Table of Contents:

Definition and Overview

1. Characteristics and Evolution of Data Communications for a Mobile Environment

2. Overview of the Wireless Environment

3. Overview of Traditional Mobile Wireless Systems

4. OFDM for Mobile Communications

5. Leading-Edge Mobile OFDM Technologies

6. Conclusion

Self-Test

Glossary

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3G
Third-Generation

ARQ
Automatic Retransmission Request

BER
Bit-Error Rate

CDMA
Code Division Multiple Access

dB
Decibel

DSL
Digital Subscriber Line

FDM
Frequency Division Multiplexing

FEC
Forward Error Correction

FH
Frequency Hopping

ICI
Intercarrier Interference

IFFT
Inverse Fast Fourier Transform

IP
Internet Protocol

ISI
Intersymbol Interference

LOS
Line of Sight

MAC
Media Access Control

OFDM
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing

PCS
Personal Communications Service

PSK
Phase Shift Keying

QAM
Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

QoS
Quality of Service

RF
Radio Frequency

SLA
Service-Level Agreement

TCP
Transport Control Protocol

TDMA
Time Division Multiple Access

VoIP
Voice over Internet Protocol

WCDMA
Wideband Code Division Multiple Access