Broadband Wireless Multimedia Networks

Writing for practicing engineers, researchers, and students, Bing (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta) describes a broad range of key wireless technologies, and comparatively assesses their strengths and weaknesses. He also discusses the role of high-speed indoor networks and broadband fourth-generation systems in driving the utility of new personal devices and mobile video support. His topics include long term evolution; mesh, relay, and interworking networks; wireless video streaming; and green communications in wireless home area networks. Annotation c2013 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

BENNY BING is a research faculty member at Georgia Institute of Technology. He has published eleven books and over eighty technical papers and had his first book on Wireless LANs adopted by Cisco Systems. Bing has served as an editor for the IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine (2003-2012), as the IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer, and as a Wi-Fi expert witness. He also led a research team that received the 2010 NAB Technology Innovation award.