By
Amitabh Kumar, Amitabh Kumar has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications, Internet and broadcast fields. Currently he is Director of Technology
for Essel Group of companies and also Head of Broadcasting Operations of the Zee Network, India and Singapore. The Zee Network is the
largest Broadcasting Network of India with over 30 channels broadcast to over 200 countries. Kumar is responsible for setting up India's
first Pay DTH platform, Dish TV. He is also a member on the Board of Directors of Essel Shyam Telecommunications Ltd. Mr Kumar has been
a Director on the Board of Telestra V-Com Ltd., a member of NASSCOM Executive Council and Governer for India on the Board of Governers
of Intelsat and Director of Operations of VSNL.
Description
Written exclusively from broadcasters perspective, Mobile Broadcasting with WiMAX will help you move ahead in the use of WiMAX technologies.
Whether you are an engineer, content provider, manager, or operator and planning such services, this book helps you understand the dimensions
of this new medium and integration of communication, broadcasting and Multimedia technologies. The book oulines migrating to a new generation
of broadcasting which integrates the Mobile, Wireless and Fixed network domains, then gives you a complete picture on what is happening
in the field.
The book is divided into five parts as follows:
PART I Gives an introduction to Broadband Wireless Technologies and
Mobile WiMAX. Wi-Fi including 802.11a,b,n and g, WiMAX technologies with focus on Mobile WiMAX 802.16e, and provides a global overview
of deployment of Wireless broadband networks.
PART-II is about Mobile Multimedia broadcasting and Mobile TV technologies, based on
both cellular and broadband wireless.
PART III covers Resources for Mobile multimedia broadcasting and comprises of four structured
chapters on Spectrum for WiMAX networks, WiMAX terrestrial broadcasting networks, client devices for WiMAX and an update of on chipsets
developments.
Part IV is devoted to the Network Architectures and the integration of WiMAX with other networks, both fixed and mobile.
Part V deals with Software architectures and Applications which help the process of mobile multimedia broadcasting. Case studies
of prominent networks are given with country specific examples.
Audience:
Professionals in broadcast, cable, cellular, broadband who have an intermediate level knowledge of broadcast television or cellular mobile technologies.
