Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice. Second Edition is the definitive modern text for wireless communications technology a and system design. Building on his classic first edition, Theodore S. Rappaport covers s 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 microcelli indoor propagation

Modulation, equalization, diversity, channel coding, and speech coding

New wireless LAN technologies: IEEE 802.11a/b, HIPERLAN, BRAN and other altematives

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

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