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Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, the second edition of this definitive textbook provides an unrivaled introduction to the theoretical and practical fundamentals of wireless communications. Key technical concepts are developed from first principles, and demonstrated to students using over 50 carefully curated worked examples. Over 200 end-of-chapter problems, based on real-world industry scenarios, help cement student understanding. The book provides a thorough coverage of foundational wireless technologies, including wireless local area networks (WLAN), 3G systems, and Bluetooth. Supported online by a solutions manual and lecture slides for instructors, this is the ideal foundation for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in wireless communications.
List of contents
Preface; 1. Introduction to wireless communication systems; 2. Modern wireless communication systems; 3. The cellular concept-system design fundamentals; 4. Mobile radio propagation: large-scale path loss; 5. Mobile radio propagation: small-scale fading and multipath; 6. Modulation techniques for mobile radio; 7. Equalization, diversity, and channel coding; 8. Speech coding; 9. Multiple access techniques for wireless communications; 10. Wireless networking; 11. Wireless systems and standards: Appendix A. Trunking theory; Appendix B. Noise figure calculations for link budgets; Appendix C. Rate variance relationships for shape factory theory; Appendix D. Approximate spatial autocovariance function for shape factor theory; Appendix E. Gaussian approximations for spread spectrum CDMA; Appendix F. Q, erf & erfc functions; Appendix G. Mathematical tables, functions, and transforms; Appendix H. Abbreviations and acronyms, Appendix I. References; Index.
About the author
Theodore S. Rappaport is the David Lee/Ernst Weber Professor at New York University (NYU) and founded the NYU WIRELESS research center and the wireless research centers at the University of Texas Austin and Virginia Tech. Professor Rappaport is a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the Wireless Hall of Fame, a fellow of the National Academy of Inventors and a fellow of the IEEE.
