{"product_id":"microwave-engineering-9780470089965","title":"Microwave Engineering","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverything readers need to implement and support a wireless point-to-point communications environment  \u003cp\u003eIn order to cope with the tremendous explosion of the telecommunications market, the field of wireless communications has greatly expanded in the past fifty years, especially in the domains of microwave radio systems including line-of-sight, satellites, and tropospheric-scatter. Now, Microwave Engineering: Land \u0026amp; Space Radio- communications answers the growing worldwide demand for an authoritative book on this important and emerging subject area.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn five succinct chapters, the book introduces students and practicing engineers to the main propagation phenomena that are encountered and that must be considered in the design and planning for any given system type and frequency of operation:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e \u003cp\u003eElectromagnetic wave propagationAn introduction to the fundamentaltheory of radiation and propagation of electromagnetic waves, polarization, antenna properties, free space a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eForeword.  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1. Electromagnetic Wave Propagation.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1. Properties of Plane Electromagnetic Wave.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2. Radiant Continuous Aperture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3. General Characteristics of Antennas.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4. Free-Space Loss and Electromagnetic Field Strength.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5. Reflector and Passive Repeater.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.6. Model of Propagation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.7. Reflection and Refraction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.8. Influence of Atmosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.9. Propagation by Diffraction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.10. Attenuation by Atmospheric Gases.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.11. Attenuation and Depolarization by Hydrometeors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.12. Influence of Ionosphere.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.13. Thermal Radiation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.14. Probability Distributions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2. Principles of Digital Communication Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1. Signal Processing.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2. Thermal Noise.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3. Digital Communication Systems Design.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3. Microwave Line-of-Sight Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1. Engineering of Line-of-Sight Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2. Design of Line-of-Sight Microwave Radio Link: Interferometric Method.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3. Link Budget.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4. Methods of Prediction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.5. Protection against Jamming.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.6. Frequency Reuse Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.7. Comparison between Various Diversity Techniques.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.8. Availability of Microwave Line-of-Sight Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Microwave Transhorizon Systems.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1. Engineering of Transhorizon Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2. Method of Prediction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3. Link Budget.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4. Examples of Transhorizon Links.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.5. Other Models of Prediction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.6. Total Availability of Troposcatter Links.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Satellite Communications.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1. Space Geometry of Satellite Systems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2. Configuration of Satellite Communication System.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3. Link Budget.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4. Method of Prediction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402282180951,"sku":"9780470089965","price":136.76,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780470089965.jpg?v=1730479939","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/microwave-engineering-9780470089965","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}