Technology Updates and Student Resources

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Computer Science Student Resource Site: Help and advice for the long-suffering, overworked student.

RF and Wireless Tutorials by RF Wireless World : A wide range of tutorials are provided.

RCR Wireless: News, tutorials, and discussions on wireless topics
Office of Spectrum Managment: responsible for managing the Federal Government's use of the radio frequency spectrum. There are many informative features on this Web site, including documents, links, and a frequency allocation chart.

Fourier Series Synthesis: An excellent visualization tool for Fourier series.
Johns Hopkins Signals Demonstrations: Another source of visualization tools.
Math and Physics Applets: Yet another source of visualization tools.

IPv6 Forum: An industry consortium that promotes IPv6-related products. Includes a number of white papers and articles.
OSI History: A brief history of the origins of the OSI model.

First Internet Connection: Fascinating video discussion by Leonard Kleinrock.

U.S. Frequency Allocation Chart

Wi-Fi Alliance: The main industry body for promoting Wi-Fi and certifying interoperability.

IEEE 802 and IEEE 802.11: Standards groups for local area networks and Wi-Fi.
Li-Fi Consortium: Li-Fi is a fast, inexpensive optical wireless communication system that may be useful as an alternative to Wi-Fi in some environments and for some requirements.

Wi-Fi 6 (IEEE 802.11ax) was standardized since book publication:

WLAN 802.11ax Tutorial-Basic features, frame, modes, PHY, MAC: Tutorial on Wi-Fi 6 with many tutorial and historical links plus a more general Wireless LAN Tutorial.

Deep Dive Into Wi-Fi 6: Detailed webinar by Cisco.

All About the New Wi-Fi 6 Standard – 802.11ax Explained (Tutorial)

Here is information on Wi-Fi 7 (IEEE 802.11be)

Wi-Fi 7: A deep-dive into the blistering new wireless standard by PCWorld

What Is Wi-Fi 7? by Intel

Bluetooth SIG: Contains all the standards, numerous other documents, and news and information on Bluetooth companies and products.
IEEE 802.15 Working Group on Personal Area Networks: Covers Bluetooth and related networks.
Connectivity Standards Alliance: The Zigbee Alliance is now the Connectivity Standards Alliance. Site provides white papers, documents, and vendor information.

3GPP: A consortium of wireless companies that standardize and promote 4G/5G. All of the standards are provided at this site.
Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association: Another industry consortium.

Next Generation Mobile Networks (NGMN) Alliance: Useful collection of technical documents, including the two influential White Papers.
5G Americas: A trade group of Western Hemisphere companies supporting TDMA, GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS. Includes industry news, white papers, and other technical information.

5G technology was standardized since book publication:

5G Wireless: A Comprehensive Introduction: A new textbook by co-author William Stallings

3GPP Release 15 Overview: Published in IEEE Spectrum

The ABCs of 5G New Radio Standard Ebook: by Keysight Technologies, a prominent 5G network emulation provider.

Everything you need to know about 5G: By Qualcomm