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Title: GPRS: General Packet Radio Service (Professional Telecom) by Regis "Bud" J. Bates, Regis J. B. Bates ISBN: 0-07-138188-0 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional Pub. Date: 12 November, 2001 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.95

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Average Customer Rating: 3.43 (7 reviews)

Rating: 2
Summary: Marred by grammatical and technical typos
Comment: This book "could" have been a great book had Mr. Bates proofread it once before publishing it. Having read GSM and GPRS papers before reading this book, I have to say that this book is replete with technical snafus [a case in point for those who suspect is on pg. 30 third paragraph of the Introduction to GSM chapter "paging message sent over PAGCH"] Now anyone with half a brain knows that
1. PAGCH is a GPRS logical channel NOT GSM.
2. It is an Access Grant channel NOT a paging channel which in case of GSM is PCH and PPCH in GPRS.

Now someone new to GPRS would be confused as hell after reading this [I admit I was confused for a couple of minutes too :-), since I am not supposed to be the expert but Mr. Bates was]

Structure wise the book is okay but needs a stringent review of the rambling grammer and the blatant mistakes. IMO its not worth forking 60 bucks. If Mr. Bates is reading this, I adjure you sir to take some time off from your speaking tours and correct the mistakes in this book.

Am giving it two stars for good layout. Taking away three stars for incorrect content.

Rating: 1
Summary: Lack of context
Comment: Too much GPRS specific and lacking deep insight in GPRS deployment aspects

Rating: 5
Summary: GPRS General Packet Radio Service
Comment: Excellent book! Written in easy to understand language but also provides the detail needed to help in understanding this technology. As with all the books written by Mr. Bates, this is a qualty piece of material.

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