Introduction to mobile communications engineering

Presents an introduction to mobile communications engineering with an emphasis on radio propagation and systems design. The text covers all kinds of mobile systems - PMR, PAMR, and cellular - complete with system descriptions, planning aspects, and practical engineering data, plus information about...

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Main Author: Hernando, José M.
Other Authors: Pérez-Fontán, F., EBSCOhost.
Format: eBook
Language: English
Published: Boston : Artech House, [1999]
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xvi, 535 pages) : illustrations.
Series: Artech House mobile communications library.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Basic Concepts of Mobile Communications
  • Introduction: The Propagation Channel in Mobile Communications
  • Introduction to Mobile and Private Mobile Radio (PMR) Systems
  • Propagation Modeling in Mobile Communications
  • Multipath Propagation
  • Propagation Path Loss
  • Review of the Plane Earth Model
  • Mobile Network System Engineering
  • Propagation in New Scenarios
  • Base Station Engineering
  • Description of Different Mobile Standards
  • Trunked Systems
  • The Cellular Concept
  • Summary of Parameters Used
  • Erlang-B Table
  • The GSM System
  • Other Mobile Radio Systems
  • Future Mobile Communications Systems.
  • I. Basic Concepts of Mobile Communications. 1. Introduction: The Propagation Channel in Mobile Communications. 2. Introduction to Mobile and Private Mobile Radio (PMR) Systems
  • II. Propagation Modeling in Mobile Communications. 3. Multipath Propagation. 4. Propagation Path Loss
  • App. 4A. Review of the Plane Earth Model. 5. Mobile Network System Engineering. 6. Propagation in New Scenarios. 7. Base Station Engineering
  • III. Description of Different Mobile Standards. 8. Trunked Systems. 9. The Cellular Concept
  • App. 9A. Summary of Parameters Used
  • App. 9B. Erlang-B Table. 10. The GSM System. 11. Other Mobile Radio Systems. 12. Future Mobile Communications Systems.