Radio Propagation in Cellular Networks (Artech House Mobile Communications Library)

Examines the different situations of wireless communication in an urban scene and various propagation phenomena that influence the transmission of radio signals through urban communication channels, both line-of-sight and obstructive propagation conditions for the transmitter and receiver antennas. The phenomena treated include free-space propagation above regular and irregular terrain, reflection and diffraction by various obstacles regularly or randomly distributed on the terrain, and effects of scattering from such obstacles and from the ground surface. In view of wireless-communications practice, behavior of waves in the UHF/L-frequency is emphasized throughout. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)