This mathematically rigorous overview of physical layer wireless communications is now in a third, fully revised and updated edition. Along with coverage of basic principles sufficient for novice students, the volume includes plenty of finer details that will satisfy the requirements of graduate students aiming to research the topic in depth. It also has a role as a handy reference for wireless engineers. The content stresses core principles that are applicable to a broad range of wireless standards.

Beginning with a survey of the field that introduces an array of issues relevant to wireless communications and which traces the historical development of today's accepted wireless standards, the book moves on to cover all the relevant discrete subjects, from radio propagation to error probability performance and cellular radio resource management. A valuable appendix provides a succinct and focused tutorial on probability and random processes, concepts widely used throughout thebook. This new edition, revised to include the latest information on this fast-evolving subject, will be required reading for students up to graduate level, and a practical everyday tool for engineers already working in the field.

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Dr. Gordon Stuber has over 250 refereed publications in journals and conferences in these areas. He is author of the textbook Principles of Mobile Communication, Springer 2nd Edition 2001. Since 1986, he has been with the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology. He is an internationally recognized leader in wireless physical communications and wireless systems with numerous refereed publications in these areas.