Understanding Weightless

William Webb is one of the founding directors of Neul, one of the core design team involved in Weightless and the CEO of the Weightless SIG. Prior to this William was a Director at Ofcom. He is a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering, the IEEE and the IET, where he is a Vice President and the author of multiple books, papers and patents.

• 1. The world of machine communications; 2. The need for a new standard; 3. Working in white space spectrum; 4. Weightless in overview; 5. The network; 6. The MAC layer; 7. The physical layer; 8. Further functionality; 9. Network design and capacity; 10. Application support.

'This highly readable introduction is extremely valuable. I'm delighted William Webb has taken on this task. [Webb] is well known for his ability to express complex ideas in a clear and concise manner and as lead designer of the Weightless standard is ideally placed to write the definitive guide. This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in machine communications and the Weightless standard. I thoroughly commend it.' Tim Whitley, Managing Director, Research and Technology, BT Innovate and Design