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Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice

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Wireless Communications, Second Edition is the definitive professional's overview of wireless communications technology and system design. Building on his classic first edition, Theodore S. Rappaport reviews virtually every important new wireless standard and technological development, including W-CDMA, cdma2000, UMTS, and UMC 136/EDGE; IEEE 802.11 and HIPERLAN WLANs; Bluetooth, LMDS, and more. Includes dozens of practical new examples, solved step by step.

707 pages, Hardcover

First published September 1, 1995

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May 6, 2010
Nice book for beginners in Wireless Communications. Simple explanations, and easy Mathematics & Statistics :))
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March 11, 2018
Review of the first edition. This book is a standard in the field. While the first edition is pretty 'old', it is every bit as applicable today. While I'm sure newer editions closes any gap and fixing minor editing errors, it still contains a complete collection of foundation principles needed to understand these complex systems. It covers nearly all of the processes in good detail for a 2000 or 3000 or level communication engineering undergraduate course. For example, the handoff is covered in several paragraphs introducing what the process is, how it fits into the larger architecture, but doesn't explain exactly how it happens at the architecture level. That is not a fault, though, just an example as to the scope of the book. In some ways, this actually details GSM processes, CDMA, or radio wave propagation better than many books specifically written for specific topics.

I tend to rate 3 to 5 stars as I don’t bother with books that aren’t acceptable to the subject. 3 stars means it is a good book, but there are better treatments of the subject matter or contains structural problems in the text. 4 stars means the book is great and I use it regularly in projects/research. 5 stars is reserved for top 10-20% on a given shelf that abstracted a particularly difficult idea in an easy to understand manner (i.e. it blew my mind) or I have a hard time completing my work without it.

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February 2, 2008
I learned about mobile telecommunications... I'm studing it for acomplish the master degree.
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February 7, 2014
If you want to build your basics in the field of telecommunication, this book will be the best choice.
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January 3, 2018
i need this book because it important for my studies specially at this period .
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