Wireless Communications
Principles and Practice

Reissued by Cambridge University Press, this definitive textbook provides unrivaled coverage of wireless communication fundamentals.

Theodore S. Rappaport (Author)

9781009489836, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 February 2024

732 pages
24.5 x 20 x 4.3 cm, 1.53 kg

Now reissued by Cambridge University Press, the updated second edition of this definitive textbook provides an unrivaled introduction to the theoretical and practical fundamentals of wireless communications. Key technical concepts are developed from first principles, and demonstrated to students using over 50 carefully curated worked examples. Over 200 end-of-chapter problems, based on real-world industry scenarios, help cement student understanding. The book provides a thorough coverage of foundational wireless technologies, including wireless local area networks (WLAN), 3G systems, and Bluetooth along with refreshed summaries of recent cellular standards leading to 4G and 5G, insights into the new areas of mobile satellite communications and fixed wireless access, and extra homework problems. Supported online by a solutions manual and lecture slides for instructors, this is the ideal foundation for senior undergraduate and graduate courses in wireless communications.

Preface
1. Introduction to wireless communication systems
2. Modern wireless communication systems
3. The cellular concept-system design fundamentals
4. Mobile radio propagation: large-scale path loss
5. Mobile radio propagation: small-scale fading and multipath
6. Modulation techniques for mobile radio
7. Equalization, diversity, and channel coding
8. Speech coding
9. Multiple access techniques for wireless communications
10. Wireless networking
11. Wireless systems and standards: Appendix A. Trunking theory
Appendix B. Noise figure calculations for link budgets
Appendix C. Rate variance relationships for shape factory theory
Appendix D. Approximate spatial autocovariance function for shape factor theory
Appendix E. Gaussian approximations for spread spectrum CDMA
Appendix F. Q, erf & erfc functions
Appendix G. Mathematical tables, functions, and transforms
Appendix H. Abbreviations and acronyms, Appendix I. References
Index.

Subject Areas: WAP [wireless technology TJKW]