In-Depth Book on Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems is a...

In-Depth Book on Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems is a Vital Source of Information for Practising and Aspiring Wireless Communication Engineers

DUBLIN, Ireland--(Business Wire)--Research and Markets
(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c80352) has announced the
addition of Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication
Systems, 2nd Edition to their offering.

Antennas and propagation are of fundamental importance to the
coverage, capacity and quality of all wireless communication systems.
This book provides a solid grounding in antennas and propagation,
covering terrestrial and satellite radio systems in both mobile and
fixed contexts. Building on the highly successful first edition, this
fully updated text features significant new material and brand new
exercises and supplementary materials to support course tutors. A
vital source of information for practising and aspiring wireless
communication engineers as well as for students at postgraduate and
senior undergraduate levels, this book provides a fundamental
grounding in the principles of antennas and propagation without
excessive recourse to mathematics. It also equips the reader with
practical prediction techniques for the design and analysis of a very
wide range of common wireless communication systems.

Including:

- Overview of the fundamental electromagnetic principles
underlying propagation and antennas.

- Basic concepts of antennas and their application to specific
wireless systems.

- Propagation measurement, modelling and prediction for fixed
links, macrocells, microcells, picocells and megacells

- Narrowband and wideband channel modelling and the effect of the
channel on communication system performance.

- Methods that overcome and transform channel impairments to
enhance performance using diversity, adaptive antennas and equalisers.

Key second edition updates:

- New chapters on Antennas for Mobile Systems and Channel
Measurements for Mobile Radio Systems.

- Coverage of new technologies, including MIMO antenna systems,
Ultra Wideband (UWB) and the OFDM technology used in Wi-Fi and WiMax
systems.

- Many new propagation models for macrocells, microcells and
picocells.

- Fully revised and expanded end-of-chapter exercises.

- Solutions manual and presentation slides available online for
course tutors.

Content Outline:

Preface to the First Edition.

Preface to the Second Edition.

1. Introduction: The Wireless Communication Channel.

2. Properties of Electromagnetic Waves.

3. Propagation Mechanisms.

4. Antenna Fundamentals.

5. Basic Propagation Models.

6. Terrestrial Fixed Links.

7. Satellite Fixed Links.

8. Macrocells.

9. Shadowing.

10. Narrowband Fast Fading.

11. Wideband Fast Fading.

12. Microcells.

13. Picocells.

14. Megacells.

15. Antennas for Mobile Systems.

16. Overcoming Narrowband Fading via Diversity.

17. Overcoming Wideband Fading.

18. Adaptive Antennas.

19. Channel Measurements for Mobile Systems.

20. Future Developments in the Wireless Communication Channel.

REFERENCES.

Appendix A Statistics, Probability and Stochastic Processes.

A.1 INTRODUCTION.

A.2 SINGLE RANDOM VARIABLES.

A.3 MULTIPLE RANDOM VARIABLES.

A.4 GAUSSIAN DISTRIBUTION AND CENTRAL LIMIT THEOREM.

A.5 RANDOM PROCESSES.

REFERENCES.

Appendix B Tables and Data.

B.1 NORMAL (GAUSSIAN) DISTRIBUTION.

B.2 ERROR FUNCTION.

B.3 FRESNEL INTEGRALS.

B.4 GAMMA FUNCTION.

B.5 BESSEL FUNCTION.

REFERENCE.

Abbreviations.

Index.

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