Wireless Communications (Wiley - IEEE) [Paperback]

Andreas F. Molisch (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 047084888X | ISBN-13: 978-0470848883 | Publication Date: November 29, 2005 | Edition: 1

Wireless Communications presents the most comprehensive coverage of this field which, in only a decade, has grown from a niche market into one of the most important industries. While previous systems were generally intended to provide mobile speech communications, mobile data communications have since developed.

This essential textbook on the principles and applications of mobile radio is an all-encompassing current treatment of the area, addressing both the traditional elements, such as Rayleigh fading, BER in flat fading channels, and equalization, and more recently emerging topics like multi-user detection in CDMA systems, OFDM and smart antennas. These fundamentals are related to practical systems, and the dominant wireless standards, including cellular, cordless and wireless LANs, are discussed.

• A comprehensive and current treatment of a very hot topic, one of the fastest growing fields of communications

• Topics featured include: wireless propagation channels, transceivers and signal processing, multiple access and advanced transceiver schemes, and standardized wireless systems

• Combines mathematical descriptions with intuitive explanations of the physical facts, to assist readers in acquiring a deeper understanding of the area

Wireless Communications is an essential text for advanced undergraduate students with a working knowledge of standard digital communications, graduate students and practising engineers. It will also be an invaluable source of reference for wireless communications engineers.

Companion website includes:

• Supplementary material on 'DECT'

• Solutions manual and presentation slides for instructors

• Appendices
• List of abbreviations
• Other useful resources

Editorial Reviews

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“ I can recommend it unconditionally to a wide range of readers…” (IEEE Communications Magazine, June 2006)

From the Back Cover

Wireless Communications presents the most comprehensive coverage of this field which, in only a decade, has grown from a niche market into one of the most important industries. While previous systems were generally intended to provide mobile speech communications, mobile data communications have since developed.

This essential textbook on the principles and applications of mobile radio is an all-encompassing current treatment of the area, addressing both the traditional elements, such as Rayleigh fading, BER in flat fading channels, and equalization, and more recently emerging topics like multi-user detection in CDMA systems, OFDM and smart antennas. These fundamentals are related to practical systems, and the dominant wireless standards, including cellular, cordless and wireless LANs, are discussed.

• A comprehensive and current treatment of a very hot topic, one of the fastest growing fields of communications

• Topics featured include: wireless propagation channels, transceivers and signal processing, multiple access and advanced transceiver schemes, and standardized wireless systems

• Combines mathematical descriptions with intuitive explanations of the physical facts, to assist readers in acquiring a deeper understanding of the area

Wireless Communications is an essential text for advanced undergraduate students with a working knowledge of standard digital communications, graduate students and practising engineers. It will also be an invaluable source of reference for wireless communications engineers.

Companion website includes:

• Supplementary material on 'DECT'
• Solutions manual and presentation slides for instructors
• Appendices
• List of abbreviations
• Other useful resources

Product Details

• Paperback: 668 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-IEEE Press; 1 edition (November 29, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 047084888X
• ISBN-13: 978-0470848883
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #854,753 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference and textbook, December 29, 2005

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Alexander Haimovich (North Brunswick, NJ, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wireless Communications (Wiley - IEEE) (Paperback)

This is an excellent book that can be used both as a reference for practicing engineers and as a textbook for teaching wireless communications. The book provides the tools to understand the state-of-the-art wireless technology, theory and practice. Topics covered are wide-ranging starting with the presentation of the requirements of wireless communication systems and the technical challenges involved in communication under multipath fading conditions. The book proceeds to present a thorough description of the wireless channel. It then continues with an in-depth presentation of techniques for designing transceivers for communication over the wireless channel. In this part, the reader will find clear, detailed descriptions of technologies currently in use such as CDMA, OFDM and multiantenna systems. In the last part, the book discusses wireless standards covering both cellular and local-area networks. Review questions and exercises are collected in a separate chapter.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars without doubt, August 8, 2006

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unwiredinboston (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wireless Communications (Wiley - IEEE) (Paperback)

I bought this book because I needed to brush up my wireless skills for a project during this summer. I liked the table of contents; it seemed to include pretty much anything I would need. But when reading it in detail, I was even more impressed by the skill of the author in explaining the most tricky aspects of wireless systems, mixing verbal explanations, math, and examples. And the book is at just the right level to bridge the usual communications courses I had heard, and the really advanced research monographs and papers. To summarize, this is simply a great book - 5 stars without a doubt.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book both for beginners and experts in the area, December 19, 2005

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Ismail Guvenc (Tampa, FL, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Wireless Communications (Wiley - IEEE) (Paperback)

The book by Dr. Andreas Molisch successfuly covers the fundamental as well as emerging fields in wireless communication systems.

Essential topics such as channel modeling, modulation formats, transceiver design, diversity techniques etc. are handled successfuly. This makes the text a good reference both for undergraduate as well as graduate courses.

What makes the book different than available books in the literature is its coverage of the emerging topics in wireless communications field, such as OFDM, MIMO, UWB etc..., which makes the book a stand-alone reference for the researchers in the field.