Kwang-Cheng Chen & J. Roberto B. de Marca 
Mobile WiMAX 

The first book to cover one of the hottest subjects in wireless
communications today, Mobile Wi MAX

* Summarises the fundamental theory and practice of Mobile
Wi MAX

* Presents topics at introductory level for readers interested in
understanding communication and networking knowledge for Mobile
Wi MAX, whilst addressing advanced / specialised subjects related to
Mobile Wi MAX

* Contains the latest advances and research from the field and
shares knowledge from the key players working in this area

Chapter 1 updates Mobile Wi MAX status and standards; Chapters
2-6 are related to physical layer transmission; Chapters 7-12 deal
with MAC and networking issues; Chapters 13-14 discuss relay
networks for mobile Wi MAX; and Chapters 15-19 present multimedia
networking for mobile Wi MAX and application scenarios.

Ideal for Mobile Wi MAX R&D/practicing engineers (systems,
applications and services, field, terminal, IC design,
integration), business development professionals, academic
researchers. Graduate students conducting research and graduate
students studying in mobile Wi MAX and next generation wireless
communications. Undergraduate students studying mobile Wi MAX
related subjects

Over de auteur

Professor. Kwang-Cheng Chen is a Professor at Institute of
Communication Engineering, College of Electrical Engineering,
National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC, and is an
Irving T. Ho Chair-Professor. He received a BSc from the
National Taiwan University in 1983, MSc and Ph D from the University
of Maryland, College Park, United States, in 1987 and 1989, all in
electrical engineering. From 1987 to 1991, Dr. Chen worked with
SSE, COMSAT, and IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center in mobile
communication networks.

Professor J. Roberto B. de Marca received his
undergraduate engineering degree from the Pontifical Catholic
University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Prof. de Marca was a
Fulbright Scholar at the University of Southern California, where
he earned a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1977. He then joined
the faculty of the Catholic University, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
where he has held several positions including Associate Academic
Vice President for Sponsored Research. In 1990, Prof. de
Marca was appointed, by the Minister of Science and Technology,
Scientific Director of the Brazilian National Research Council
(CNPq), responsible for a 300 million dollar research funding
program which included all individual research grants and
fellowships in all areas of knowledge.