The internet has become the mainstream media platform for the distribution of live and on-demand video entertainment, and has opened up new ways for discovering, sharing, and consuming TV content anywhere, anytime, and on any device. Next-generation video coders and decoders can be deployed quickly, allowing online providers to stay ahead of the pack when rolling out 4K ultra high-definition (UHD) services and premium content. However, video delivery platforms perform differently in terms of the quality and smoothness of the video playback. In addition, high-quality videos such as UHD videos sometimes look like HD videos after compression. This all-in-one book addresses the end-to-end video chain, from coding to streaming to playback. It also covers the foundational principles of color science, human visual system, and high dynamic range (HDR) technologies. With over 260 illustrative figures and charts, 60 tables, 150 equations, and packed with numeric examples, this indispensable guide is designed for any video developer or engineer building advanced video coding and streaming systems from ground up. 

Key Highlights 

• Principles of current and emerging video coding standards

• In-depth coverage and comparative assessment of VVC and AV1

• Powerful practical tips on video coding optimization for a wide variety of content without compromising video quality

• Careful analysis of HLS adaptive streaming technology, including actual wireless streaming measurements

• Direct-to-consumer OTT streaming trends and competitors

Has been purchased by companies such as Microsoft, Netflix, Amazon, and Dolby Laboratories. It has sold over 350 copies. 446 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $75.

The mobile cellular standard beyond 4G-LTE is 5G. If Wi-Fi is wireless Ethernet, then 5G is wireless Fiber. 5G promises to deliver the Internet of Everything by empowering smart cities and homes, industry automation, self-driving cars, augmented reality, and work, gaming, and entertainment in the cloud. While 4G-LTE is driven by millions of multimedia personal devices that require high-speed internet connectivity, 5G supports an even greater number of applications and services, expanding beyond person-to-person communications. This new kind of wireless network connects not only users but also machines, devices, and objects. By using both shared and millimeter wave spectrum in a flexible and efficient manner, network performance is enhanced in terms of better link quality and reliability, higher connection speeds and density, and lower latency. Many operators around the globe have rolled out fixed, mobile, and private 5G services, with over 5 billion mobile subscribers and 15 billion Internet of Things (IoT) connections. 

This book describes the foundational principles, technologies, and use cases of 5G, including its evolution from 4G-LTE, LTE-Advanced, LTE-Advanced Pro to 5G Release 15, 16, 17, 5G-Advanced (Release 18), and ultimately 6G. In addition to the standards, it covers millimeter wave handset antenna design, small cell deployment, base station evolution, massive multi-antenna beamforming and steering, CBRS private networks, open radio access network, time-sensitive communications, and the role of wireless AI. The book offers invaluable insights and effective tips in system optimization, as well as important considerations in advanced design. Back-of-the-envelope calculations are always useful for practical implementation and understanding core technologies. To this end, the book uses many numeric examples to illustrate the impact of the system parameters. 

With over 280 illustrative figures and tables, this indispensable guide is designed for any wireless engineer building advanced cellular systems from ground up.

Key Highlights 

• In-depth coverage of current and emerging 5G and 6G standards

• Powerful tips and design examples on system optimization

• Practical comparison of OFDMA and multi-user MIMO

• Principles of time-sensitive communications and wireless AI

• Efficient migration from 4G-LTE to 5G

224 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $35.

Bluetooth is a cable replacement technology for short-range data exchange and has become indispensable for smartphone chipsets, hands-free calls, in-vehicle infotainment, fitness bands, hearing aids, and wireless ear buds. Bluetooth devices communicate with each other in a limited area to form a small network. The ubiquity and quality of Bluetooth voice communications and audio streaming will be further enhanced with LE audio and the use of advanced codecs such as LC3.  This book describes the key principles of Bluetooth, including the latest innovations and new use cases such as location and ranging services, distance measurement, and multi-stream audio streaming and sharing. A coherent analysis of the channel sounding, enhanced security, and audio coding is also provided. As you will discover, Bluetooth is never standing still but constantly evolving with game-changing technologies. With over 260 illustrative figures and tables, this indispensable guide is designed for any wireless engineer building advanced Bluetooth systems from ground up. 

