Artech House

A long overdue book for today's IT professionals, this unique resource offers you a practical, model-centric approach to integrated IT project management that supports state-of-the-art software development. A valuable and topical reference, the book enables you to: understand issues that relate to project management problems and the roles and responsibilities involved in managing and delivering multiple IT projects; develop an appreciation for project management best practices; and improve internal and external communications by applying simple, adaptable and consistent processes based on a model-centric framework.

Introduces important technology of digital beamforming and its upcoming applications in wireless and satellite communications. DLC: Wireless communication systems.

Details the technology of microwave integrated circuits, for design engineers and researchers using planar transmission structures in RF, microwave and millimeter-wave circuits and antenna systems, and for students in electronics and telecommunications engineering courses. Coverage includes theory, analysis, and design of microstrip lines; microstrip discontinuities; slotlines; coplanar lines; and coupled microstrip lines. Includes b&w diagrams. This second edition is extensively updated since the first edition in 1979.

Now that the Internet has blossomed into the "Information Superhighway," with its traffic (and drivers) becoming increasingly diverse, security has emerged as a primary concern. This innovative new book offers you a global, integrated approach to providing Internet Security at the network layer. You get a detailed presentation of the revolutionary IPsec technology used today to create Virtual Private Networks and, in the near future, to protect the infrastructure of the Internet itself.

Whether you are a radar engineer looking to apply effective STAP(space-time adaptive processing) techniques to your system, or a non-radar specialist interested in important applications of multichannel adaptive filtering, this practical resource, based on a time-tested course taught in industry, government and academia, is essential reading.