CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications) [Hardcover]

Samuel c. Yang (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0890069913 | ISBN-13: 978-0890069912 | Publication Date: April 30, 1998

Drawing upon his experience in building the first major CDMA network in North America, Samuel Yang explains the essentials of CDMA wireless technology, helping the reader acquire the knowledge needed to engineer and implement an IS-95 based CDMA system. Examining both the theoretical and practical side of CDMA engineering, this guide is designed for practicing RF and system engineers who should find the modular-oriented chapters on spread-spectrum multiple access technique, design and performance engineering, CDMA traffic engineering, and regulatory implications especially useful.

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About the Author

Samuel C. Yang is currently a manager of the System Engineering group at AirTouch Cellular, where he played a key role in the design and commercialization of the first large-scale CDMA system in North America. He holds an undergraduate degree from Cornell University and two graduate degrees from Stanford University, all in electrical engineering.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 280 pages
• Publisher: Artech House Publishers (April 30, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890069913
• ISBN-13: 978-0890069912
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,908,839 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Complete, accurate, and to-the-point treatment, September 9, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications) (Hardcover)

Samuel Yang's "CDMA RF System Engineering" is a small but complete, accurate, and to-the-point treatment of the IS-95 version of CDMA. It is the best introductory text on the RF system engineering aspects of CDMA networks I have seen. After a quick but comprehensive review of the CDMA processes, radio propagation models, and sundry fundamentals of digital radio techniques; the author turns to the important details of the IS-95 protocol that must be understood in order to consider the RF engineering matters that take up the last third of the book. These system details include: QPSK and OQPSK, power control, handoffs, link structures, access techniques, and call processing. With the system aspects thus covered in an intuitive but rigorous way, the author gets right to the point as he considers the difficulties of RF system engineering: system design, PN management, noise management, and a thorough treatment of general network management techniques. The book is an excellent introduction to the broad subject of CDMA RF engineering for those new to the field.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Source of Information, May 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications) (Hardcover)

My only complaint is that I wish I had found this text earlier. Written quite clearly, with excellent explanations, even to a mathematically challenged engineer like myself. I found the chapters on design and performance engineering particularly useful and well written.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CDMA in IS95 standard!, July 3, 2001

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This review is from: CDMA RF System Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications) (Hardcover)

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