadband access, like LMDS and MMDS, and their prospects in the marketplace.