Mobile Wireless Communications
Cambridge University Press
Edition: Illustrated, 12/16/2004
EAN 9780521843478, ISBN10: 0521843472
Hardcover, 470 pages, 24.8 x 17.8 x 2.5 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
Wireless communication has become a ubiquitous part of modern life, from global cellular telephone systems to local and even personal-area networks. This 2004 book provides a tutorial introduction to digital mobile wireless networks, illustrating theoretical underpinnings with a wide range of real-world examples. The book begins with a review of propagation phenomena, and goes on to examine channel allocation, modulation techniques, multiple access schemes, and coding techniques. GSM and IS-95 systems are reviewed and 2.5G and 3G packet-switched systems are discussed in detail. Performance analysis and accessing and scheduling techniques are covered, and the book closes with a chapter on wireless LANs and personal-area networks. Many worked examples and homework exercises are provided and a solutions manual is available for instructors. The book is an ideal text for electrical engineering and computer science students taking courses in wireless communications. It will also be an invaluable reference for practising engineers.
1. Introduction and overview
2. Characteristics of the mobile radio environment - propagation phenomena
3. Cellular concept and channel allocation
4. Dynamic channel allocation and power control
5. Modulation techniques
6. Multiple access techniques
FDMA, TDMA, CDMA - system capacity comparisons
7. Coding for error detection and correction
8. Second-generation, digital, wireless systems
9. Performance analysis
admission control and handoffs
10. 2.5G/3G mobile wireless systems
packet-switched data
11. Access and scheduling techniques in cellular systems
12. Wireless LANs and personal-area networks.
'I rarely award books top marks, but there is no doubt this one fully deserves it. If you are looking for one book to both cover wireless fundamentals and give you details of the key wireless systems in use today, I'd strongly recommend this one.' William Webb, IEE Communications Engineer