Description
Wireless Communication Channels provides a systematic introduction to the physical and statistical behavior of radio propagation channels and their impact on modern wireless communication systems. The performance of every wireless link is fundamentally shaped by the propagation environment, and this comprehensive text develops the conceptual and analytical tools needed to understand that relationship from first principles through system-level implications.
Organized into four parts that progress from electromagnetic foundations to practical communication techniques, practitioners explore the physical mechanisms of wave propagation, including reflection, diffraction, and scattering. Dive deep into classical and empirical models used to predict large-scale path loss across real terrain and cluttered environments. Small-scale effects such as multipath fading, Doppler spread, and time variability are treated using established statistical models, including Rayleigh, Rician, and Nakagami distributions. Later chapters apply these channel concepts to communication system design, addressing diversity techniques, equalization, wideband signaling, and multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) channels.
Emphasis is placed on physical interpretation, model assumptions, and conditions of validity, bridging theory and engineering practice. With worked examples and end-of-chapter problems throughout, this timely resource serves as both a graduate-level textbook and a long-term reference for practicing engineers, researchers and students working in wireless communications.
Table Of Contents
1. Introduction
1.1. Wireless Personal Communication
1.2. Radio Spectrum
1.3. Role of Propagation Modeling
1.4. Outline of the Book
1.5. Reference
2. Fundamental Concepts of Wireless Communication
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Maxwell’s Equations of Electromagnetic Waves
2.3. Basic Propagation Mechanisms
2.4. Outline of a Radio Frequency Communication System
2.5. Examples and Case Studies
2.6. Problems
2.7. References
3. Fundamental Propagation Cases
3.1. Introduction
3.2. Propagation in Free Space
3.3. Propagation over Earth’s Surface
3.4. Log-distance Propagation Model
3.5. Examples
3.6. Problems
3.7. References
4. Macroscopic Propagation Modeling
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Path Loss Prediction over Non-flat Terrain
4.3. Macroscopic Propagation Models
4.4. Path Loss Prediction with Land-use Information
4.5. Other Macroscopic Models
4.6. Examples
4.7. Problems
4.8. References
5. Microcell Propagation Models
5.1. Microcell Propagation Conditions
5.2. Statistical Microcell Models
5.3. Ray Tracing Microcell Models
5.4. Penetration Losses
5.5. Examples
5.6. Problems
5.7. References
6. Optimization of Propagation Models
6.1. Optimization of Macroscopic Propagation Models
6.2. General View of Macro and Micro Models
6.3. Linear Regression
6.4. Robust Optimization
6.5. Optimization through Exhaustive Search of Parameters Space
6.6. Optimization of Clutter Parameters
6.7. Examples and Case Studies
6.8. Problems
6.9. References
7. Small Scale Propagation Effects
7.1. Propagation on the Small Scale
7.2. Rayleigh Fading
7.3. Ricean Fading
7.4. Spatial Autocorrelation of Small-scale Fading
7.5. Doppler Shift
7.6. Clarke-Jake’s Channel Simulation Model
7.7. Power Estimation in Rayleigh Fading Channel (Lee’s Criterion)
7.8. Examples
7.9. Problems
7.10. References
8. Wide Band Signal Propagation
8.1. Transmission of Bandpass Signals through Bandpass Systems
8.2. Characterization of a Wide Band Propagation Channel
8.3. Standard Models of Wideband Channels
8.4. Power Measurements in a Wide Band Propagation Channel
8.5. Examples
8.6. Problems
8.7. References
9. Mitigation of Small-scale Propagation Effects
9.1. Introduction
9.2. Mitigation Techniques for Flat Fading
9.3. Mitigation Techniques for Frequency Selective Fading
9.4. Examples and Case Studies
9.5. Problems
9.6. References
10. Propagation through Multiple Input Multiple Output Channels
10.1. Introduction
10.2. Fundamentals of MIMO Channels
10.3. Fundamental MIMO Channel Use Strategies
10.4. Propagation Models of MIMO Channels
10.5. Propagation in Next-generation MIMO Systems
10.6. Examples and Case Studies
10.7. Problems
10.8. References
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C
Author Biography