GPRS: General Packet Radio Service (Professional Telecom)
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Implement General Packet Radio Service for fast, direct wireless Internet access
Now you can get accurate, crystal clear information on lightning fast, always-on GPRS, the 2.5G technology that's setting the pace today in handheld Internet access. You'll find it in GPRS: General Packet Radio Service, the first and only guide to answer such fundamental questions as "What is it?" "How does it work?" and "How much is it going to cost me?" The author, telecom expert and best-selling writer R.J. "Bud" Bates, reveals GPRS's features, functions, and architecture, information crucial whether you're providing or applying GPRS. His straightforward, abundantly illustrated, step-by-step presentation of how GPRS works, how it connects the Internet, and how to implement it will help you put GPRS in place quickly and profitably as you explore:
The complete layout of GPRS system architecture
The function of GPRS elements
Interfaces--radio and MS-PCUSN, MS-SGSN, PCUSN-SGSN, SGSN-GGSN, and GGSN-PDN
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GPRS: General Packet Radio Service (Professional Telecom)
Customer Reviews / GPRS: General Packet Radio Service (Professional Telecom)
Not finish reading yet, but found typing error already, on page 30, put extreme as example twice.
This book "could" have been a great book had Mr. Bates proofread it once before publishing it. Having read GSM and GPRS papers before reading this book, I have to say that this book is replete with technical snafus [a case in point for those who suspect is on pg. 30 third paragraph of the Introduction to GSM chapter "paging message sent over PAGCH"] Now anyone with half a brain knows that 1. PAGCH is a GPRS logical channel NOT GSM. 2. It is an Access Grant channel NOT a paging channel which in case of GSM is PCH and PPCH in GPRS.
Now someone new to GPRS would be confused as hell after reading this [I admit I was confused for a couple of minutes too :-), since I am not supposed to be the expert but Mr. Bates was]
Structure wise the book is okay but needs a stringent review of the rambling grammer and the blatant mistakes. IMO its not worth forking 60 bucks. If Mr. Bates is reading this, I adjure you sir to take some time off from your speaking tours and correct the mistakes in this book.
Am giving it two stars for good layout. Taking away three stars for incorrect content.
Too much GPRS specific and lacking deep insight in GPRS deployment aspects
Excellent book! Written in easy to understand language but also provides the detail needed to help in understanding this technology. As with all the books written by Mr. Bates, this is a qualty piece of material.
This book has a well structured flow and brings you up to speed quickly on GPRS. Easy to read, yet very informative.
This book would also make a great textbook, it helped me to come up to speed quickly. Great explanation of layers and interfaces. To the point, with plenty of supporting illustrations.
GPRS: General Packet Radio Service (Professional Telecom)