Introduction to Mobile Communications Engineering (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

1015 Pages·1999·14.11 MB·English

by  Jose M. Hernando

Introduction to Mobile Communications
title: Engineering Artech House Mobile
Communications Library
author: Hernando, Josâe M.; Pâerez-Fontâan, F.
publisher: Artech House, Inc.
isbn10 | asin: 0890063915
print isbn13: 9780890063910
ebook isbn13: 9781580532228
language: English
subject Mobile communication systems.
publication date: 1999
lcc: TK6570.M6H43 1999eb
ddc: 621.3845
subject: Mobile communication systems.
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Introduction to Mobile Communications
Engineering
Page ii
For a complete listing of the Artech House Mobile Communications
Library, turn to the back of this book.
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Introduction to Mobile Communications
Engineering
José M. Hernando
F. Pérez-Fontán
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Hernando, José M.
Introduction to mobile communications engineering /José M.
Hernando, F. Pérez-Fontán.
p. cm. (Artech House mobile communications library)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-89006-391-5 (alk. paper)
1. Mobile communication systems. I. Pérez-Fontán, F. II. Title.
III. Series
TK6570.M6H42 1999
621.3845dc21 99-23714
CIP
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Hernando, Jose M.
Introduction to mobile communciations engineering. -
(Artech House mobile communications library)
1. Mobile communications sytesms
I. Title II. Perez-Fontan, F.
621.3'845
ISBN 0-89006-391-5
Cover by Lynda Fishbourne
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CONTENTS
Preface xv
I 1
Basic Concepts of Mobile Communications
1 3
Introduction: The Propagation Channel in Mobile
Communications
1.1 Introduction 3
1.2 Received Field Strength Variations 6
1.3 Characterization of Signal Variations 8
1.4 Path Loss and Signal Variations: Characterization of 10
the Slow Variations
1.5 Fast Variations 14
References 24
2 25
Introduction to Mobile and Private Mobile Radio (PMR)
Systems
2.1 Introduction to Private Mobile Radio (PMR) Systems25
2.2 Channel Types in Mobile Communications 27
2.3 Types of Radio Station Control 39
2.4 Signaling in PMR Systems 44

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2.5 Area Coverage Techniques 52
2.6 Typical Example of a Dispatch System 58
2.7 Data Transmission in PMR 59
References 62
II 63
Propagation Modeling in Mobile Communications
3 65
Multipath Propagation
3.1 Introduction 65
3.2 Angle of Incidence and Spectrum of the Received 65
Signal
3.3 Received Signal Envelope Statistics 69
3.4 Received Signal Phase 75
3.5 Second-Order Statistics 76
3.6 Random Frequency Modulation 81
3.7 Fading in the Ricean Case 83
3.8 Spatial Correlation of the Field Components 85
3.9 Frequency Selective Fading 87
3.10 Wideband Channel Characterization 95
3.11 Global Wideband Characterization of the Land 106
Mobile Channel
3.12 Land Mobile Channel Measurements 111
3.13 Cost 207 Channel Model 115
References 119
4 121
Propagation Path Loss
4.1 Introduction 121
4.2 The Okumura Model 124
4.2.1 Terrain Features 124