The Mobile Radio Propagation Channel, 2nd Edition - Hardcover

Parsons, J. D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047198857X ISBN 13: 9780471988571

Publisher: Wiley, 2000

Synopsis

Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition offers a fundamental and comprehensive treatment of how mobile systems operate in a variety of scenarios. This unrivalled approach concentrates on the properties of the radio channel, a vital and central feature that places fundamental limitations on the performance of radio systems.
Bringing the reader completely up-to-date, this book:
* Features two new chapters: 'Multipath Mitigation Techniques' and 'Radio System Planning'
* Surveys various alternative methods of predicting the mean signal strength and its variability, and discusses their applications
* Introduces ray-tracing methods in connection with indoor propagation
* Discusses multipath and its effects on narrowband and wideband systems
* Describes channel sounders and reviews methods of hardware and software simulation
* Examines man-made noise and interference and discusses the resulting performance degradation
By equipping the reader with a thorough understanding of the physical processes that underlie the propagation of radio waves, this systematic approach will prove to be an authoritative and attractive text for researchers, systems designers, university academics and postgraduate students.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Offers in-depth discussions of multipath phenomena and its effects on narrowband and wideband signals. Presents basic information about the mobile radio channel and introduces some fundamental VHF and UHF propagation. Surveys signal strength prediction methods applicable over irregular terrain and in urban, suburban and rural areas as well as methods of channel sounding and simulation.

From the Back Cover:

Thoroughly revised and updated, the scond edition offers a fundamental and comprehensive treatment of how mobile systems operate in a variety of scenarios. This unrivalled approach concentrates on the properties of the radio channel, a vital and central feature that place fundamental limitations on the performance of radio systems.
* Features two new chapters: 'Multipath Mitigation Techniques' and 'Radio System Planning'
* Surveys various alternative methods of predicitng the mean signal strength and its variability, and discusses their applications
* Introduces ray-tracing methods in connection with indoor propogation
* Discusses multipath and its effects on narrowband and wideband systems
* Describes channel sounders and reviews methods of hardware and software simulation
* Examines man-made noise and interference, and discusses the resulting performance degradation
By equipping the reader with a thorough understanding of the physical processes that underlie the propogation of radio waves, this systematic approach will prove to be an authoritative and attractive text for researchers, systems designers, university academics and postgraduate students.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 047198857X
• ISBN 13: 9780471988571
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 436