- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Preface
- List of Symbols
- Acronyms and Abbreviations
- Chapter 1: Radio Wave Fundamentals
- 1.1 Maxwell's Equations
- 1.2 Free Space Propagation
- 1.3 Uniform Plane Wave Propagation
- 1.4 Propagation of Electromagnetic Waves in Isotropic and Homogeneous Media
- 1.5 Wave Polarization
- 1.6 Propagation Mechanisms
- 1.7 Propagation in the Earth's Atmosphere
- 1.8 Frequency Dispersion of Radio Waves
- References
- Chapter 2: Radio Wave Transmission
- 2.1 Free Space Transmission
- 2.2 Transmission Loss of Radio Waves in the Earth's Atmosphere
- 2.3 Attenuation Due to Propagation into Buildings
- 2.4 Transmission Loss due to Penetration into Vehicles
- 2.5 Diffraction Loss
- 2.6 Diffraction Loss Models
- 2.7 Path Loss Due to Scattering
- 2.8 Multipath Propagation: Two-Ray Model
- 2.9 General Multipath Propagation
- 2.10 Shadow Fading: Medium Scale
- 2.11 Measurement-Based Large-Scale Path Loss Models
- References
- Chapter 3: Radio Channel Models
- 3.1 System Model for Ideal Channel: Linear Time-Invariant (LTI) Model
- 3.2 Narrowband Single Input–Single Output Channels
- 3.3 Wideband Single Input–Single Output Channels
- 3.4 System Functions in a Linear Randomly Time-Variant Channel
- 3.5 Simplified Channel Functions
- 3.6 Coherence Functions
- 3.7 Power Delay Profile and Doppler Spectrum
- 3.8 Parameters of the Power Delay Profile and Doppler Spectrum
- 3.9 The Two-Ray Model Revisited in a Stochastic Channel
- 3.10 Multiple Input–Multiple Output Channels
- 3.11 Capacity Limitations for MIMO Systems
- 3.12 Effect of Correlation Using Stochastic Models
- 3.13 Correlation Effects with Physical Channel Models
- 3.14 Effect of Number of Scatterers on Channel Capacity
- 3.15 Keyholes
- 3.16 Rician Channels
- 3.17 Wideband MIMO Channels
- References
- Chapter 4: Radio Channel Sounders
- 4.1 Echoes of Sound and Radio
- 4.2 Definitions and Objectives of Radio Sounders and Radar
- 4.3 Waveforms
- 4.4 Single-Tone CW Waveforms
- 4.5 Single-Tone Measurements
- 4.6 Spaced Tone Waveform
- 4.7 Pulse Waveform
- 4.8 Pulse Compression Waveforms
- 4.9 Coded Pulse Signals
- 4.10 Serial Correlation Detection of Coded Transmission
- 4.11 Comment Regarding Coded Transmission
- 4.12 Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) Signal
- 4.13 Range Doppler Ambiguity of Chirp Signals: Advanced Waveforms
- 4.14 Architectures of Chirp Sounders
- 4.15 Monostatic Operation of FMCW Sounder/Radar
- 4.16 Single and Multiple Antenna Sounder Architectures
- 4.17 Ultra-wideband (UWB) Channel Sounders
- 4.18 Sounder Design
- 4.19 Performance Tests of a Channel Sounder and Calibration
- 4.20 Overall Data Acquisition and Calibration
- References
- Chapter 5: Data Analysis
- 5.1 Data Validation
- 5.2 Spectral Analysis via the Discrete Fourier Transform
- 5.3 DFT Analysis of the FMCW Channel Sounder Using a Heterodyne Detector
- 5.4 Spectral Analysis of Network Analyzer Data via the IDFT
- 5.5 DFT Analysis of CW Measurements for Estimation of the Doppler Spectrum
- 5.6 Estimation of the Channel Frequency Response via the Hilbert Transform
- 5.7 Parametric Modelling
- 5.8 Estimation of Power Delay Profile
- 5.9 Small-Scale Characterization
- 5.10 Medium/Large-Scale Characterization
- 5.11 Multiple Antenna Array Processing for Estimation of Direction of Arrival
- 5.12 Practical Considerations of DOA Estimation
- 5.13 Estimation of MIMO Capacity
- References
- Chapter 6: Radio Link Performance Prediction
- 6.1 Radio Link Simulators
- 6.2 Narrowband Stochastic Radio Channel Simulator
- 6.3 Wideband Stochastic Channel Simulator
- 6.4 Frequency Domain Implementation Using Fast Convolution
- 6.5 Channel Block Realization from Measured Data
- 6.6 Theoretical Prediction of System Performance in Additive White Gaussian Noise
- 6.7 Prediction of System Performance in Fading Channels
- 6.8 Bit Error Rate Prediction for Wireless Standards
- 6.9 Enhancement of Performance Using Diversity Gain
- References
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Index
To the memory of my parents, Mariam and Hasan and to my late beloved nephew Mounther Salous.
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