Facilitates both the understanding and adoption of 802.1aq as a networking solution802.1aq Shortest Path Bridging (SPB) is a technology that greatly simplifies the creation and configuration of carrier, enterprise, and cloud computing networks—by using modern computing power to deprecate signaling, and to integrate multicast, multipath routing, and large-scale virtualization. It is arguably one of the most significant enhancements in Ethernet's history....

As the iPhone continues to develop, it can be a challenge to keep up with its new releases and impressive features. Revolutionary developments introduced by iOS 5 and the iPhone 4S mean its often difficult to know where to start. The 101 Essential Tips & Tricks is here to make your life a little easier, by selecting the very best hints to extend the functionality of your iPhone. Featuring Apple and third-party apps, this comprehensive guide will allow you to easily and quickly transform your ...

Updated Sept. 2013 with iOS 7 TipsThis guide was created for the iPhone 5 which debuted in 2012, but also includes tips that work for the iPhone 5C, iPhone 5S and new iOS 7 software upgrade.Are you an iPhone 5 owner looking to get the most out of your smartphone? Perhaps you're looking for solutions to certain questions you've had about the new phone such as how to use Siri, print documents, take pictures or video with the camera, use FaceTime, extend battery life, or other...

Dedicated to showing you how the get the most out of your smartphone, The Android Book offers a wealth of features and guides to help you extend the functionality of your phone. With overviews of all the default Android applications and tutorials focusing on lifestyle, productivity and entertainment, theres something for everyone. And with an extensive troubleshooting section and reviews of all the top apps from the Android Market, this book has everything covered.

The Intel Edison is a crowning achievement of Intel's adaptation of its technology into maker-friendly products. They've packed the dual-core power of the Atom CPU, combined it with a sideboard microcontroller brain, and added in Wi-Fi, Bluetooth Low Energy, and a generous amount of RAM (1GB) and flash storage (4GB). This book, written by Stephanie Moyerman, a research scientist with Intel's Smart Device Innovation Team, teaches you everything you need to know to get started making things ...

Learn to build extraordinary apps for iPhone, iPad, and iPod touchiOS is the hottest development platform around, and iOS 6 adds a new and deeper dimension to explore. This guide offers serious information for serious programmers who know the basics and are ready to dive into the advanced features of iOS. You'll learn to create killer apps for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch, including how to maximize performance and make more money from your apps with in-app purc...

Nexus devices represent Android as a whole and in theory pack everything that Google has to offer, acting as somewhat as a reference device for the Android ecosystem. With the launch of Android 5.0 Lollipop the device set to tackle the daunting task of showcasing Google’s ‘sweetest’ update to date is none other than Motorola made Nexus 6.

This book is unique in presenting channels, techniques and standards for the next generation of MIMO wireless networks. Through a unified framework, it emphasizes how propagation mechanisms impact the system performance under realistic power constraints. Combining a solid mathematical analysis with a physical and intuitive approach to space-time signal processing, the book progressively derives innovative designs for space-time coding and precoding as well as multi-user and multi-cell tech...

The aim of this book is to enable network planners to realize and maintain cost efficient LTE backhaul networks, which meet the necessary performance requirements. Through an introduction to the technology background, the economical modelling, the dimensioning theory, planning and optimization processes and relevant network management aspects, the reader shall obtain all relevant information to achieve good backhaul results in their own network environment. It is aimed at network planners ...

This book explains how the performance of modern cellular wireless networks can be evaluated by measurements and simulationsWith the roll-out of LTE, high data throughput is promised to be available to cellular users. In case you have ever wondered how high this throughput really is, this book is the right read for you: At first, it presents results from experimental research and simulations of the physical layer of HSDPA, WiMAX, and LTE. Next, it explains in detai...

This comprehensive resource covers everything you need to know about small cell networks, from design, to analysis, optimization and deployment. Detailing fundamental concepts as well as more advanced topics, and describing emerging trends, challenges and recent research results, this book explains how you can improve performance, decision making, resource management, and energy efficiency in next generation wireless networks. Key topics covered include green small cell networks and associ...

This accessible, self-contained guide contains everything you need to get up to speed on the theory and implementation of MIMO techniques. In-depth coverage of topics such as RF propagation, space-time coding, spatial multiplexing, OFDM in MIMO for broadband applications, the theoretical MIMO capacity formula and channel estimation will give you a deep understanding of how the results are obtained, while detailed descriptions of how MIMO is implemented in commercial WiFi and LTE networks w...