Understanding Weightless

Essential for getting to grips with the Weightless standard for M2M communications, this definitive guide describes and explains the new standard in an accessible manner. It helps you to understand the Weightless standard by revealing its background and rationale. Designed to make clear the context and the fundamental design decisions for Weightless and to provide a readable overview of the standard, it details principal features and issues of the technology, the business case for deployment, network performance and some important applications. This informative book guides you through the key decisions and requirements involved in designing and deploying a Weightless network. Includes a chapter on applications, explaining the relevance of the standard and its potential. Written by one of the lead designers of Weightless, this is an ideal guide for everyone involved with the standard, from those designing equipment to those making use of the technology.

ISBN 1107027071   Pages 220 ISBN13 9781107027077 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 480 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Imprint Cambridge University Press   Height (mm) 228 Format Hardback   Width (mm) 152 Publication date 22 Mar 2012   Spine width (mm) 15 DEWEY 621.384   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC23

1. The world of machine communications; 2. The need for a new standard; 3. Working in white space spectrum; 4. Weightless in overview; 5. The network; 6. The MAC layer; 7. The physical layer; 8. Further functionality; 9. Network design and capacity; 10. Application support.

'This highly readable introduction is extremely valuable. I'm delighted William Webb has taken on this task. [Webb] is well known for his ability to express complex ideas in a clear and concise manner and as lead designer of the Weightless standard is ideally placed to write the definitive guide. This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in machine communications and the Weightless standard. I thoroughly commend it.' Tim Whitley, Managing Director, Research and Technology, BT Innovate and Design '... Professor Webb's book is an excellent introduction to [Weightless] technology and more widely the applications and business cases. I strongly recommend it to anyone who wants to get involved in this exciting area.' Warren East, CEO, ARM

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