Andrea GoldsmithCambridge University Press, 9/29/2005EAN 9780521837163, ISBN10: 0521837162Hardcover, 674 pages, 25.7 x 18.5 x 4.1 cmLanguage: EnglishWireless technology is a truly revolutionary paradigm shift, enabling multimedia communications between people and devices from any location. It also underpins exciting applications such as sensor networks, smart homes, telemedicine, and automated highways. This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying theory, design techniques and analytical tools of wireless communications, focusing primarily on the core principles of wireless system design. The book begins with an overview of wireless systems and standards. The characteristics of the wireless channel are then described, including their fundamental capacity limits. Various modulation, coding, and signal processing schemes are then discussed in detail, including state-of-the-art adaptive modulation, multicarrier, spread spectrum, and multiple antenna techniques. The concluding chapters deal with multiuser communications, cellular system design, and ad-hoc network design. Design insights and tradeoffs are emphasized throughout the book. It contains many worked examples, over 200 figures, almost 300 homework exercises, over 700 references, and is an ideal textbook for students.Preface1. Overview of wireless communications2. Path loss and shadowing3. Statistical multipath channel models4. Capacity of wireless channels5. Digital modulation and detection6. Performance of digital modulation over wireless channels7. Diversity8. Coding for wireless channels9. Adaptive modulation and coding10. Multiple antennas and space-time communications11. Equalization 12. Multicarrier modulation13. Spread spectrum14. Multiuser systems15. Cellular systems and infastructure-based wireless networks16. Ad-hoc networksAppendicesBibliography.'As the field of wireless communications continues to spread and evolve, students, engineers, practitioners, and researchers face a daunting multitude of books and an enormous literature that often misleads and confuses. Andrea Goldsmith's book offers an up-to-date, comprehensive, reader-friendly, and valuable alternative. It is a veritable tour-de-force that sweeps the entire field with clarity, completeness, and sufficient detail that strikes a masterful balance between breadth and depth. I recommend it highly to anyone interested in a serious foray into the science and technology of wireless communications.' Anthony Ephremides, Cynthia Kim Professor of Information Technology, University of Maryland
