OverView of Wireless communications
Path Loss and Shadowing
Statistical Multipath Channel Models
Capacity of Wireless Channels
Digital Modulations and Detection
Performance of Digital Modulation over Wireless Channels
Diversity
Coding for Wireless Channels
Adaptive Modulation and Coding
Multiple Antennas and space Time Communications
Equalization
Multi carrier Modulation
Spread Spectrum
Multiuser Systems
Cellular Systems and Infrastructure Based Wireless Networks
AdHoc Wireless Networks

Wireless technology is a truly revolutionary paradigm shift, enabling multimedia communications between people and devices from any location. It also underpins exciting applications such as sensor networks, smart homes, telemedicine, and automated highways. This book, first published in 2005, provides a comprehensive introduction to the underlying theory, design techniques and analytical tools of wireless communications, focusing primarily on the core principles of wireless system design. The book begins with an overview of wireless systems and standards. The characteristics of the wireless channel are then described, including their fundamental capacity limits. Various modulation, coding, and signal processing schemes are then discussed in detail, including state-of-the-art adaptive modulation, multicarrier, spread spectrum, and multiple antenna techniques. The concluding chapters deal with multiuser communications, cellular system design, and ad-hoc network design. Design insights and tradeoffs are emphasized throughout the book. It contains many worked examples, over 200 figures, almost 300 homework exercises, over 700 references, and is an ideal textbook for students.