Key Highlights 

• PHY/MAC mechanisms, packet formats, LE audio, security 

• Real-time isochronous audio support using subrated connections

• Positioning, channel sounding, decision advertising and filtering

• Audio coding (SBC, LC3, AAC), interaction, flow control

• Practical tips on Android Audio, HAL, RIL, QMI, Hexagon DSP

238 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $35.

Medium access control is a vital mechanism in broadcast wireless transmission due to the need to allocate bandwidth among multiple users in an equitable manner while arbitrating possible contention that may arise. Multiple access protocols have been developed for almost 60 years for this purpose, starting with the invention and subsequent implementation of the legendary ALOHA random access protocol in 1968. A variety of wireless systems have since deployed these protocols, including terrestrial packet radio and satellite networks in the 1970s, wireless local area networks in the 1980s, wireless personal area networks in the 1990s, high-speed mobile cellular networks in the 2000s, and currently low-orbit satellite networks. Each of these networks uses a different approach, ranging from random access to contention-free protocols, depending on the span of the network, the number of users supported, and the traffic demands. Most of these protocols are converging toward an adaptive reservation system that unifies random access for gaining initial entry into the network and fixed bandwidth assignment for large data transfer. This book describes the design and analysis of medium access control protocols, as well as the efficient dimensioning of user density and bandwidth resources in wireless networks, including practical insights into the protocols used in Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, 5G, and Starlink satellites. The protocols in many of these local-area and wide-area systems aim to optimize their performance when supporting non real-time data and streaming multimedia traffic. As you will discover, many medium access control protocols underpinning modern-day wireless networks are based on creative ideas that have been developed several decades ago. They are also becoming more complex and challenging, ranging from deployments involving a single central controller to the coordination of multiple controllers, and from stationary networks to high-speed low orbit satellites. With emerging standards such as Wi-Fi 8 and 6G prioritizing higher user density with dynamic traffic load management over raw data rate improvement, the role of multiple access protocols will assume greater importance in the future.

212 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $35.

The revolutionary Starlink low-orbit satellite system offers ubiquity and immediate broadband internet access for both fixed and mobile users to virtually every corner of the Earth. The system has effectively transcended beyond traditional wireline and terrestrial wireless access. This backbone of global connectivity is the final endgame to outdoor mobile communications and ubiquitous broadband internet access. A powerful advantage of the Starlink service is its portability, which is not possible with fixed wireless access or any wire medium. Driven by advanced solar power technologies and reusable rockets that can be refueled, the service is the game changer for pervasive broadband and mobile communications. Finally, there is an effective solution to bridge the digital divide and unleash the mobile traveler. The service offers up to 400+ Mbit/s data rates supplemented by Wi-Fi for connectivity to multiple user devices, but experiences less downtime than cable. Because the speed of light in an optical fiber or cable is only about two-thirds of its speed in a vacuum, intersatellite communications in Starlink is faster than any terrestrial ground system. Additionally, the Starlink system is easier to launch, maintain, and upgrade than any terrestrial system, with newer satellites to be located even closer to the earth to guarantee network latencies below 1/50th of a second to support the most time-sensitive applications like video gaming and self-driving cars. This concise book presents a clear overview of the Starlink low-orbit system components, the Starlink constellation and architecture, the Starlink satellite design, congestion control, and performance, the Starlink signal propagation delay, orbital speed and Doppler spread, and the Starlink bandwidth scheduling and spot beams.

28 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.

Radio frequency (RF) system design forms the basis of wireless communications. This book provides an overview of the principles of RF system design, including the use of antennas and propagation models. It describes a classification of RF systems and then covers the basic functions of antennas, including the near and far fields, antenna gain, directivity, and radiation characteristics. Important RF propagation mechanisms and transmission modes are reviewed, such as the curvature of the RF beam and maximum RF range, surface (ground) wave, space wave, sky wave (ionospheric propagation), scatter propagation, and earth-space propagation. RF propagation impairments are described, including how signal fading, interference, and noise will impact the threshold received power. Transmitter issues are also covered. The models governing free-space propagation, outdoor propagation models, and smoothness criteria are studied, together with link budget and receiving antenna electric field calculations. The material is a result of a short course that was prepared for Qualcomm engineers and has been meticulously crafted to maximize clarity and accelerate learning.

40 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.

