Chapter 1:Introduction
1.Then Beauty of Wires,the Inevitability of Wireless
2.What you Need to Proceed
3.An Overview of What is to Come
4.Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Chapter 2:Basics of Wireless Communications
1.Harmonic Signals and Exponetials
2.Electromagnetic Waves and Multiplexing
3.Modulation and Bandwidth
4.Wireless Link overview:Systems,Power,Noise,and Link Budgets
5.Capsule Summary:Chapter 2
Further Reading
Chapter3:Basics of Wireless Local Area Networks
1.Networks Large and Small
2.WLANs from LANs
3.802.11 WLANs
4.HiperLAN and HiperLan2
5.From LANs to PANs
6.Capsule Summary:Chapter3
7.Further Reading
Chapter 4:Radio Transitters and Receivers
1.Overview of Radios
2.Radio Componets
3.Radio System Design
4.Examples of Radio Chips and Chipsets
5.Capsule Summary:Chapter 4
6.Further Reading
Chapter 5:Antennas
1.Not Your Father's E&M
2.Radiation:The Wireless Wire
3.The Ideal Dipole
4.Antenna Radiation Patterns
5.Antennas as Receivers
6.Survey of Common Antennas
7.Cables and Connectors
8.Capsule Summary:Chapter 5s
Further Reading
Cahpter6:Propagation
Cahpter7:Indoor Networks
Cahpter8:Outdoor Networks
Afterword
Appendix1:Regulatory Issues
Appendix2:Measurement Tools
Appendix3:Reflection and Matching
Appendix4:The Lorentz Gauge
Appendix5:Power Density
Appendix6:Conventional E&M
Appendix7:Table of Symbols Used in the Text
Index