RF Engineering for Wireless Networks: Hardware, Antennas, and Propagation

by Daniel M. Dobkin

Overview

Finally, here is a single volume containing all of the engineering information needed to successfully design and implement any type of wireless network! Author Dan Dobkin covers every aspect of RF engineering necessary for wireless networks. He begins with a review of essential math and electromagnetic theory followed by thorough discussions of multiplexing, modulation types, bandwidth, link budgets, network concepts, radio system architectures, RF amplifiers, mixers and frequency conversion, filters, single-chip radio systems, antenna theory and designs, signal propagation, as well as planning and implementing wireless networks for both indoor and outdoor environments.

The appendices contain such vital data as U.S., European, and Japanese technical and regulatory standards for wireless networks, measurements in wireless networks, reflection and matching of transmission lines, determining power density, and much more. No matter what type of wireless network you design—Bluetooth, UWB, or even metropolitan area network (MAN)—this book is the one reference you can’t do without!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780750678735
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Publication date:	11/22/2004
Series:	Communications Engineering Series
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	448
Product dimensions:	7.50(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

Daniel Dobkin has been involved in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of communications devices, components, and systems for over 28 years. He holds a BS from the California Institute of Technology, and MS and PhD degrees from Stanford University, all in Applied Physics. He is the author of three books and 30 technical publications, and holds 7 US patents as inventor or co-inventor. He has given numerous talks and classes on radio-frequency identification in the US and Asia. He specializes in physical-layer issues: radios and signal generation, antennas, and signal propagation.

Table of Contents

IntroductionBasics of Wireless CommunicationsBasics of Wireless Local Area NetworksRadio Transmitters and ReceiversAntennasPropagationIndoor NetworksOutdoor NetworksAfterwordAppendix 1: Regulatory IssuesAppendix 2: Measurement Appendix 3: Reflection and Appendix 4: The Lorentz GaugeAppendix 5: Power DensityAppendix 6: Conventional E & MAppendix 7: Table of Symbols Used in the TextIndex

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The Essential One-Volume Reference to the Design and Engineering of all Types of Wireless Networks!

Editorial Reviews

"Listed as noteworthy book by Bill Schweber from EDN Magazine" —EDN Feb 2005"A practical level, mostly nonmathematical introduction to wireless communication networks, including the following topics: basics of signals, waves, and communications; local area networks, radio transmitters and receivers, performance of indoor networks; outdoor networks." —IEEE Microwave Magazine, Dec 2005

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