Radio Propagation in Cellular Networks (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

Examines the different situations of wireless communication in an urban scene and various propagation phenomena that influence the transmission of radio signals through urban communication channels, both line-of-sight and obstructive propagation conditions for the transmitter and receiver antennas. The phenomena treated include free-space propagation above regular and irregular terrain, reflection and diffraction by various obstacles regularly or randomly distributed on the terrain, and effects of scattering from such obstacles and from the ground surface. In view of wireless-communications practice, behavior of waves in the UHF/L-frequency is emphasized throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Nathan Blaunstein is an associate professor at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel, where he specializes in radiowave propagation, diffraction, and scattering as applied to mobile-satellite and terrestrial communications, and for mobile and personal cellular services. He received his BSc. and MSc. in Radiophysics and Electronics from the State University, Tomsk, and his Ph.D. and DSc. in Radiophysics and Electronics from the Institute of Terrestrial Magnetism, Ionosphere and Radiowave Propagation Academy of Sciences in Moscow, both in the former USSR.