Part of V6 Understanding Wireless 1 from Teracom Training Institute http://www.teracomtraining.com Best of breed: telecommunications training - since 1992 May 15 2007 TYPE: Tutorial, DVD URL: http://www.teracomtraining.com/teracom-overview-v6.htm Understanding Wireless 1 begins with basic radio concepts, understanding "analog radio" and "digital radio", then covers fundamentals of mobile communication networks: base stations, cells, handoffs and mobility. With this in place, we go through the first and second generation technologies: AMPS, TDMA, GSM and CDMA, and understand how each works, their strengths and weaknesses and how they relate to each other. In Part 3, we concentrate on data over cellular and 3G, and cover the differences between GPRS, Wideband CDMA or UMTS, cdma2000, 1X, 3X and 1XEV-DO. We review expected throughput in bits/second and which carriers are supporting which technologies. We conclude with applications such as i-mode, SMS, wireless email, web surfing, WAP and XML. This video provides you with a real understanding of how a cellular network operates, the main technologies, the opposing camps championing different systems, and wireless applications. Course outline - V6: Understanding Wireless 1 Length 134 minutes. DVD-NTSC format. 106-page 8.5" x 11" softcover bound workbook. Part 1 General Principles 1.03 Wireless 1.05 Analog Radio 1.07 Digital Radio: Keying 1.09 Limitations and Impairments Part 2 Cellular 2.03 Mobile Communications 2.05 Cellular Standards 2.07 2G, 2.5G, 3G Migration 2.09 Cellular Principles 2.11 1G: Analog 2.13 2G: Digital 2.15 Digital Cellular: Voice 2.17 2G: TDMA (IS-136) 2.19 2G: GSM 2.21 GSM System Architecture 2.23 2G: CDMA (IS-95, cdmaOne) 2.25 CDMA: Coding 2.27 CDMA: Spread Spectrum 2.29 CDMA Particularities 2.31 CDMA System Architecture Part 3 3G and Data over Cellular 3.03 Modems over 1G 3.05 CDPD: Packets over 1G 3.07 Data over 2G Cellular 3.09 Data over TDMA/GSM 3.11 GPRS: 2.5G 3.13 Data over CDMA 3.15 3G 3.17 IMT-MC: cdma2000 3.19 1X, 3X and 1xEV-DO 3.21 IMT-DS: Wideband CDMA 3.23 Throughput Comparisons 3.25 Service Providers Part 4 Applications and Delivery 4.03 SMS and i-mode 4.05 Wireless E-mail 4.07 Device Evolution 4.09 Delivering Web Content 4.11 WAP 4.13 XML Appendix A Additional Reference Material A.03 Radio Bands of Interest A.05 Location and 911 Appendix B References B.03 Acronyms and Abbreviations Appendix C Quiz C.03 Knowledge Evaluation Exercise Teracom's self-paced DVD-video courses: ideal for learning about telecom, datacom, networking, IP, MPLS, Voice over IP and wireless outside of structured seminars.