Textbook
Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems, 2nd EditionISBN: 978-0-470-84879-1
Hardcover
560 pages
May 2007, ©2005
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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.
- The Solutions Manual can be requested from http://www.wiley.com/go/saunders_antennas_2e