Mobile Communication Systems

From the Publisher: Mobile Communication Systems are one of the fastest growing areas in telecommunications and are currrently evolving from second generation systems towards third generation systems. This leading edge reference resource provides a comprehensive and complete treatment of the fundamentals of mobile communications, one of the most rapidly progressing areas of the telecommunications industry. Starting with theoretical foundations of mobile communications, the contents evolve to a description of channel properties, basic concepts of cellular systems and their design, GSM, CDMA, wireless telephony, UMTS and adaptive antennas. The perspectives of their further development are also discussed. The extensive scope of this volume ensures it will be a valuable reference for every aspect of mobile communications. * Presents a general easy to follow overview and describes the basic techniques of mobile communication systems * Provides a clear presentation from introductory material through to a thorough system description * Describes current and future systems such as GSM (2G), UMTS, WAP, EDGE and UMTS (3G) * Highly successful book originally published in 1998 in Polish