Fundamentals of Wireless Communication

by David Tse, Pramod Viswanath

The past decade has seen many advances in physical layer wireless communication theory and their implementation in wireless systems. This textbook takes a unified view of the fundamentals of wireless communication and explains the web of concepts underpinning these advances at a level accessible to an audience with a basic background in probability and digital communication. Topics covered include MIMO (multi-input, multi-output) communication, space-time coding, opportunistic communication, OFDM and CDMA. The concepts are illustrated using many examples from real wireless systems such as GSM, IS-95 (CDMA), IS-856 (1 x EV-DO), Flash OFDM and UWB (ultra-wideband). Particular emphasis is placed on the interplay between concepts and their implementation in real systems. An abundant supply of exercises and figures reinforce the material in the text. This book is intended for use on graduate courses in electrical and computer engineering and will also be of great interest to practising engineers.

Genres: Nonfiction, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Engineering

564 pages, Hardcover

First published May 26, 2005

Reviews

[Scott Holstad · Rating 4 out of 5]

I spent some time -- years, actually -- working with the IETF on various Internet standards, particularly IEEE 802.x, the standard for wireless communications. I reviewed and read many resources and sources, and while this book came along a few years after I had gotten involved, it was still one I read with interest, almost as an after report of some of the stuff I worked with various experts on. Not the best, in my opinion, but not bad either. Naturally, obsolete by now. Still, for basic historic purposes, recommended.

[Rahul Nyamangoudar · Rating 3 out of 5]

Gr8 book if you have good mathematical background..... Used it in my graduate learning, helped me understand lot of topics