Wireless Communication Systems

Thispractically-oriented,all-inclusiveguidecoversallthemajorenablingtechniquesforcurrentandnext-generationcellularcommunicationsandwirelessnetworkingsystems.TechnologiescoveredincludeCDMA,OFDM,UWB,turboandLDPCcoding,smartantennas,wirelessadhocandsensornetworks,MIMO,andcognitiveradios,providingreaderswitheverythingtheyneedtomasterwirelesssystemsdesigninasinglevolume.Uniquely,adetailedintroductiontotheproperties,design,andselectionofRFsubsystemsandantennasisprovided,givingreadersaclearoverviewofthewholewirelesssystem.Itisalsothefirsttextbooktoincludeacompleteintroductiontospeechcodersandvideocodersusedinwirelesssystems.Richlyillustratedwithover400figures,andwithauniqueemphasisonpracticalandstate-of-the-arttechniquesinsystemdesign,ratherthanonthemathematicalfoundations,thisbookisidealforgraduatestudentsandresearchersinwirelesscommunications,aswellasforwirelessandtelecomengineers.