Moving from a system to components approach, this textbook provides fundamental knowledge on how a typical hydraulic system generates, delivers, and deploys power using liquid medium. It covers the key configuration features of core components, demonstrating their individual functionality in such a system and looking at how they work together to perform the designated task of power transmission. By presenting this information in an easy-to-follow way, this work provides, engineers or technical managers working with relevant industrial sectors a nuts and bolts reference, it also provides as effective learning tool for engineering students seeking an introduction to the fundamentals of this technology.
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Wireless Mesh Networks (WMN) is a promising technology that will play an increasingly important role in the next generation wireless mobile networks. This volume provides an introduction to security issues, recent advances, and future directions. The book examines the emerging standards of security, addressing such topics as authentication, access control and authorization, attacks, privacy and trust, encryption, key management, identity management, DoS attacks, intrusion detection and protection, secure routing, security standards, security policy, and more. This text also presents numerous case studies as well as various applications.
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IT Security
Networks
Digital & Wireless Communication
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Unlicensed mobile access (UMA) technology offers seamless access to GSM and GPRS mobile services networks over unlicensed spectrum technologies, including Bluetooth, WiMAX, and Wi-Fi. This book provides a complete cross-reference source for UMA technology and UMA-relevant technologies. Presenting a fundamental introduction with definitions of concepts, explanations of protocols and emerging standards, as well as detailed discussions of applications, it covers important topics such as system/network architecture, capacity, mobility management, vertical handoff, routing, medium access control, scheduling, congestion control, adaptive channel assignment, and security.
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A collection of more than 270 papers presented at the 10th International Symposium for Landslides, Xi'an, China, June/July 2008. Pack of 2 volumes plus full paper CD-ROM.
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This useful guide presents introductory concepts, fundamental techniques, the latest advances, and open issues in broadband wireless multimedia. Divided into four sections, it first introduces various broadband wireless multimedia systems. Using video as an application example, the book then focuses on the routing and cross-layer design issue of multimedia communication over multihop wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. The next section discusses issues related to multimedia communications over WLANs. The book concludes with recent developments in QoS provisioning mechanisms and other enabling technologies, including middleware, mobility management, scheduling, and power control.
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Telecommunications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Networks
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The realization of the “Internet of Things”—a world in which billions of objects will report their location, identity, and history over wireless connections—will require dramatic changes in systems, architectures, and communications. Although RFID has already laid the foundation for this, further research and development is needed to enable such a pervasive networking world, which should be flexible, adaptive, and secure. Reflecting current trends and future directions in the industry, The Internet of Things provides a comprehensive technical and practical guide to recent advances in pervasive networked systems through detailed discussions, real-world case studies, and experience reports.
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Telecommunications
Digital & Wireless Communication
Networks
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Encuentra la inspiración que necesitas en las estrategias de Sun Tzu, uno de los más destacados Generales de la China milenaria.Escrito hace más de 2.400 años, este libro está considerado como el gran clásico de la estrategia militar.

En esta obra, las reglas de Sun Tzu están interpretadas por el General Tao Hanzang, oficial de alto rango en el ejército de liberación popular, líder de la gran marcha China y profesor en la Universidad de Pekín. Líderes mundiales y también muchos directivos de empresa se han servido de los principios de Sun Tzu para definir sus estrategias y sus tácticas.

Los consejos de Sun Tzu siguen siendo útiles para alcanzar los objetivos mediante la estrategia y no mediante la fuerza.

“Conoce al enemigo como a ti mismo”, dice Sun Tzu en esta obra que mantiene toda su vigencia y que es de lectura obligatoria para los interesados en cuestiones militares, políticas y estratégicas, así como para los ejecutivos que quieren desarrollar su habilidad en la toma de decisiones.

El General Tao Hanzhang nació en 1917 en la provincia de Jiangxi. Luchó en numerosas batallas durante la Guerra con Japón como comandante de regimiento, ocupó diversos cargos militares en la República Popular China y ha sido instructor militar en el EPL y en la Academia Militar, donde ha ofrecido conferencias y ha ocupado diversos cargos de relevancia.

Retirado a los 68 años, Tao Hanzhang es asesor del Beijing Institute for International Strategic Studies y sigue dando conferencias en numerosos países sobre el arte de la guerra y de los problemas estratégicos. Sus trabajos, de gran vigencia teórica y práctica, continúan siendo publicados.

Providing a comprehensive technical and practical guide, Mobile WiMAX: Toward Broadband Wireless Metropolitan Area Networks covers fundamentals and recent advances as well as the latest standard specifications in the IEEE 802.16 families. This book explores various key challenges in diverse scenarios including OFDM-based physical layer techniques, smart and distributed antenna systems, MIMO technology, and efficient signal processing algorithms. It focuses on security management, effective protocols, practical system integration, performance analysis, simulation, experiment, and future directions in WirelessMAN. This text serves as a valuable resource for students and researchers in this rapidly evolving field.
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Digital & Wireless Communication
Telecommunications
Networks
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Professional

A static map is no longer enough; there is now demand for a dynamic representation. Time is of great importance when operating on real-world geographical phenomena, especially when these are dynamic. Researchers in the field of temporal geographical information systems (TGIS) have been developing methods of incorporating time into geographical information systems. Spatio-temporal analysis embodies spatial modeling, spatio-temporal modeling, spatial reasoning, and data mining. Advances in Spatio-Temporal Analysis contributes to the field of spatio-temporal analysis, presenting innovative ideas and examples that reflect current progress and achievements.
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GIS, Remote Sensing & Cartography
Remote Sensing
Statistical & Mathematical Analysis (Geography)
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Rapid growth in mobile communications has led to an increasing demand for wideband high data rate communications services. In recent years, distributed antenna system has emerged as a promising candidate for the future. This book provides a comprehensive guide to recent advances and issues in DAS. It addresses challenges in architecture, capacity, connectivity, scalability, routing, medium access control, scheduling, dynamic channel assignment, and cross-layer optimization. Additional coverage provided in Distributed Antenna Systems: Open Architecture for Future Wireless Communications includes physical layer issues, protocol issues, applications, and future directions.
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Digital & Wireless Communication
Electrical Engineering Communications
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