Resources
RTT studies to download
The following studies were commissioned by the GSM Association and are based on primary research undertaken with a broad cross section of the RF component vendor community combined with market data compiled by our colleagues at 'The Mobile World'.
'Half Duplex/full duplex LTE 800 handsets (45 pages) analyses whether a half duplex FDD option for LTE 800 would provide a technically or commercially viable and/or attractive solution to the present lack of spectral harmonisation in the European LTE 800 band.
'RF Cost Economics of Handsets White Paper ' (22 pages) summarizes the factors that determine economic scale in cellular handset design and the implications for cellular band plans in Europe, the US and Asia.
'RF Cost Economics of Handsets Study' (91pages) a detailed fully referenced study that forms the basis for the 'RF Cost Economics of Handsets White Paper '
RTT books to buy
3G
Handset and Network Design
3G Handset and Network Design provides a comprehensive introduction to handset hardware, handset software and network hardware and software design.
The book was written in 2002 and published in 2003 but is still relevant and of interest to engineers involved in bringing 3G products and services to market.
We benchmark the impact of the physical layer and the application layer on handset design, how the changing form factor of handsets will change offered traffic loading over the next three to five years (most of our forecasts were right) and how this in turn influences network component design.
The book is also of interest to computing and data networking professionals needing to understand the practical issues of implementing mobile multi media.
Available from John
Wiley or from Amazon
or the American Book Exchange
ISBN 0 471 22936 9
Data
Over Radio
Co authored by Geoff Varrall and Roger Belcher and published by Quantum Publishing in 1992, Data Over Radio reviews fundamental RF device technology, baseband processing techniques, modulation and channel coding and spread spectrum theory and practice.
Available from Amazon
and American Book Exchange
ISBN 0 930633-14-8
Mobile
Radio Servicing Handbook
Co authored by Geoff Varrall, Roger Belcher, David Ogley and Mike Fitch and published by Heinemann Newnes in 1989 the Mobile Radio Servicing Handbook reviews propagation and freqency utilisation, the principles and practice of RF communication, frequency sysnthesiser circuit principles, principles of RF measurement, calibration, test and fault finding, component identification and handling, EMC issues in design and antenna selectin, installation, fault finding and maintenance.
Available from Amazon
and American Book Exchange
ISBN 0 434 92187-4
Recommended Reading
LTE and the Evolution to 4 G Wireless written by the Agilent
LTE engineering team and edited by Moray Rumney.
Available from Agilent and John
Wiley
Femtocells - opportunities and challenges for Business
and Technology. by Simon Saunders of the Femto Forum with
a forward by Mike Short
Available from John
Wiley
3G Evolution, HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband
Order via the Elsevier
web site
SAE and the Evolved Packet Core.
These books are aimed at practising engineers but are of interest
and relevance to anyone in the industry involved in technical or
marketing strategy and or product and service development.
Order via the Elsevier
web site
Position Location and Techniques and Applications
by David Munoz, Frantz Bouchereau, Cesar Vargas and Rogerio Enriquez-Caldera.
Order from the Elsevier
web site
LTE for 4G Mobile Broadband by Farooq Khan
from Cambridge
University Press
Deploying Wireless Networks by Andy Wilton and
Tim Charity
from Cambridge
University Press
The Essentials of UMTS by Christopher Cox
from the Cambridge
Wireless Essentials Series edited by William Webb
Wireless Mesh Networking by Steve Methley
from the Cambridge
Wireless Essentials Series edited by William Webb
Cognitive Radio by Linda Doyle.
from the Cambridge
Wireless Essentials Series edited by William Webb