RF engineering for wireless networks : hardware, antennas, and propagation / Daniel M. Dobkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dobkin, Daniel Mark.

Series:

Communications engineering series.

Communications engineering series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

IEEE 802.11 (Standard).

Wireless communication systems.

Wireless LANs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Edition:

1st edition

Other Title:

Radio frequency engineering for wireless networks

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; London : Elsevier/Newnes, c2005.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Finally, here is a single volume containing all of the engineering information needed to successfully design and implement any type of wireless network! Author Dan Dobkin covers every aspect of RF engineering necessary for wireless networks. He begins with a review of essential math and electromagnetic theory followed by thorough discussions of multiplexing, modulation types, bandwidth, link budgets, network concepts, radio system architectures, RF amplifiers, mixers and frequency conversion, filters, single-chip radio systems, antenna theory and designs, signal propagation, as well as planni

Contents:

Front cover; Title page; Copyright page; Table of contents; 1. Introduction; 1. The Beauty of Wires, the Inevitability of Wireless; 2. What You Need to Proceed; 3. An Overview of What Is to Come; 4. Acknowledgments; Further Reading; 2. Basics of Wireless Communications; 1. Harmonic Signals and Exponentials; 2. Electromagnetic Waves and Multiplexing; 3. Modulation and Bandwidth; 4. Wireless Link Overview: Systems, Power, Noise, and Link Budgets; 5. Capsule Summary: Chapter 2; Further Reading; 3. Basics of Wireless Local Area Networks; 1. Networks Large and Small; 2. WLANs from LANs

3. 802.11 WLANs4. HiperLAN and HiperLAN 2; 5. From LANs to PANs; 6. Capsule Summary: Chapter 3; 7. Further Reading; 4. Radio Transmitters and Receivers; 1. Overview of Radios; 2. Radio Components; 3. Radio System Design; 4. Examples of Radio Chips and Chipsets; 5. Capsule Summary: Chapter 4; 6. Further Reading; 5. Antennas; 1. Not Your Father's E & M; 2. Radiation: The Wireless Wire; 3. The Ideal Dipole; 4. Antenna Radiation Patterns; 5. Antennas as Receivers; 6. Survey of Common Antennas; 7. Cables and Connectors; 8. Capsule Summary: Chapter 5; Further Reading; 6. Propagation

1. Propagation in Free Space2. Propagation in Earthbound Environments; 3. Multipath Propagation: Fading and Delay; 4. Statistical Modeling of Propagation; 5. Capsule Summary: Chapter 6; 6. Further Reading; 7. Indoor Networks; 1. Behind Closed Doors; 2. How Buildings Are Built (with W. Charles Perry, P.E.); 3. Microwave Properties of Building Materials; 4. Realistic Metal Obstacles; 5. Real Indoor Propagation; 6. How Much Is Enough?; 7. Indoor Interferers; 8. Tools for Indoor Networks; 9. Capsule Summary: Chapter 7; 10. Further Reading; 8. Outdoor Networks

1. Neither Snow Nor Rain Nor Heat Nor Gloom of Night . . .2. Line-of-Sight Sites; 3. Outdoor Coverage Networks; 4. Point-to-Multipoint Networks; 5. Point-to-Point Bridges; 6. Long Unlicensed Links; 7. Safety Tips; 8. Capsule Summary: Chapter 8; 9. Further Reading; Afterword; Appendix 1: Regulatory Issues; 1. A Piece of History; 2. FCC Part 15; 3. European Standards; 4. Japan; 5. China; 6. Concluding Remarks; 7. Further Reading; Appendix 2: Measurement Tools; 1. The RF Toolbox; Appendix 3: Reflection and Matching; 1. Reflection Coefficients; 2. A Simple Matching Example; 3. Further Reading?

Appendix 4: The Lorentz Gauge1. No Royal Road; 2. Lorentz Gauge Derivation; 3. Coupling of the Potentials; Appendix 5: Power Density; 1. Rederiving P; Appendix 6: Conventional E & M; 1. Speaking Their Language; Appendix 7: Table of Symbols Used in the Text; Index; CD-ROM License Agreement

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9786610964451

9781280964459

1280964456

9780080470474

0080470475

OCLC:

476038797