Covering the basics of wireless communication system design, Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Links provides a comprehensive overview of the many different situations in the over-the-terrain, atmospheric, and ionospheric communication channels.

For each channel, authors Blaunstein and Christodoulou explain the role of various obstructions on the corresponding propagation phenomena that influence the transmission of radio signals through such communication channels, both in line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) propagation conditions along the radio path between the transmitter and the receiver antennas.

Brimming with practical applications and real-world examples, Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Links explores:

• Adaptive antennas at the link terminals, and how they can be used to minimize the deleterious effects of obstructions
• Relevant topics in radio propagation in various media and their applications in smart communication networks
• Multipath phenomena, path loss, large-scale or slow fading, and short-scale or fast fading
• Free-space propagation; propagation above the irregular terrain, in the inhomogeneous and stratified atmosphere and ionosphere; the reflection and diffraction by various obstructions, regularly or randomly distributed in an area of communication

Written for practicing engineers working in communications, antennas, and propagation, Radio Propagation and Adaptive Antennas for Wireless Communication Links provides complete and thorough coverage of every topic related to the design of wireless communication systems.

About the Author

Nathan Blaunstein, PhD, DSc, is Professor of the Department of Communication Systems Engineering at the Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel. He has published more than 150 articles, six manuals, and six books, and holds five patents in wireless communications, optical and radio, and radars with applications in geophysics and medicine.

Christos G. Christodoulou, PhD, is Professor of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque. He has published over 250 articles in journals, conferences, and book chapters; has coauthored three books; and holds three patents. His research interests are in the areas of modeling of electromagnetic systems, reconfigurable systems, machine learning applications in electromagnetics, and smart antennas.