Wireless Communication Systems

A practically-oriented and all-inclusive guide, covering all the major enabling technologies for 3G/4G cellular communications and wireless networking.

Résumé
This practically-oriented and all-inclusive guide covers all the major enabling technologies for current and next-generation cellular communications and wireless networking systems. The emphasis throughout is on practical and state-of-the-art techniques in wireless system design, making this an ideal resource for graduate students, researchers, and wireless and telecom engineers.

Contenu

1. Introduction; 2. An overview of wireless communications; 3. Channel and propagation; 4. Cellular and multiple-user systems; 5. Diversity; 6. Channel estimation and equalization; 7. Modulation and detection; 8. Spread spectrum communications; 9. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; 10. Antennas; 11. RF and microwave subsystems; 12. A/D and D/A conversions; 13. Signals and signal processing; 14. Fundamentals of information theory; 15. Channel coding; 16. Source coding I: speech and audio coding; 17. Source coding II: image and video coding; 18. Multiple antennas: smart antenna systems; 19. Multiple antennas: MIMO systems; 20. Ultra wideband communications; 22. Wireless ad hoc/sensor networks; The Q-function; Wirtinger calculus.