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The Basics of 802.11 Wireless LANs
Format: Soft-Cover; 174 pages
ISBN:978-1-931695-32-9
Price: $80.00
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About the Authors
Frank M. Groom is a Professor at the Graduate Center for Information and Communication Science at Ball State University. His research is concentrated in the areas of high-bandwidth networking, distributed systems, and the storage of multimedia objects. Dr. Groom is the author of six books—among his best known are "The Future of ATM" and "The ATM Handbook". Dr. Groom received his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee in Information Systems and was formerly Senior Director of Information Systems for Ameritech.
Kevin M. Groom is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at AT&T, where he is involved in provisioning the network that supports the operations support systems that provide information and functionality to the carrier's long-distance and metro networks. Mr. Groom has a B.A. in Telecommunications and an M.S. in Information and Communication Sciences from Ball State University. He is the co-author of "The Future of IP and Packet Networking" and has presented numerous talks on managing the metropolitan and national carrier networks at networking conferences.
Stephan S. Jones is a Professor at the Center for Information and Communication Sciences at Ball State University. Prior to coming to higher education, he was the owner and applications engineer for one of the country's largest interconnect companies providing telecommunication solutions to commercial clients. He has implemented local- and wide-area voice and data networks as well as designing distance-learning communities for higher education applications. He holds undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Engineering Technology. His Master's and Doctoral studies were done with cognate areas in Technology Education. His current research interests are in wireless application technologies, competitive broadband access technologies, secondary and tertiary market access to broadband services, and qualitative research applied to technical environments.