City & Guild Telecommunication System Engineering Certificate Level - Book List

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City & Guild Telecommunication System Engineering Certificate Level

Recommended Book List - Syllabus 2002 Edition

Fundamental of Electronic Communication 1

Health and Safety

1. The First Aid Manual (7th edition) - Dorling Kindersley

2. The Health and Safety Handbook - Pat McGuiness and Lynn Smith

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Mathematics

3. Mathematics the Basic Skills (5th edition) - S.Llewellyn & A.Greer

4. Teach Yourself Mathematics - Trevor Johnson & Hugh Neill

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Introduction to use of Computer technology

5. Essential Computers;Creating Worksheets - Robet Dinwiddie

6. Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Access 2000 in 10 Minutes - Faithe Wempen

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Science and electronics

7. Basic Electrical and Electronic Engineering (4th edition) - E.C.Bell & R.W. Whitehead

8. Success in Electronics (2nd edition) - Tom Duncan

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Communication Systems and Digital Networks 1

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Information transmission

9. Technician's Guide to Electronic Communications - Frederick L.Gould

10.Telecommunication Technologies - John Ross

11.Illustrated Telecom Dictionary (3rd edition) - Jade Clayton

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Simple Telecommunication Systems

#. Technician's Guide to Electronic Communications - Frederick L.Gould

#.Telecommunication Technologies - John Ross

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Optical fiber systems

12.Introduction to Fiber Optics - John Crisp

13.Telecom Factbook - Joseph A.Pecar and David A.Garbin

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Principales of radio

14.Basic Radio Principles & Technology - Ian Poole

15.Audio,Video and Data Telecommunication - David Peterson

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Mobile radio and cellular telephone systems

# .Basic Radio Principles & Technology - Ian Poole

16.Wireless Crash Course - Paul Bedell

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Television

# .Audio,Video and Data Telecommunication - David Peterson

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Public Switched Telephone Networks (PSTN)

17.Telephone Installation Handbook (2nd edition) - Steve Roberts

18.Telephone Switching Systems - Richard A.Thompson

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Digital Networks and Data Communication

19.Telecommunication Protocols - Travis Russell

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City & Guild Telecommunication Diploma

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What Can WiMAX Do?

WiMAX operates on the same general principles as WiFi -- it sends data from one computer to another via radio signals. A computer (either a desktop or a laptop) equipped with WiMAX would receive data from the WiMAX transmitting station, probably using encrypted data keys to prevent unauthorized users from stealing access.
The fastest WiFi connection can transmit up to 54 megabits per second under optimal conditions. WiMAX should be able to handle up to 70 megabits per second. Even once that 70 megabits is split up between several dozen businesses or a few hundred home users, it will provide at least the equivalent of cable-modem transfer rates to each user.

The biggest difference isn't speed; it's distance. WiMAX outdistances WiFi by miles. WiFi's range is about 100 feet (30 m). WiMAX will blanket a radius of 30 miles (50 km) with wireless access. The increased range is due to the frequencies used and the power of the transmitter. Of course, at that distance, terrain, weather and large buildings will act to reduce the maximum range in some circumstances, but the potential is there to cover huge tracts of land.

How Wi-MAX Works......

In practical terms, Wi-MAX would operate similar to Wi-Fi but at higher speeds, over greater distances and for a greater number of users. Wi-MAX could potentially erase the suburban and rural blackout areas that currently have no broadband Internet access because phone and cable companies have not yet run the necessary wires to those remote locations.

WiMAX transmitting tower

A WiMAX system consists of two parts:

• A WiMAX tower, similar in concept to a cell-phone tower - A single WiMAX tower can provide coverage to a very large area -- as big as 3,000 square miles (~8,000 square km).

• A WiMAX receiver - The receiver and antenna could be a small box or PCMCIA card, or they could be built into a laptop the way WiFi access is today.

A WiMAX tower station can connect directly to the Internet using a high-bandwidth, wired connection (for example, a T3 line). It can also connect to another WiMAX tower using a line-of-sight, microwave link. This connection to a second tower (often referred to as a backhaul), along with the ability of a single tower to cover up to 3,000 square miles, is what allows WiMAX to provide coverage to remote rural areas.

What this points out is that WiMAX actually can provide two forms of wireless service:

• There is the non-line-of-sight, WiFi sort of service, where a small antenna on your computer connects to the tower. In this mode, WiMAX uses a lower frequency range -- 2 GHz to 11 GHz (similar to WiFi). Lower-wavelength transmissions are not as easily disrupted by physical obstructions -- they are better able to diffract, or bend, around obstacles.

• There is line-of-sight service, where a fixed dish antenna points straight at the WiMAX tower from a rooftop or pole. The line-of-sight connection is stronger and more stable, so it's able to send a lot of data with fewer errors. Line-of-sight transmissions use higher frequencies, with ranges reaching a possible 66 GHz. At higher frequencies, there is less interference and lots more bandwidth.

WiFi-style access will be limited to a 4-to-6 mile radius (perhaps 25 square miles or 65 square km of coverage, which is similar in range to a cell-phone zone). Through the stronger line-of-sight antennas, the WiMAX transmitting station would send data to WiMAX-enabled computers or routers set up within the transmitter's 30-mile radius (2,800 square miles or 9,300 square km of coverage). This is what allows WiMAX to achieve its maximum range.

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