The rapid growth of the Web in the past two decades has made it the larg-
est publicly accessible data source in the world. Web mining aims to dis-
cover useful information or knowledge from Web hyperlinks, page con-
tents, and usage logs. Based on the primary kinds of data used in the
mining proces ...
The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities
and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the
concept of next-generation networks (NGNs). The competitions among operators for support-
ing various services, ...
Since the telephone was invented in the late nineteenth century, there has been a
steady development of telephone services, and the number of subscribers has con-
tinuously increased. One of the most revolutionary developments in telephone serv-
ice in the late twentieth century was the introduction ...
The rapid growth in mobile communications has led to an increasing demand for wide-
band high data rate communications services. In recent years, Distributed Antenna
Systems (DAS) has emerged as a promising candidate for future (beyond 3G or 4G)
mobile communications, as illustrated by projects such ...
With the rapid expansion of wireless consumer products,there has been a con-
siderable increase in the need for radio-frequency (RF) planning, link plan-
ning, and propagation modeling.A network designer with no RF background
may find himself/herself designing a wireless network. A wide array of RF
...
Never have telecommunications operations and network management been so
important. Never has it been more important to move away from practices that date
back to the very beginning of the telecommunications industry. Building and con-
necting systems internally at low cost, on an as - needed basis, ...
The telecommunications industry has seen a rapid boost within the last decade. New realities
and visions of functionalities in various telecommunications networks have brought forward the
concept of next-generation networks (NGNs). The competitions among operators for support-
ing various services, ...
The serious study of the practice of how to determine the appropriate content of a
specification is a seldom-appreciated pastime. Those who have the responsibility to
design a product would prefer a greater degree of freedom than permitted by the con-
tent of a specification. Many of those who would ...
In modern societies, the production and trade of goods all around the world is
constantly increasing. The latest technological achievements allow the
mass-production of millions of items of every kind, which are being exchanged all
around the globe with unprecedented rapidity. At the same time, the ...
Introduction to Radio Frequency Identification (RFID): RFID is a
wireless modulation and demodulation technique for automatic
identification of objects, tracking goods, smart logistics, and access con-
trol. RFID is a contactless, usually short‐distance transmission and
reception technique for uniq ...
