Blaunstein / Christodoulou Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Networks

Terrestrial, Atmospheric, and Ionospheric
2. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-81672-1
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, Band 1, 704 Seiten, E-Book

Reihe: Wiley Series in Microwave and Optical Engineering

Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for WirelessCommunication Networks, 2nd Edition, presents a comprehensiveoverview of wireless communication system design, including thelatest updates to considerations of over-the-terrain, atmospheric,and ionospheric communication channels. New features include thelatest experimentally-verified stochastic approach, based onseveral multi-parametric models; all-new chapters on wirelessnetwork fundamentals, advanced technologies, and current and modernmultiple access networks; and helpful problem sets at theconclusion of each chapter to enhance clarity. The volume'semphasis remains on a thorough examination of the role ofobstructions on the corresponding propagation phenomena thatinfluence the transmission of radio signals through line-of-sight(LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation conditions along theradio path between the transmitter and the receiverantennas--and how adaptive antennas, used at the linkterminals, can be used to minimize the deleterious effects of suchobstructions. With its focus on 3G, 4G, MIMO, and the latestwireless technologies, Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennasfor Wireless Communication Networks represents an invaluableresource to topics critical to the design of contemporary wirelesscommunication systems.
* Explores novel wireless networks beyond 3G, and advanced 4Gtechnologies, such as MIMO, via propagation phenomena and thefundamentals of adapted antenna usage.
* Explains how adaptive antennas can improve GoS and QoS for anywireless channel, with specific examples and applications in land,aircraft and satellite communications.
* Introduces new stochastic approach based on severalmulti-parametric models describing various terrestrial scenarios,which have been experimentally verified in different environmentalconditions
* New chapters on fundamentals of wireless networks, cellular andnon-cellular, multiple access networks, new applications ofadaptive antennas for positioning, and localization ofsubscribers
* Includes the addition of problem sets at the end of chaptersdescribing fundamental aspects of wireless communication andantennas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Blaunstein, Nathan

Christodoulou, Christos G.

Christodoulou, Christos

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PREFACE vii
PART I FUNDAMENTALS OF WIRELESS LINKS AND NETWORKS
1 Wireless Communication Links with Fading 1
2 Antenna Fundamentals 34
3 Fundamentals of Wireless Networks 54
PART II FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIO PROPAGATION
4 Electromagnetic Aspects of Wave Propagation over Terrain81
5 Terrestrial Radio Communications 117
6 Indoor Radio Propagation 179
PART III FUNDAMENTALS OF ADAPTIVE ANTENNAS
7 Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Networks 216
8 Prediction of Signal Distribution in Space, Time, andFrequency Domains in Radio Channels for Adaptive AntennaApplications 280
9 Prediction of Operational Characteristics of Adaptive Antennas375
PART IV PRACTICAL ASPECTS OF TERRESTRIAL NETWORKSPERFORMANCE: CELLULAR AND NONCELLULAR
10 Multipath Fading Phenomena in Terrestrial WirelessCommunication Links 413
11 Cellular and Noncellular Communication Networks Design Basedon Radio Propagation Phenomena 494
PART V ATMOSPHERIC AND SATELLITE COMMUNICATION LINKS ANDNETWORKS
12 Effects of the Troposphere on Radio Propagation 536
13 Ionospheric Radio Propagation 591
14 Land-Satellite Communication Links 639
INDEX 677

Über Autor(innen)

Nathan Blaunstein is Professor of the Communication Systems Engineering Department at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheba, Israel. He is the author of numerous books and book chapters and articles on communication systems, and holds five patents in wireless communications and adaptive antennas, in geophysics and medicine.Christos G. Christodoulou is a Distinguished Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque and COSMIAC (Configurable Space Microsystems Innovations & Applications Center) Director. He is also the author of numerous book chapters and articles on communication systems, co-author of 5 books and holds three related patents.