Bernhard H. Walke & Stefan Mangold 
IEEE 802 Wireless Systems 
Protocols, Multi-Hop Mesh / Relaying, Performance and Spectrum Coexistence

Throughout the next decade, 802 wireless systems will become an
integral part of fourth generation (4G) cellular communication
systems, where the convergence of wireless and cellular networks
will materialize through support of interworking and seamless
roaming across dissimilar wireless and cellular radio access
technologies. IEEE 802 Wireless Systems clearly describes
the leading systems, covering IEEE 802.11 WLAN, IEEE 802.15 WPAN,
IEEE 802.16 WMAN systems’ architecture, standards and
protocols (including mesh) with an instructive approach allowing
individuals unfamiliar with wireless systems to follow and
understand these technologies. Ranging from digital radio
transmission fundamentals, duplex, multiplexing and switching to
medium access control, radio spectrum regulation, coexistence and
spectrum sharing, this book also offers new solutions to broadband
multi-hop networking for cellular and ad hoc operation. The book

* Gives a comprehensive overview and performance evaluation of
IEEE 802.11, 802.15 and 802.16

* Includes a tutorial like introduction to the basics of wireless
communication

* Discusses challenges in mesh/multi-hop relaying networks and
provides profound solutions for their realization with 802 Wireless
Systems

* Covers spectrum sharing on different levels and provides
solutions for coexistence, cooperation and interworking of 802
Wireless Systems that are following the same or different
standards, but share the same spectrum

* Includes a detailed overview and introduction on cognitive
radio and dynamic spectrum access

* Accompanying website contains simulation software and provides
slides of the figures and tables from the book ready for course
presentation

This book is an essential text for advanced undergraduate
students with a basic working knowledge of wireless communication,
graduate students and engineers working in the field of wireless
communications.

About the author

Dr.Bernhard H.Walke is the founder and member of the
Steering Committee of the European Personal and Mobile
Communications Conference (EPMCC) and a cofounder and member of the
Steering Committee of the European Wireless Conference (EW). Since
1999 he has been a member of the Advisory Board of Wireless
Communications. Since 2001, he has been an elected chair for
Working Group 4 ‘Spectrum Issues, New Air-Interfaces and
Ad-Hoc Networking’ of the Wireless World Research Forum.

Dr. Stefan Mangold has worked for Com Nets, Aachen,
Germany and since 2003 has been with Philips Research, Briarcliff
Manor, new York, USA, where he is currently conducting further
research in the field of wireless communication networks, radio
resource management and regulation. His research interests include
social science and game theory, agile ‘cognitive’
radio, spectrum etiquette and ontology engineering.