IST 305 Reading List

IST305 General Reading

Relevant online books via library catalogue. (Classmark search for 621.382)

Other relevant online books via library catalogue. (Classmark search for 384)

Curwen, Peter. - Telecommunications strategy : cases, theory and applications / Peter Curwen. - London : Routledge, 2004. - 0415342384

Really about telecommunications companies' strategies. Interesting general reading with international focus from UK authors.

Bray, John, 1911-. - Innovation and the communications revolution : from the Victorian pioneers t. - London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2002. - 0852962185

Interesting general background reading. Chaps 17 onwards are the most directly relevant.

Dodd, Annabel Z.. - The essential guide to telecommunications. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River , N.J. ; London : Prentice Hall PTR, 2001. - (Essential guide series). - 0130649074

Strong bias towards USA examples.

Tiresias - International Information on Visual Disability

John Gill and Tony Shipley The Impact of Telecommunications Deregulation on People with Disabilities February 1997

Lu, Cary, 1945-. - The race for bandwidth : understanding data transmission. - Redmond , Wash. : Microsoft Press, 1998. - (Strategic technology series). - 157231513x

Norris, Mark. - Communications technology explained. - Chichester : John Wiley, 2000. - (Wiley-BT series). - 0471986259

Especially chapters 1, 2 and 4

Alternative source:

Norris, Mark. - Communications technology explained [electronic resource] / Mark Norris. - Chichester; New York : John Wiley, 2000electronic resource. - 0470841842

Turner, Kenneth. - Service provision. - Wiley, 2004. - M0008187SM

Tanenbaum, Andrew S., Andrew Stuart, 1944-. - Computer networks. - 4th ed. - Upper Saddle River , NJ : Pearson Education International, 2003. - 0130384887

Especially chapter about "the physical layer"

Alternative source:

Tanenbaum, Andrew S. (Andrew Stuart), 1944-. - Computer networks. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River , N.J. : Prentice Hall; London ; Prentice Hall Internationa.­ 0133942481

James O. Wheeler (Editor), Yudo Aoyama (Editor), Barney Warf (Editor)

Cities in the telecommunications age : the fracturing of geographies / James. - New York ; London : Routledge, 2000. - 0415924413

Winder, Steve. - Newnes telecommunications pocket book / Steve Winder. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Newnes, 2001. ­ 0750652985

 

Access technologies

 

Alston Cybermoor

- Broadband applications and the digital home / edited by John Turnbull and Si - - . - London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2003 - - 0852964285

Halsall, Fred. - Data communications, computer networks and open systems. - 4th ed. - Harlow : Addison-Wesley, 1996. - (Electronic systems engineering series). - 020142293x

See chapter 10 (Broadband)

Winder, Steve. - Newnes telecommunications pocket book / Steve Winder. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Newnes, 2001. - 0750652985

Especially chapter 8. (This book is intentionally quite terse and detailed.)

 

Satellite

 

Winder, Steve. - Newnes telecommunications pocket book / Steve Winder. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Newnes, 2001. - 0750652985

Especially chapter 11. (This book is intentionally quite terse and detailed.)

 

Mobile & Wireless

 

 

Chesher, Michael, 1942-. - Electronic business & commerce / Michael Chesher, Rukesh Kaura, and Peter Li. - London : Springer, 2003. - 185233584x

Chapter 10 is about wireless commerce

Dodd, Annabel Z.. - The essential guide to telecommunications. - 3rd ed. - Upper Saddle River , N.J. ; London : Prentice Hall PTR, 2001. - (Essential guide series). - 0130649074

Especially chapter 9 (NB U.S.A. bias)

Norris, Mark. - eBusiness essentials : technology and network requirements for mobile and on. - 2nd ed. - Chichester : Wiley, 2001. - (Wiley-BT series). - 0471521833

Chapter 11 is about m-Commerce

- Mobile and wireless communications : key technologies and future application - - . - London : Institution of Electrical Engineers, 2004 - - 0863413684

Service Provision : Technologies for Next Generation Communications, by Kenneth J. Turner (Editor), Evan H. Magill (Editor), David J. Marples (Editor)

Turner, Kenneth. - Service provision. - Wiley, 2004. - M0008187SM

Especially chapter 6

Winder, Steve. - Newnes telecommunications pocket book / Steve Winder. - 3rd ed. - Oxford : Newnes, 2001. - 0750652985

Especially chapter 4. (This book is intentionally quite terse and detailed.)

 

Kopitz, Dietmar - RDS : the radio data system / Dietmar Kopitz, Bev Marks - - . - London : Artech House, 1998 - - 0890067449

IngentaConnect 3G Mobile : The Push to Wireless Data across Europe

 

Specific teaching Materials

 

Mobile phones and the illusory pursuit of safety

Protection of sensitive patient-connected medical devices from the subversive use of mobile telecommunication equipment, Intensive and Critical Care Nursing Volume 13, Issue 3 , June 1997, Pages 170-172

Standards in wireless telephone networks

The future of the mobile phone Internet: an analysis of technological trajectories and lead users in the Japanese market

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