Description
Book SynopsisWith an emphasis on antennas and propagation, Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas investigates every aspect of wireless communication network design and function. The book delves into, among other applicable radio propagation topics, multipath phenomena, slow and fast fading, free-space propagation, and obstructed reflection and diffraction.
Table of ContentsPreface vii
Part I Fundamentals of Wireless Links and Networks
1 Wireless Communication Links with Fading 1
2 Antenna Fundamentals 34
3 Fundamentals of Wireless Networks 54
Part II Fundamentals of Radio Propagation
4 Electromagnetic Aspects of Wave Propagation over Terrain 81
5 Terrestrial Radio Communications 117
6 Indoor Radio Propagation 179
Part III Fundamentals of Adaptive Antennas
7 Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Networks 216
8 Prediction of Signal Distribution in Space, Time, and Frequency Domains in Radio Channels for Adaptive Antenna Applications 280
9 Prediction of Operational Characteristics of Adaptive Antennas 375
Part IV Practical Aspects of Terrestrial Networks Performance: Cellular and Noncellular
10 Multipath Fading Phenomena in Terrestrial Wireless Communication Links 413
11 Cellular and Noncellular Communication Networks Design Based on Radio Propagation Phenomena 494
Part V Atmospheric and Satellite Communication Links and Networks
12 Effects of the Troposphere on Radio Propagation 536
13 Ionospheric Radio Propagation 591
14 Land–Satellite Communication Links 639
Index 677
