Fundamentals of wireless communication engineering technologies

Fundamentals of wireless communication engineering technologies

"There is a growing need for books and preparatory materials that can help wireless engineers prepare for the IEEE WCET (Wireless Communications Engineering Technologies) certification exam. This book offers a broad exposure to the wireless communications field as it is practiced in the real wo...

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Autor principal: Wong, K. Daniel (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons c2012.
Edición:1st edition
Colección:Wiley series on information and communications technologies.
Materias:
Wireless communication systems.
Wireless communication systems > Examinations > Study guides.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627964206719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FOREWORD xix
  • PREFACE xxi
  • I PRELIMINARIES
  • 1 Introduction 3
  • 1.1 Notation 4
  • 1.2 Foundations 4
  • 1.3 Signals and Systems 12
  • 1.4 Signaling in Communications Systems 27
  • II RADIO FREQUENCY, ANTENNAS, AND PROPAGATION
  • 2 Introduction to Radio Frequency, Antennas, and Propagation 37
  • 2.1 Mathematical Preliminaries 37
  • 2.2 Electrostatics, Current, and Magnetostatics 41
  • 2.3 Time-Varying Situations, Electromagnetic Waves, and Transmission Lines 46
  • 2.4 Impedance 56
  • 2.5 Tests and Measurements 57
  • 3 Radio-Frequency Engineering 63
  • 3.1 Introduction and Preliminaries 64
  • 3.2 Noise 70
  • 3.3 System Issues Related to Nonlinearity 80
  • 3.4 Mixing and Related Issues 85
  • 3.5 Oscillators and Related Issues 87
  • 3.6 Amplifiers and Related Issues 89
  • 3.7 Other Components 90
  • 4 Antennas 93
  • 4.1 Characterization 94
  • 4.2 Examples 105
  • 4.3 Antenna Arrays 111
  • 4.4 Practical Issues: Connecting to Antennas, Tuning, and so on 122
  • 5 Propagation 125
  • 5.1 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Common Effects 126
  • 5.2 Large-Scale Effects in Cellular Environments 132
  • 5.3 Small-Scale Effects in Cellular Environments 137
  • 5.4 Incorporating Fading Effects in the Link Budget 148
  • III WIRELESS ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES
  • 6 Introduction to Wireless Access Technologies 159
  • 6.1 Review of Digital Signal Processing 160
  • 6.2 Digital Communications for Wireless Access Systems 169
  • 6.3 The Cellular Concept 173
  • 6.4 Spread Spectrum 177
  • 6.5 OFDM 185
  • 7 Component Technologies 193
  • 7.1 Medium Access Control 193
  • 7.2 Handoff 202
  • 7.3 Power Control 208
  • 7.4 Error Correction Codes 210
  • 8 Examples of Air-Interface Standards: GSM, IS-95, WiFi 219
  • 8.1 GSM 220
  • 8.2 IS-95 CDMA 226
  • 8.3 IEEE 802.11 WiFi 235
  • 9 Recent Trends and Developments 249
  • 9.1 Third-Generation CDMA-Based Systems 249
  • 9.2 Emerging Technologies for Wireless Access 253
  • 9.3 HSPA and HRPD 258
  • 9.4 IEEE 802.16 WiMAX 262
  • 9.5 LTE 270
  • 9.6 What's Next? 273.
  • IV NETWORK AND SERVICE ARCHITECTURES
  • 10 Introduction to Network and Service Architectures 277
  • 10.1 Review of Fundamental Networking Concepts 278
  • 10.2 Architectures 285
  • 10.3 IP Networking 290
  • 10.4 Teletraffic Analysis 301
  • 11 GSM and IP: Ingredients of Convergence 307
  • 11.1 GSM 308
  • 11.2 VoIP 315
  • 11.3 QoS 323
  • 12 Toward an All-IP Core Network 333
  • 12.1 Making IP Work with Wireless 333
  • 12.2 GPRS 341
  • 12.3 Evolution from GSM to UMTS up to the Introduction of IMS 346
  • 12.4 IP Multimedia Subsystem 354
  • 12.5 Other Networks 362
  • 13 Service Architectures, Alternative Architectures, and Looking Ahead 367
  • 13.1 Services 367
  • 13.2 Service Architectures 371
  • 13.3 Mobile Ad Hoc Networks 379
  • 13.4 Mesh, Sensor, and Vehicular Networks 384
  • V MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
  • 14 Network Management 393
  • 14.1 Requirements and Concepts 393
  • 14.2 Network Management Models 394
  • 14.3 SNMP 397
  • 15 Security 415
  • 15.1 Basic Concepts 415
  • 15.2 Cryptography 419
  • 15.3 Network Security Protocols 422
  • 15.4 Wireless Security 432
  • 16 Facilities Infrastructure 443
  • 16.1 Communications Towers 444
  • 16.3 Additional Topics 462
  • 17 Agreements, Standards, Policies, and Regulations 467
  • 17.1 Agreements 468
  • 17.2 Standards 469
  • 17.3 Policies 478
  • 17.4 Regulations 479
  • EXERCISE SOLUTIONS 487
  • APPENDIX A: SOME FORMULAS AND IDENTITIES 497
  • APPENDIX B: WCET GLOSSARY EQUATION INDEX 499
  • APPENDIX C: WCET EXAM TIPS 501
  • APPENDIX D: SYMBOLS 503
  • APPENDIX E: ACRONYMS 509
  • INDEX 519.

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