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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- Copyright -- Credits -- About the Author -- Acknowledgement -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Implementing a DSL -- Domain Specific Languages -- So, why should you create a new language? …”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Historical Memory-Oriented Peace Education and the Sustaining Peace Agenda -- 5. Conclusion…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Preface -- Part I Standards for Mobile Networks -- 1 Global System for Mobile Communications -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 System architecture -- 1.3 Time structure of the GSM system -- 1.4 Logical channels -- 1.5 High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) -- 1.6 GPRS packet transmission -- 1.7 EDGE packet transmission -- 1.8 Traffic management mechanisms in cellular networks -- 2 Universal Mobile Telecommunications System -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Architecture of the system -- 2.3 Wideband access with WCDMA coding and multiplexing / essentials -- 2.4 Channels in the WCDMA radio interface -- 2.5 Modulation -- 2.6 Signal reception techniques -- 2.7 Radio resource management in the UMTS system -- 2.8 High-speed packet data transmission -- 2.9 Services -- 3 Long-Term Evolution -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 System architecture -- 3.3 Transmission techniques in the LTE system -- 3.4 Channels in the radio interface of the LTE system -- 3.5 Radio resource management in LTE -- Part II Teletraffic Engineering for Mobile Networks -- 4 Basic Definitions and Terminology -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Call stream -- 4.3 Service stream -- 4.4 Markov processes -- 4.5 The concept of traffic -- 4.6 Quality of service in telecommunication systems -- 5 Basic Elements of Traffic Engineering used in Mobile Networks -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Erlang model -- 5.3 Engset model -- 5.4 Comments -- 6 Modeling of Systems with Single-Rate Overflow Traffic -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Basic information on overflow systems -- 6.3 Models of alternative groups -- 6.4 Equivalent groups -- 6.5 Modeling of overflow traffic in systems with finite number of traffic sources -- 6.6 Comments -- 7 Models of Links Carrying Multi-Service Traffic -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 Multi-dimensional Erlang distribution -- 7.3 Full-availability group with multi-rate traffic -- 7.4 State-dependent systems -- 7.5 Systems with finite and infinite number of traffic sources -- 7.6 Limited-availability group…”

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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Cover -- About the Author -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part I: R&D -- Chapter 1 Out of the Blue -- Chapter 2 A Brief History of Tequila -- Chapter 3 The Taste Test -- Part II: Brand Building -- Chapter 4 Hollywood Star -- Chapter 5 By the Seat of Our Pants -- Chapter 6 The High Life -- Part III: Sustainable Development -- Chapter 7 A Rude Awakening -- Chapter 8 Loose Ends -- Chapter 9 Patrón Today -- Epilogue: No Regrets -- Aperitif: Marking the Patrón Way -- Notes -- Index…”