Wireless Personal Communications: Research Developments

✍ Scribed by Theodore S. Rappaport, Sandip Sandhu (auth.), Brian D. Woerner, Theodore S. Rappaport, Jeffrey H. Reed (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer US
• Year: 1995
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 296
• Series: The Springer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science 309
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The area of personal and wireless communications is a burgeoning field. Technology advances and new frequency allocations for personal communication services (PCS) are creating numerous business and technical opportunities. It is becoming clear that an essential requirement for exploiting opportunities is the ability to track the dramatic changes in wireless technology, which is a principal aim of this book.
Wireless Personal Communications: Research Developments places particular emphasis on the areas of signal processing, propagation and spread-spectrum, and emerging communication systems. This book contains new results on adaptive antennas for capacity improvements in wireless communication systems, as well as state-of-the-art information on the latest technical developments. Also included are several chapters which discuss the impact of defense conversion on the wireless industry, and related competitive issues.
The six parts of the book each focus on a distinct issue in wireless communications. Part I contains several tutorial chapters on key areas in wireless communications. The first chapter is on radio wave propagation for emerging wireless personal communication systems. Chapter two contains a comprehensive study of emerging DSP-based interference rejection techniques for single channel (antenna) systems. Chapter three deals with spread spectrum wireless communications, explaining the concept of spread spectrum, modeling techniques for spread spectrum, and current applications and research issues for spread spectrum systems. Part II focuses on digital signal processing and spread spectrum, two means of creating interference and multipath robust communications. Part III concerns propagation aspects of wireless communications. Part IV discusses the performance of emerging wireless systems. Part V describes the opportunities and pitfalls of defense conversion from the perspective of several U.S. defense firms that have successfully made the transition to commercial wireless. The final section discusses a number of competitive issues regarding personal communication services.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Radio Wave Propagation for Emerging Wireless Personal Communication Systems....Pages 1-27
A Survey of Adaptive Single Channel Interference Rejection Techniques for Wireless Communications....Pages 29-53
Spread Spectrum for Wireless Communications....Pages 55-74
CMA Adaptive Array Antenna Using Transversal Filters for Spatial and Temporal Adaptability in Mobile Communications....Pages 75-84
The effect of adjacent cell interference, power control and error correction on a CDMA cellular system....Pages 85-96
The Design and Development of a Spread Spectrum Digital Cordless Telephone for the Consumer Market....Pages 97-105
A Principled Framework for Narrowband Mobile Digital Communications....Pages 107-118
BER Performance of Adaptive RAKE Receiver Using Tap Weights Obtained by POCS Deconvolution Technique....Pages 119-130
A Macrocell Model Based on the Parabolic Diffusion Differential Equation....Pages 131-140
A Nano-Cellular Local Area Network Using Near-Field RF Coupling....Pages 141-156
Radiowave Propagation Measurements for Sharing Spectrum Between Point-to-Point Microwave Radios and Personal Communications Systems....Pages 157-166
Estimating Regions of Service in Wireless Indoor Communication Systems....Pages 167-177
Adaptive Propagation Prediction using Lee’s Model in a Non-Homogeneous Environment....Pages 179-184
An Interactive System for Visualizing Wireless Communication Coverage within Buildings....Pages 185-196
Influence of Slow Frequency Hopping and Antenna Diversity Techniques in European GSM System....Pages 197-206
Network Architecture and Radio Link Performance of MOBITEX® Systems....Pages 207-214
Performance Analysis of Digital FM in Simulcast Environment....Pages 215-225
Improving Throughput and Availability of Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD)....Pages 227-238
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
ARPA’S Prospective of Defense Conversion Opportunities for the Wireless Industry....Pages 241-245
ESL’s Electronic Warfare Capability for the Cellular Industry....Pages 247-250
Front Matter....Pages 239-239
Hazeltine Corp. Defense Conversion to Commercial Wireless Communication Products....Pages 251-253
Melting Swords into Plowshares....Pages 255-261
Challenges in Defense Conversion....Pages 263-265
Front Matter....Pages 267-270
Business and Regulatory Issues in PCS....Pages 271-277
ESMR, SMR and the Transition to PCS....Pages 279-284
The Importance of Unlicensed Spectrum....Pages 285-292
Back Matter....Pages 293-295

✦ Subjects

Electrical Engineering; Signal, Image and Speech Processing