Mobile Fading Channels: Modelling, Analysis, & Simulation [Hardcover]

Matthias Pätzold (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0471495492 | ISBN-13: 978-0471495499 | Publication Date: February 27, 2002 | Edition: 1

All relevant components of a mobile radio system, from digital modulation techniques over channel coding through to network aspects, are determined by the propagation characteristics of the channel. Therefore, a precise knowledge of mobile radio channels is crucial for the development, evaluation and test of current and future mobile radio communication systems. This volume deals with the modelling, analysis, and simulation of mobile fading channels and provides a fundamental understanding of many issues that are currently being investigated in the area of mobile fading channel modelling. The author strongly emphasises the detailed derivation of the presented channel models and conveys a high degree of mathematical unity to the reader.
* Introduces the fundamentals of stochastic and deterministic channel models
* Features the modelling and simulation of frequency-nonselective fading channels (Rayleigh channels, Rice channels, generalized Rice channels, Nakagami channels, various types of Suzuki channels, classical and modified Loo model)
* Presents the modelling and simulation of frequency-selective fading channels (WSSUS models, DGUS models, channel models according to COST 207)
* Discusses the methods used for the design and realization of efficient channel simulators
* Examines the design, realization, and analysis of fast channel simulators
* Includes MATLAB? programs for the evaluation and simulation of mobile fading channels
MATLAB? is a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.

Telecommunication engineers, computer scientists, and physicists will all find this text both informative and instructive. It is also be an indispensable reference for postgraduate and senior undergraduate students of telecommunication and electrical engineering.

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All relevant components of a mobile radio system, from digital modulation techniques over channel coding through to network aspects, are determined by the propagation characteristics of the channel. Therefore, a precise knowledge of mobile radio channels is crucial for the development, evaluation and test of current and future mobile radio communication systems. This volume deals with the modelling, analysis, and simulation of mobile fading channels and provides a fundamental understanding of many issues that are currently being investigated in the area of mobile fading channel modelling. The author strongly emphasises the detailed derivation of the presented channel models and conveys a high degree of mathematical unity to the reader.
* Introduces the fundamentals of stochastic and deterministic channel models

* Features the modelling and simulation of frequency-nonselective fading channels (Rayleigh channels, Rice channels, generalized Rice channels, Nakagami channels, various types of Suzuki channels, classical and modified Loo model)

* Presents the modelling and simulation of frequency-selective fading channels (WSSUS models, DGUS models, channel models according to COST 207)

* Discusses the methods used for the design and realization of efficient channel simulators

* Examines the design, realization, and analysis of fast channel simulators

* Includes MATLAB(r) programs for the evaluation and simulation of mobile fading channels
MATLAB(r) is a registered trademark of The MathWorks, Inc.

Telecommunication engineers, computer scientists, and physicists will all find this text both informative and instructive. It is also be an indispensable reference for postgraduate and senior undergraduate students of telecommunication and electrical engineering.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 529 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (February 27, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471495492
• ISBN-13: 978-0471495499
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 7.2 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,401,126 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Mathematics of Modeling Fading Channels, December 23, 2008

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Rajesh S. Raghavan (Baltimore, MD 21234) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Fading Channels: Modelling, Analysis, & Simulation (Hardcover)

This textbook is a highly mathematical treatment of the modeling of Mobile Fading Channels. In fact, the reason I give the book 4 stars instead of 5 is that an unprepared reader could get lost in the mathematics when all they might be looking for is a basic understanding of fading channels.

Again, this book is about "modeling" fading channels. Fading channels are essentially stochastic processes. However, when a computer model is developed, the best that can be hoped for is a "pseudorandom" process, which the author calls a "deterministic" process as it is based on calculated outcomes of a function.

Keeping in mind that this book is essentially mathematical, I like the overall structure of the book. Chapter 3 describes Rayleigh and Rician processes as a starting reference. Chapter 4 is an introduction to deterministic processes and Chapter 5 details several methods by which to compute deterministic processes.

Chapters 6 and 7 are the heart of the text. Chapter 6 describes frequency non-selective stochastic and deterministic channel models. Chapter 7 does the same for frequency selective channels. In this latter case the behavior of the channel varies with frequency.

Finally Chapter 8 wraps up treatment of the subject by describing some fast channel simulators.

All in all, the text is overall a sound mathematical description of the problem of developing computer models of mobile fading channels.

2.0 out of 5 stars Very dry.. explains no concepts, January 8, 2007

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AMM - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mobile Fading Channels: Modelling, Analysis, & Simulation (Hardcover)

despite the 5***s given above, this is a very dry book and does not explain any concept. The text is overwhelmed with equations and it keeps dragging into too much of mathmatical derivations. I read the book trying to understand some basic models for short fading but unfortionatley could not get much out of it. It's a kind of a research paper style rather than an academic text. The two stars are given for the completness of the derivations of each model.
My advise is that you read this book if you are looking for a thourough anaylsis and derivationsn of mobile channel models, but not if you want to clearly understand those models.

regards

5.0 out of 5 stars Just about the best book on the subject, August 16, 2005

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Ritesh Sood (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mobile Fading Channels: Modelling, Analysis, & Simulation (Hardcover)

The book is very well written, and gives you all the information all at one place. The theoretical treatment of the subject, which is my primary interest, is the most complete and accessible of all the books/papers that i've come across.