Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) 2nd Edition

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Wireless Communications, Second Edition is the definitive professional's overview of wireless communications technology and system design. Building on his classic first edition, Theodore S. Rappaport reviews virtually every important new wireless standard and technological development, including W-CDMA, cdma2000, UMTS, and UMC 136/EDGE; IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN WLANs; Bluetooth, LMDS, and more. Includes dozens of practical new examples, solved step by step.

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The indispensable guide to wireless communications—now fully revised and updated!

Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Second Edition is the definitive modern text for wireless communications technology and system design. Building on his classic first edition, Theodore S. Rappaport covers the fundamental issues impacting all wireless networks and reviews virtually every important new wireless standard and technological development, offering especially comprehensive coverage of the 3G systems and wireless local area networks (WLANs) that will transform communications in the coming years. Rappaport illustrates each key concept with practical examples, thoroughly explained and solved step by step. Coverage includes:

An overview of key wireless technologies: voice, data, cordless, paging, fixed and mobile broadband wireless systems, and beyond
Wireless system design fundamentals: channel assignment, handoffs, trunking efficiency, interference, frequency reuse, capacity planning, large-scale fading, and more
Path loss, small-scale fading, multipath, reflection, diffraction, scattering, shadowing, spatial-temporal channel modeling, and microcell/indoor propagation
Modulation, equalization, diversity, channel coding, and speech coding
New wireless LAN technologies: IEEE 802.11a/b, HIPERLAN, BRAN, and other alternatives
New 3G air interface standards, including W-CDMA, cdma2000, GPRS, UMTS, and EDGE
Bluetooth wearable computers, fixed wireless and Local Multipoint Distribution Service (LMDS), and other advanced technologies
Updated glossary of abbreviations and acronyms, and a thorough list of references
Dozens of new examples and end-of-chapter problems

Whether you're a communications/network professional, manager, researcher, or student, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Second Edition gives you an in-depth understanding of the state of the art in wireless technology—today's and tomorrow's.

About the Author

THEODORE S. RAPPAPORT is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, and director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG.org). In 1990, he founded the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) at Virginia Tech, one of the first university research and educational programs for the wireless communications field. He is the editor or co-editor of four other books on the topic of wireless communications, based on his teaching and research activities at MPRG.

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Hardcover: 736 pages
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 2 edition (January 10, 2002)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0130422320
ISBN-13: 978-0130422323
Product Dimensions: 7 x 1.7 x 9.3 inches
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Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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Good overview, in need of an update

Byjlbon September 13, 2013

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Wireless communications is an extremely broad topic, and the approach of this book is to scratch the surface of many facets of wireless communications. The information is presented in a way that can be easily understood by anybody approaching the topic from a systems level. The author skips the derivations and dense technical detail, but does a decent job of citing references for most equations.

At 11 years old (writing this review in 09/2013), this book is in dire need of a third edition. Not that GSM and IS-95 are going anywhere, but many great advancements have been made in wireless communications which deserve a more thorough treatment. When this book was written, techniques such as MIMO, OFDM, and iterative channel codes were esoteric concepts that were rarely used in practical applications, and they are now pervasive in recent wireless standards. Many technical books are timeless, but this book is not. The author's effort to write about current wireless trends and emerging technologies is commendable, but it put his work at risk of becoming obsolete.

A third edition with detail on OFDM and MIMO and perhaps a chapter on WiMAX and LTE would be much more appropriate for today's wireless engineers.

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I asked for the book "In the Picture". I got a different version.

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Fantastic item for me!!!!!

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ByElsa Torreson February 25, 2013

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This is one of the best books for Telecom Engineers. It is one of the books that will help me on my Ph.D. thesis.

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ByCliffon February 13, 2014

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This is a great book for wireless communication engineers and practitioners. This book was highly recommended to me, I also highly recommend it.

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A nice addendum to the required text.

ByJBLeftwichon November 25, 2013

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This book was somewhat helpful as an additional resource to me required textbook. I would only recommend in that regards.

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Outstanding

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The book is perfect even though it is used. Only some marks on that book made by pencil. It is almost new.

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The book was suggested by the master program, and i think it is a good reference for the GSM studies so far(i am still in the beginnings)
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Trying to stay awake

This is very dry reading that overloads you with acronyms...I am hoping that I can get into this as I need a refresher before I start working on LTE.

Published on March 30, 2011 by T. Brown

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