1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996200194403316

Autore

Sánchez Javier

Titolo

UMTS [[electronic resource] /] / Javier Sanchez, Mamadou Thioune

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Newport Brach, CA, : ISTE Ltd., c2007

ISBN

1-280-84784-0

9786610847846

0-470-61227-4

0-470-39492-7

1-84704-621-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (438 p.)

Collana

ISTE ; ; v.122

Altri autori (Persone)

ThiouneMamadou

Disciplina

621.3845

621.3845/6

621.38456

Soggetti

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [395]-397) and index.

Nota di contenuto

UMTS; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Evolution of Cellular Mobile Systems; 1.1. Multiple-access techniques used in mobile telephony; 1.1.1. Frequency division duplex (FDD) and time division duplex (TDD); 1.1.2. Frequency division multiple access (FDMA); 1.1.3. Time division multiple access (TDMA); 1.1.4. Code division multiple access (CDMA); 1.1.5. Space division multiple access (SDMA); 1.1.6. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); 1.2. Evolution from 1G to 2.5G; 1.2.1. From 1G to 2G; 1.2.2. Enhancements to 2G radio technologies: 2.5G; 1.3. 3G systems in IMT-2000 framework

1.3.1. IMT-2000 radio interfaces1.3.2. Core network approaches in 3G systems; 1.4. Standardization process in 3G systems; 1.5. Worldwide spectrum allocation for IMT-2000 systems; 1.5.1. WARC-92; 1.5.2. WARC-2000; Chapter 2. Network Evolution from GSM to UMTS; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. UMTS definition and history; 2.3. Overall description of a UMTS network architecture; 2.4. Network architecture evolution from GSM to UMTS; 2.4.1. GSM network architecture of Phases 1 and 2; 2.4.2. GSM network architecture of Phase 2+; 2.4.3. Architecture of UMTS networks: evolutionary revolution of GSM



2.5. Bearer services offered by UMTS networks2.6. UMTS protocol architecture based on "stratum" concept; 2.6.1. Access stratum; 2.6.2. Non-access stratum; Chapter 3. Services in UMTS; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. UMTS mobile terminals; 3.2.1. UE functional description; 3.2.2. UE maximum output power; 3.2.3. Dual-mode GSM/UMTS terminals; 3.2.4. UE radio access capability; 3.3. Services offered by UMTS networks; 3.3.1. Standard UMTS telecommunication services; 3.3.2. UMTS bearer services; 3.3.3. Teleservices; 3.3.4. Supplementary services; 3.3.5. Operator specific services: service capabilities

3.3.6. The virtual home environment3.4. Traffic classes of UMTS bearer services; 3.4.1. Conversational services; 3.4.2. Streaming services; 3.4.3. Interactive services; 3.4.4. Background services; 3.5. Service continuity across GSM and UMTS networks; Chapter 4. UMTS Core Network; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. UMTS core network architecture; 4.2.1. Main features of UMTS core network based on Release 99; 4.2.2. Circuit-switched and packet-switched domains; 4.3. Network elements and protocols of the CS and PS domains; 4.3.1. Network elements of the CS domain

4.3.2. Protocol architecture in the CS domain4.3.3. Network elements of the PS domain; 4.3.4. Protocol architecture in the PS domain; 4.3.5. Integrated UMTS core network; 4.4. Network elements not included in UMTS reference architecture; 4.5. Interoperability between UMTS and GSM core networks; Chapter 5. Spread Spectrum and WCDMA; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Spread spectrum principles; 5.2.1. Processing gain; 5.2.2. Advantages of spread spectrum; 5.3. Direct sequence CDMA; 5.4. Multiple access based on spread spectrum; 5.5. Maximum capacity of CDMA

5.5.1. Effect of background noise and interference

Sommario/riassunto

During the first decade of this new millennium, it is estimated that more than €100 billion will be invested in the third generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) in Europe. This fact represents an amazing challenge from both a technical and commercial perspective. Written by experts in the field, this book gives a detailed description of the elements in the UMTS network architecture: the User Equipment (UE), the UMTS Radio Access Network (UTRAN) and the core network. The completely new protocols based on the needs of the new Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCD



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910789416203321

Autore

Steensland Brian <1967->

Titolo

The failed welfare revolution [[electronic resource] ] : America's struggle over guaranteed income policy / / Brian Steensland

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2008

ISBN

1-283-13471-3

9786613134714

1-4008-3748-0

Edizione

[Course Book]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (320 p.)

Disciplina

362.5/82

Soggetti

Public welfare - United States

Guaranteed annual income - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-295) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- INTRODUCTION: Understanding the Failed Welfare Revolution -- CHAPTER ONE. The Rise of Guaranteed Annual Income -- CHAPTER TWO. Guaranteed Annual Income Goes Public -- CHAPTER THREE. The Origins and Transformation of the Nixon Plan -- CHAPTER FOUR. Nixon's Family Assistance Plan Stalls -- CHAPTER FIVE. Defeat and Its Policy Legacy -- CHAPTER SIX. Carter and the Program for Better Jobs and Income -- CHAPTER SEVEN. Lost Opportunities, Consequences, and Lessons -- CHAPTER EIGHT. Culture and Welfare Policy Development -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Today the United States has one of the highest poverty rates among the world's rich industrial democracies. The Failed Welfare Revolution shows us that things might have turned out differently. During the 1960's and 1970's, policymakers in three presidential administrations tried to replace the nation's existing welfare system with a revolutionary program to guarantee Americans basic economic security. Surprisingly from today's vantage point, guaranteed income plans received broad bipartisan support in the 1960's. One proposal, President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, nearly passed into law in the 1970's, and President Carter advanced a similar bill a few years later.



The failure of these proposals marked the federal government's last direct effort to alleviate poverty among the least advantaged and, ironically, sowed the seeds of conservative welfare reform strategies under President Reagan and beyond. This episode has largely vanished from America's collective memory. Here, Brian Steensland tells the whole story for the first time--from why such an unlikely policy idea first developed to the factors that sealed its fate. His account, based on extensive original research in presidential archives, draws on mainstream social science perspectives that emphasize the influence of powerful stakeholder groups and policymaking institutions. But Steensland also shows that some of the most potent obstacles to guaranteed income plans were cultural. Most centrally, by challenging Americans' longstanding distinction between the "deserving" and "undeserving" poor, the plans threatened the nation's cultural, political, and economic status quo.

3.

Record Nr.

UNISANNIOLO10048232

Autore

Asimov, Isaac

Titolo

Breve storia della biologia : introduzione alle idee della biologia / Isaac Asimov ; ed. italiana aggiornata con un appendice di Giorgio Tecce

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bologna, : Zanichelli, c1969

Titolo uniforme

A short history of biology

ISBN

8808024725

Descrizione fisica

VIII, 159 p. ; 21 cm.

Collana

CSS ; 2

Classificazione

B

Disciplina

570.9

574.09

Soggetti

Biologia - Storia

Collocazione

SALA      570.9                   ASI br

Lingua di pubblicazione

Italiano

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Pregresso 2005