Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems E-Book

Simon R. Saunders

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Wissenschaft und neue Technologien
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 1205

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2024

Beschreibung

Comprehensive resource describing both fundamentals and practical industry applications of antennas and radio propagation employed in modern wireless communication systems

The newly revised and thoroughly updated Third Edition of this classic and popular text, Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems addresses fundamentals and practical applications of antennas and radio propagation commonly used in modern wireless communication systems, from the basic electromagnetic principles to the characteristics of the technology employed in the most recent systems deployed, with an outlook of forthcoming developments in the field.

Core topics include fundamental electromagnetic principles underlying propagation and antennas, basic concepts of antennas and their application to specific wireless systems, propagation measurement, modelling, and prediction for fixed links, macrocells, microcells, femtocells, picocells, megacells, and narrowband and wideband channel modelling with the effect of the channel on communication system performance.

Worked examples and specific assignments for students are presented throughout the text (with a solutions manual available for course tutors), with a dedicated website containing online calculators and additional resources, plus details of simple measurements that students can perform with off-the-shelf equipment, such as their laptops and a Wi-Fi card.

This Third Edition of Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems has been thoroughly revised and updated, expanding on and adding brand new coverage of sample topics such as:

• Maxwell’s equations and EM theory, multiple reflections as propagation mechanisms, and waveguiding
• HAPS (High Altitude Platforms) propagation, design and noise considerations of earth stations, macrocell models, and cellular base station site engineering
• FSS (frequency selective surfaces), adaptive antenna theory developments (massive and distributed MIMO in particular), and how to process raw data related to channel measurements for mobile radio systems
• The techniques used in mobile systems spanning the latest 4G, 5G and 6G technology generations
• A wider range of frequencies, extending from HF, VHF and UHF up to the latest millimetre wave and sub terahertz bands

With comprehensive coverage of foundational subject matter as well as major recent advancements in the field, Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems is an essential resource for undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, and industry engineers in related disciplines.

Leseprobe

Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems

Third Edition

Simon R. Saunders

University of Bristol and King’s College London, UK

Alejandro Aragón-Zavala

Technológico de Monterrey, Campus Querétaro, Computing Department, School of Engineering and Science, Mexico

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Preface

Welcome to this third edition of Antennas and Propagation for Wireless Communication Systems. This book has grown out of the work that my co-author and I have conducted in the wireless communication field in roles across industry, academia, regulation and policy. It is intended for use for both educational and reference purposes, including by:

Students on masters-level and final-year undergraduate courses who are specialising in communication systems.

PhD and postdoctoral researchers in wireless communication systems.

Industrial engineers who are designing, deploying and operating wireless systems or components.

Researchers and industrialists in other fields who are seeking a quick but detailed reference to the fundamentals and applications of wireless systems.

It is therefore not only for specialists in the sometimes arcane field of antennas and propagation, but for all wireless communication engineers. Our main motivation has been to create a book which covers a range of disciplines, from electromagnetics to statistics, which are necessary in order to understand the implications of the wireless channel – including both propagation and antenna effects – on system performance. At the same time we have tried to avoid putting people off by excessive focus on complex mathematics. Although in this edition – and by popular request – we have covered Maxwell’s equations, in practice very few of the practical problems at the level of systems in this field require those equations for their solution, so these can be skipped by most readers. It is nevertheless important that the material is underpinned by basic physical principles, and this is the purpose of the first five chapters of the book. Nevertheless, we have not avoided the use of mathematics where it is actually useful in illustrating concepts or in providing practical means of analysis or simulation.

We have also attempted to bring together reference material which is useful in this field into a single, accessible volume, including a few previously unpublished research results.

The following notation is used throughout the text:

Scalar variables are denoted by Times Roman italics, such as

x

and

y

.

Physical vector quantities (i.e. those having magnitude and direction in three-dimensional physical space) are denoted by Times Roman boldface, such as

E

and

H

.

Unit vectors (those with a magnitude of 1) additionally have a circumflex, such as and .

Column vectors are denoted by lowercase Sans Serif boldface, such as

x

and

r

,

while matrix quantities are denoted by uppercase Sans Serif boldface, such as

X

and

R

.

The time or ensemble average of a random variable

x

is denoted by

E

[

x

].

The logarithm to base 10 is written log, while the natural logarithm is ln.

Units are in square brackets, e.g. [metres].

References are written in the form [first author, year].

Important

new terms

are usually introduced in italics.

Equation numbers are given in round parentheses, e.g. (1.27)

Each chapter includes a list of references; wherever possible we have referred to journal articles and books, since these are most easily and widely available, but some more recent work only exists in conference proceedings.

The book has a long history: it grew first out of my teaching and research at the University of Surrey and out of my previous experience in companies such as Philips, Ascom and Motorola and was published in 1999. It was used as a course text in many undergraduate and postgraduate courses as well as in industrial short courses around the world, so it has been thoroughly road-tested. It also appears on the desks of many practicing engineers, and I have been hugely encouraged by the worldwide ‘family’ of readers who have got in touch to express their gratitude and the impact on their work – as well as to request clarifications, additions – and corrections!

Spurred on by this positive reaction, and in response to the pace of change, we published a second edition in 2007 (which built on our work together on designing and implementing practical systems at Cellular Design Services and Red-M) and have been pleased to assemble this third edition in the course of 2023–4.