Artech House, 1999. — 525 p.
The last 20 years have been referred to as the ''information explosion" era. The huge development of information technologies has driven a parallel expansion of telecommunications. More recently, in the past five years, a similar process has been registered in mobile communications. The mobile communications area, whose market objective is to supply a mobile counterpart to all fixed telecommunications applications, is currently the most dynamic sector of the telecommunications business, with growth rates that would have been unthinkable some years ago.
An increasing number of people work in mobile radio, and others intend to join this activity. Some of these individuals need to receive appropriate training to access this booming labor market. This book's primary aim is to meet this training need. In the literature, there are many specialized books on mobile communications for readers with some previous experience in the field. We believe, however, that there is also a need for general textbooks that provide an overview of mobile communications engineering for undergraduate students and engineers who want to receive training in a new field. With this objective in mind, the book provides a firsthand treatment of all the topics related to mobile communications, from the basic dispatching radio networks to the most advanced cellular mobile telephone systems. In addition, the book describes currently existing systems and gives insight into the future of mobile technology.
The book covers a wide range of topics to provide a complete introductory view of mobile communications issues. This will allow readers to acquire a general understanding of these systems so that they can delve more deeply, as needed, into specific matters covered in more specialized texts. Furthermore, the book presents a great deal of practical data necessary for the practicing engineer. In fact, most engineering aspects needed in planning tasks can be addressed with the basic and simple formulations outlined in the book. Accordingly, this book would be useful to undergraduate students and engineers wanting to undertake studies in mobile communications by self-study, in seminar and masters courses, in factory training, or in consultancy activities. The only prerequisites for readers are a general background in electromagnetic theory and telecommunication principles.
The text is divided into three main parts: Part One deals with the basic concepts of mobile communications. It describes the fundamental characteristics of mobile radio channels and offers a general view of private mobile radio networks. Part Two is devoted to propagation modeling and engineering issues. It is probably the core body of the book and provides information relevant to mobile systems projects and engineering. Part Three presents different mobile standards.
Basic Concepts of Mobile CommunicationsIntroduction: The Propagation Channel in Mobile Communications
Introduction to Mobile and Private Mobile Radio (PMR) Systems
Propagation Modeling in Mobile CommunicationsMultipath Propagation
Propagation Path Loss
Mobile Network System Engineering
Propagation in New Scenarios
Base Station Engineering
Description of Different Mobile StandardsTrunked Systems
The Cellular Concept
The GSM System
Other Mobile Radio Systems
Future Mobile Communications Systems