The society of the future is likely to be shaped by a combination of human skills such as creativity, teamwork, and leadership coupled with AI’s data processing, pattern recognition, content creation, and predictive analytics. Chatbots have already replaced hundreds of thousands of non-physical jobs but they are essentially knowledge databases coupled with limited wisdom, trained using text-prompted datasets. The utility of AI is magnified significantly with human-like vision and physical action because a picture does speak a thousand words. The ability to see and analyze has revolutionize how state-of-the-art AI systems are designed and optimized, and has spawned the ultimate engineering masterpiece―humanoids. In this new era, humanoids will dominate many physical jobs. Humanoids are projected to be smarter than humans by 2027 and all of humanity by 2035, helping to bridge the human talent shortage caused by declining birth rates in the world population. More importantly, the humanoid is a personal concierge every young or old adult would like to have. An adaptive or autonomous system can be hard-coded to follow fixed steps and hence, does not qualify as an AI system. A true AI system is not only conscious of its environment but capable of learning from it with few or no human instructions, making the system unique and different from other systems, much like a talented child being nurtured in its own home or in the neighborhood school. This concise book uncovers many insights into the progress of AI technology and the key principles underpinning modern AI systems. Additionally, it is jam-packed with interesting ideas and applications that both novice and expert can harness in a short space of time. 

78 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $20.

The camera is a vital component of the smartphone and its utility is indispensable. The design of the smartphone camera system determines the quality of the captured photos and videos. This book discusses the key topics related to smartphone camera technology. The objectives are listed as follows. 

• Study smartphone camera system components

• Understand color filter array

• Review image signal processor architecture and optical system concepts

• Understand key camera parameters

• Study sensor size, pixel pitch, Airy disk, Nyquist frequency, and modulation transfer function

• Review various types of color filter arrays

• Identify CMOS and CCD image sensors

• Understand various camera and image noise sources

• Learn image correction and enhancement techniques

• Review camera lens structure and material

• Learn techniques to overcome optical distortions

• Discuss advanced smartphone camera features, including the use of AI

42 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.

The central processing unit (CPU) handles all the tasks required for all software on the computer or server to run correctly. A graphics processing unit (GPU), on the other hand, supports the CPU to perform concurrent calculations. A GPU can complete simple and repetitive tasks much faster because it can break the task down into smaller components and finish them in parallel. These cores were initially designed to process images, video game computer graphics, and visual data. General-purpose GPUs (GPGPUs) were adopted to enhance other computational processes, such as transformers and deep learning. More recently, AI is driving GPU tensor cores that achieve significantly higher throughput compared to traditional cores. This book provides a comprehensive overview of GPGPU internals, including its memory structure and optimization, the operation of tensor cores, and the current state-of-the art technology. It contains programming tips in using the NVIDIA CUDA parallel computing platform that allows software developers to use GPGPUs for specific applications. In addition to key examples involving scientific problems, neural networks, image processing, and video coding, the book also covers the graphics pipeline and steps to construct a scene, pipelining of GPU and CPU processes, as well as practical techniques in parallelizing an implementation.

50 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.

Electromagnetic field theory describes the interaction between electric and magnetic fields, how charges and currents create light and radio waves, and how these waves propagate through a medium. The behavior of the electric and magnetic fields is unified under Maxwell’s equations. Electromagnetic field theory provides the basis for understanding the underlying phenomena in RF antenna transmission, transmission lines, radio and optical signal propagation, microwave devices, electric machines, and many branches of space science, including propulsion systems. This concise book equips the reader with the foundations and key principles of electromagnetic field theory. With some background knowledge in vector analysis and partial differential equations, you can master the subject in a short space of time.

40 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.

Project 25 (P25) is a suite of global user-driven digital standards for two-way non-public radio communications networks. P25 has been adopted by many industries, including utilities, transit, petroleum, and chemical companies, and airport authorities that rely on mission-critical communications and interoperability with public safety agencies in an emergency. The operating distance of these wide-area networks can be up to 32 miles, far exceeding mobile cellular networks. Additionally, the physical transmission of P25 is specifically designed to be ultra-reliable, even under simulcast transmission from multiple sites. This book discusses the P25 goals and system model, and its components, features, functions, services, interfaces, infrastructure and configurations. It will also review the P25 channels, physical transmission, vocoders, and network control elements, as well as the conventional and trunking systems, the coverage configurations such as simulcast, multicast, and voting as well as the consoles and subscriber units. The evolution of land and digital mobile radio technologies will also be covered.

36 pages. 2026 Edition. Net Price: $15.