internet core protocol: e.a. hall; o'reilly, february 2000
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Book Reviews
Mobile Radio Communications, 2nd ed.R. Steele, L. Hanzo; Pentech Press, London, ISBN 0-471-
97806-X
This is the second edition of the book Mobile Radio
Communications (published in 1992). The book aims to
portray the evolutionary avenue bridging the second and
third generation systems. The book is concerned with the
principles and techniques of digital mobile radio, the so-
called physical layer aspects of mobile transmissions
communications and only marginally with mobile radio
network issues.
The second edition re¯ects the current state-of-the-art by
featuring: (i) expanded and updated sections of mobile
transmission techniques and expanded coverage of the
GSM system; (ii) three new chapters dealing with the excit-
ing subjects of multimedia mobile communications, the
proposed 3G CDMA (W-CDMA) systems and WATM.
The book truly covers the ®eld the authors have claimed it
will. The book is intelligible and is easy to read. The struc-
ture of the book is very natural and explicit.
I think the book is an excellent academic opus for mobile
communication engineers, designers, researchers and
students.
I think the book is value for money.
A.V. Vasilakos
P.O. Box 65251, 15410 Psychiko,
Athens, Greece
E-mail address: [email protected]
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PII: S0140-3664(00)00235-8
Internet Core ProtocolE.A. Hall; O'Reilly, February 2000
Internet Core Protocol is a TCP/IP owner's manual that
discusses the Internet protocols from the standpoint of a
network administrator. The book goes into the detail of
some typical Internet protocols, explains how they work,
what can go wrong and what problems a network adminis-
trator usually has to solve. Detailed examples of the proto-
cols in action, including traces help to understand the
complex relationship of a multitude of RFCs.
The protocols that are present in any IP networks
especially ARP, ICMP, IGMP, IP, TCP and UDP are
included in the book. In addition the standardization process
and IP addressing scheme is covered.
In an accompanying CD the complete text of all the RFCs
that were available from the IETF when the book was
published and some different support programs are
included. The most remarkable program included here is
Shomiti Systems' Surveyor Lite, a program that can be
used to view packets on the (readers) live network and to
examine and to learn about the details of the various proto-
cols explained in the book.
In each chapter of the book the relevant standards and
relevant RFCs are listed and explained afterwards using
examples of the test network of the author. Where possible
tips for troubleshooting are given.
The book can be recommended for two purposes. The
®rst is to learn about TCP/IP networks, which can be
achieved ideally by reading the chapters introduction and
about TCP and IP. Then knowledge can be expanded just by
setting up a home installation of a TCP/IP network and just
playing and analysing with the Surveyor Life software
what's going on in that net. The second is for people who
have already some knowledge on the topic. They can use
this book to read the reference material and troubleshooting
tips whenever some problems occur in their network. Also
problems can be studied with the aid of the Surveyor Lite
software when packets are captured and examined with the
information given in the detailed reference sections of the
appropriate chapters.
H. Weik
Hummelbergstr. 15 , D-70195
Stuttgart, Germany
0140-3664/01/$ - see front matter q 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. Allrights reserved.
PII: S0140-3664(00)00269-3
High-Speed Wireless ATM and LANSBenny Bing, ISBN 1-58053-092-3, 250 pages
This book provides a comprehensive view on the issues
regarding wireless networking. At ®rst, the author gives the
reader an overview of the wireless LAN. These include the
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