Cooperation is not a natural characteristic attributed to humans. The typical human horizon is focused
on short-term gains, which might be due to our instinct-driven subconscious occupying a grander
importance than we dare to admit [1]. Cooperating with other individuals or entities, however, usually
means that short-term losses may translate into long-term gains – something history has proved to
hold true but humans for some reason rarely ever understAND.
Designing for Networked Communications: Strategies and Development is a book
about how we plan, use, and understAND the products, dynamic social processes,
and tasks upon which depend some of the most vital innovations in the knowledge
society—social as well as technological ones. Focusing on various forms of design,
implementation, and integration of computer-mediated communication (CMC), the
book bridges the academic fields of computer science and communication stud-
ies.
The field of digital communication has evolved rapidly in the past few
decades, with commercial applications proliferating in wireline communi-
cation networks (e.g., digital subscriber loop, cable, fiber optics), wireless
communication (e.g., cell phones and wireless local area networks), and stor-
age media (e.g., compact discs, hard drives). The typical undergraduate and
graduate student is drawn to the field because of these applications, but is
often intimidated by the mathematical background necessary to understAND
communication theory.
This book is an entry-level text on the technology of telecommunications. It has been
crafted with the newcomer in mind. The eighteen chapters of text have been prepared
for high-school graduates who understAND algebra, logarithms, and basic electrical prin-
ciples such as Ohm’s law. However, many users require support in these areas so Appen-
dices A and B review the essentials of electricity and mathematics through logarithms.
This book is an entry-level text on the technology of telecommunications. It has been
crafted with the newcomer in mind. The twenty-one chapters of text have been prepared
for high-school graduates who understAND algebra, logarithms, and the basic principles of
electricity such as Ohm’s law. However, it is appreciated that many readers require support
in these areas. Appendices A and B review the essentials of electricity and mathematics
up through logarithms. This material was placed in the appendices so as not to distract
from the main theme, the technology of telecommunication systems. Another topic that
many in the industry find difficult is the use of decibels and derived units. Appendix C
provides the reader a basic understANDing of decibels and their applications. The only
mathematics necessary is an understANDing of the powers of ten
This book describes how global mobile communication was made. It is written for those who
want or need to know how this was achieved e.g.:
? Young professionals who want to build their career on GSM and UMTS and need to
understAND the basics
? Strategic and technical planners who want to drive the future GSM and UMTS develop-
ment
? Strategists who plan to repeat GSM’s success in the fourth generation
? Academics, who want to understAND and analyse the development of GSM and UMTS;
? Activists in other large scale international communication projects who want to use
experiences gained
When digital media is perceived only as a tool to deliver content the potential for
using its affordances to explore meaning is lost. Rather than seeing media only as
an access point, we can view it as a way to enhance the expressiveness of content.
Today blogs, wikis, messaging, mash-ups, and social media (Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube and others) offer authors ways to create narrative meaning that refl ects
our new media culture. We can look to the past for similarities and parallels to
better understAND how to use social media as a creative tool with which to
dialogue, collaborate, and create interactive narratives.
The purpose of this book is to introduce the concept of the Multiple Input Multiple Output
(MIMO) radio channel, which is an intelligent communication method based upon using
multiple antennas. The book opens by explaining MIMO in layman’s terms to help stu-
dents and people in industry working in related areas become easily familiarised with the
concept. Therefore the structure of the book will be carefully arranged to allow a user to
progress steadily through the chapters and understAND the fundamental and mathematical
principles behind MIMO through the visual and explanatory way in which they will be
written. It is the intention that several references will also be provided, leading to further
reading in this highly researched technology.
The continuing vitality of spread-spectrum communication systems and the devel-
opment of new mathematical methods for their analysis provided the motivation to
undertake this new edition of the book. This edition is intended to enable readers
to understAND the current state-of-the-art in this field. Almost twenty percent of the
materialinthiseditionisnew, includingseveralnewsections, anewchapteronadap-
tive arrays and filters, and a new chapter on code-division multiple-access networks.
The continuing vitality of spread-spectrum communication systems and the devel-
opment of new mathematical methods for their analysis provided the motivation to
undertake this new edition of the book. This edition is intended to enable readers
to understAND the current state-of-the-art in this field. Almost twenty percent of the
materialinthiseditionisnew, includingseveralnewsections, anewchapteronadap-
tive arrays and filters, and a new chapter on code-division multiple-access networks.
The remainder of the material has been thoroughly revised, and I have removed a
considerable amount of material that has been superseded by more definitive results.