Space-Time Wireless Channels (Paperback)

Space-Time Wireless Channels, represents a quantum leap forward for understanding the broadband radio channel. This book presents an original, first-principles approach to studying radio channels that fade in time, frequency, and space. In a world of increasing spectral congestion, higher data rates, and multiple antennas, this book helps engineers to squeeze every drop of bit capacity from the data-hostile radio channel -- a compulsory aspect of wireless system design in the 21st century. KEY TOPICS: Written for practicing engineers and researchers, Space-Time Wireless Channels presents heady concepts in down-to-earth language with rich documentation, helpful note boxes, examples, illustrations, and supplemental problem sets. Topics include baseband channel modeling, multipath fading, first and second-order fading statistics, multipath angle spectra, shape factors, diversity, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, computer simulation, and array design theory. MARKET: The target readers are practicing engineers, and/or researchers in Wireless Communications. An electrical engineering background is required.

Table of Contents

Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. Signal Transmission.
3 Random Fading Channels.
4. Physics Of Small-Scale Fading.
5. First-Order Channel Statistics.
6. The Angle Spectrum.
7. Second-Order Channel Statistics.
8. Diversity.
9. Mimo Channels.
10. Array Design In Multipath.
Appendix A. Special Functions.
Appendix B. Fourier Analysis.
Appendix C. Random Process Theory.
Appendix D. Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.