Mobile Communications Design FundamentalsRevised and enlarged version that discusses how to design a mobile communications system. Comprehensively examines the mobile radio environment. Covers prediction of propagation loss, calculation and methods of reducing fades, interference, frequency plans and associated schemes, design parameters, signaling and channel access, cellular CDMA, microcell systems, and miscellaneous related systems. Contains chapter-by-chapter references and problems. |
Contents
Chapter 1 The Mobile Radio Environment | 1 |
Chapter 2 Prediction of Propagation Loss | 47 |
Chapter 3 Calculation of Fades and Methods of Reducing Fades | 101 |
Chapter 4 Mobile Radio Interference | 141 |
Chapter 5 Frequency Plans and Their Associated Schemes | 161 |
Chapter 6 Design Parameters at the Base Station | 199 |
Chapter 7 Design Parameters at the Mobile Unit | 227 |
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amplitude angle antenna separation base station bit-error rate bits carrier-to-noise ratio CDMA cell site cellular system channel bandwidth co-channel cells co-channel interference coherence bandwidth combining correlation coefficient dB/dec delay spread directional antenna distance diversity scheme effective antenna height Equation Erlang fading environment fading signal FDMA field strength Figure frequency separation hand-off IEEE Trans increases microcell system miles mobile antenna mobile radio environment mobile unit modulation noise level number of channels obtained omnidirectional antenna path loss power control prediction propagation path loss radio capacity radio horizon random FM Rayleigh fading received signal reception reduce reflected waves Section short-term fading shown in Eq shown in Fig signal fading signal level signal received signal strength space diversity Spread Spectrum suburban area TDMA Tech traffic transmission transmitted power urban area users vehicle wavelength wideband word-error rate zone