About the Book: Mobile Communications Design Fundamentals: 2nd Edition
Contents:
The Mobile Radio Environment.
Representation of a Mobile Radio Signal.
Causes of Propagation Path Loss.
Causes of Fading.
Reciprocity Principle.
Definitions of Necessary Terms and Their Applications.
Prediction of Propagation Loss.
The Philosophy behind the Prediction of Propagation Loss.
Obtaining Meaningful Propagation-Loss Data from Measurements.
Prediction over Flat Terrain.
Point-to-Point Prediction (Path-Loss Prediction over Hilly Terrain).
Other Factors.
The Merit of Point-to-Point Prediction.
Microcell Prediction Model.
Calculation of Fades and Methods of Reducing Fades.
Amplitude Fades.
Random PM and Random FM.
Selective Fading and Selective Random FM.
Diversity Schemes.
Combining