Essentials of Short-Range Wireless

The vital information you need to design and implement a product with short-range wireless technology in a quick, practical guide.

Nick Hunn (Author)

9780521760690, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 July 2010

348 pages, 66 b/w illus. 40 tables
22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg

For engineers, product designers, and technical marketers who need to design a cost-effective, easy-to-use, short-range wireless product that works, this practical guide is a must-have. It explains and compares the major wireless standards - Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 802.11abgn, ZigBee, and 802.15.4 - enabling you to choose the best standard for your product. Packed with practical insights based on the author's 10 years of design experience, and highlighting pitfalls and trade-offs in performance and cost, this book will ensure you get the most out of your chosen standard by teaching you how to tailor it for your specific implementation. With information on intellectual property rights and licensing, production test, and regulatory approvals, as well as analysis of the market for wireless products, this resource truly provides everything you need to design and implement a successful short-range wireless product.

1. Introduction
2. Fundamentals of short range wireless
3. Wireless security
4. Bluetooth
5. IEEE 802.11abgn / Wi-Fi
6. IEEE 802.15.4 and ZigBee
7. Bluetooth low energy (formerly Wibree)
8. Application development - configuration
9. Application development - performance
10. Practical considerations - production certification and IP
11. Implementation choices
12. Markets and applications
Glossary.

Subject Areas: Signal processing [UYS], WAP [wireless technology TJKW], Communications engineering / telecommunications [TJK]