Fundamentals of Wireless Communication (Hardcover)

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.

過去十年間，物理層無線通訊理論及其在無線系統中的實現取得了許多進展。本教科書以統一的觀點介紹了無線通訊的基礎知識，並以易於理解的方式解釋了支撐這些進展的概念框架，適合具備概率和數字通訊基礎的讀者。涵蓋的主題包括多輸入多輸出（MIMO）通訊、時空編碼、機會式通訊、正交分頻多工（OFDM）和碼分多址（CDMA）。這些概念通過許多來自真實無線系統（如GSM、IS-95（CDMA）、IS-856（1 x EV-DO）、Flash OFDM和UWB（超寬頻））的例子進行了說明。特別強調了概念與其在實際系統中的實現之間的相互作用。大量的練習題和圖表加強了教材的內容。本書適用於電氣和計算機工程研究生課程，同時也對實踐工程師非常有吸引力。