Thoroughly revised and updated, this second edition offers afundamental and comprehensive treatment of how mobile systemsoperate in a variety of scenarios. This unrivalled approachconcentrates on the properties of the radio channel, a vital andcentral feature that places fundamental limitations on theperformance of radio systems. Bringing the reader completely up-to-date, this book: * Features two new chapters: 'Multipath Mitigation Techniques' and'Radio System Planning' * Surveys various alternative methods of predicting the mean signalstrength and its variability, and discusses theirapplications * Introduces ray-tracing methods in connection with indoorpropagation * Discusses multipath and its effects on narrowband and widebandsystems * Describes channel sounders and reviews methods of hardware andsoftware simulation * Examines man-made noise and interference and discusses theresulting performance degradation By equipping the reader with a thorough understanding of thephysical processes that underlie the propagation of radio waves,this systematic approach will prove to be an authoritative andattractive text for researchers, systems designers, universityacademics and postgraduate students.weiterlesen