Physical Principles of Wireless Communications.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Granatstein, Victor L.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wireless communication systems.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

CRC Press, 2007.

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

AN INTRODUCTION TO MODERN WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS A Brief History of Wireless Communications Faraday, Maxwell, and Hertz: The Discovery of Electromagnetic Waves Guglielmo Marconi, Inventor of Wireless Communications Developments in the Vacuum Electronics Era (1906 to 1947) The Modern Era in Wireless Communications (1947 to the Present) Basic Concepts Information Capacity of a Communication Channel Antenna Fundamentals The Basic Layout of a Wireless Communications System Decibels and Link Budgets Characteristics of Some Modern Communication Systems Mobile Communication Systems and.

Contents:

Front Cover; Dedication; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface to the First Edition; Preface to the Second Edition; The Author; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: An Introduction to Modern Wireless Communications; Chapter 2: Noise in Wireless Communications; Chapter 3: Antennas; Chapter 4: Antenna Arrays; Chapter 5: Radio Frequency (RF) Wave Propagation; Chapter 6: Statistical Considerations in Designing Cell Phone Systems and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs); Chapter 7: Tropospheric and Ionospheric Effects in Long-Range Communications; Chapter 8: Satellite Communications (SATCOM)

Appendix AAppendix B; Appendix C; Nomenclature; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781466502284

1466502282

9780429112423

0429112424

9780429115745

0429115741

9780849332593

0849332591

9781322610740

1322610746

9780849336256

0849336252

OCLC:

958506751