From entertainment to telephony, emerging wireless systems will make possible a new
generation of wireless multimedia applications. To satisfy users, network designers and
developers must integrate end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) support throughout all their
underlying networks: WANs, WLANs, WPANs, and "last-mile" WLL or satellite distribution
systems. However, wireless network standards typically focus on signaling, leaving crucial QoS
issues to implementers. Multimedia Wireless Networks is the first book to help network
professionals systematically address QoS in today's most important wireless networks-and
tomorrow's.
l Why users' wireless multimedia performance requirements will require extensive QoS
support
l The fundamentals of QoS - and how they drive network design
l WLAN standards from the multimedia network designer's viewpoint: IEEE 802.11,
HiperLAN, and HomeRF
l Wireless MANs: introducing the new 802.16 WirelessMAN standard
l Integrating QoS into IEEE 802.15 and Bluetooth wireless personal area networks
l QoS in current and emerging cellular and satellite networks