1 Introduction to Wireless Communication Systems
1.1 Evolution of Mobile Radio Communications
1.2 Mobile Radiotelephony in the U.S.
1.3 Mobile Radio Systems Around the World
1.4 Examples of Wireless Communication Systems
1.4.1 Paging Systems
1.4.2 Cordless Telephone Systems
1.4.3 Cellular Telephone Systems
1.4.3.1 How a Cellular Telephone Call is Made
1.4.4 Comparison of Common Wireless Communication Systems
1.5 Trends in Cellular Radio and Personal Communications
1.6 Problems
2 Modern Wireless Communication Systems
2.1 Second Generation 2G Cellular Networks
2.1.1 Evolution to 2.5G Wireless Networks
2.1.2 Evolution for 2.5G TDMA Standards
2.1.2.1 HSCSD for 2.5G GSM
2.1.2.2 GPRS for 2.5G GSM and IS-136
2.1.2.3 EDGE for 2.5G GSM and IS-136
2.1.3 IS-95B for 2.5G CDMA
2.2 Third Generation 3G Wireless Networks
2.2.1 3G W-CDMA UMTS
2.2.2 3G cdma2000
2.2.3 3G TD-SCDMA
2.3 Wireless Local Loop WLL and LMDS
2.4 Wireless Local Area Networks WLANs
2.5 Bluetooth and Personal Area Networks PANs
2.6 Summary
2.7 Problems
3 The Cellular Concept-System Design Fundamentals
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Frequency Reuse
3.3 Channel Assignment Strategies
3.4 HandoffStrategies
3.4.1 Prioritizing Handoffs
3.4.2 Practical HandoffConsiderations
3.5 Interference and System Capacity
3.5.1 Co-channel Interference and System Capacity
3.5.2 Channel Planning for Wireless Systems
3.5.3 Adjacent Channel Interference
3.5.4 Power Control for Reducing Interference
3.6 Trunking and Grade of Service
3.7 Improving Coverage Capacity in Cellular Systems
3.7.1 Cell Splitting
3.7.2 Sectoring
3.7.3 Repeaters for Range Extension
3.7.4 A Microcell Zone Concept
3.8 Summary
3.9 Problems
4 Mobile Radio Propagation: Large-Scale Path Loss
4.1 Introduction to Radio Wave Propagation
4.2 Free Space Propagation Model
4.3 Relating Power to Electric Field
4.4 The Three Basic Propagation Mechanisms
4.5 Reflection
4.5.1 Reflection from Dielectrics
4.5.2 Brewster Angle
4.5.3 Reflection from Perfect Conductors
4.6 Ground Reflection Two-RayModel
4.7 Diffraction
4.7.1 Fresnel Zone Geometry
4.7.2 Knife-edge Diffraction Model
4.7.3 Multiple Knife:edge Diffraction
4.8 Scattering
4.8.1 Radar Cross Section Model
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5 Mobile Radio Propagation: Small-Scale Fading and
Multipatipath
6 Modulation Techniques for Mobile Radio
7 Equalization, Diversity, and Channel Coding
8 Speech Coding
9 Multiple Access Techiques for Wireless Communications
10 Wireless Networking
11 Wireless Systems and Standeads
APPENDICES
INDEX