Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook, Second Edition

Kyohei Fujimoto, J.R. James

Artech House

2001
680 pages

Description

This is an extensively revised and updated new edition of the best-selling Mobile Antenna Systems Handbook . Comprehensive, authoritative and practical, it provides the information you need to understand the relationship between the elements involved in antenna systems design for mobile communications. You get sound advice in choosing the appropriate antenna for any given requirement - including antennas for ITS, access to the latest modeling formulas for macro, micro and pico cell propagation, and guidance on the latest RF safety standards and measurement techniques.

Up-to-date information on adaptive base station and handset antenna design enables you to quickly achieve your design targets. From improved signal processing to more precise propagation methods, new sections provide you with cutting-edge design techniques that greatly increase system capacity and flexibility to deliver today’s most sought-after mobile communication services. This detailed handbook contains over 470 illustrations and 190 equations.

Table of Contents

Importance of Antennas in Mobile Communication Systems and Recent Trends

Introduction

Trends

Modern Mobile Antenna Design

Objectives of this Book

Essential Techniques in Mobile Antenna Systems Design

Mobile Communication Systems

Fundamentals and Predictive Models in Land Mobile Propagation

Antenna Design

Antenna Performance Evaluations in Mobile Environments

Advances in Mobile Propagation Methods

Introduction

Macrocells

Microcells

Picocells

Megacells

The Future

Land Mobile Antenna Systems 1: Basic Techniques and Applications

Antennas

Propagation Problems

Base Station Antenna Techniques

Mobile Station Antenna Techniques

Advances in Base Station Antenna

Recent Base Station Antennas

Digital Beamforming Antennas in Mobile Communications

Land Mobile Antenna Systems II: Pagers, Portable Phones, and Safety

Practical Requirements of and Constraints on Pager Antenna Design

Pager Types and Performance

Design Techniques for Portable Phone Antennas

Portable Phone Antenna Systems

Safety Aspects of Portable and Mobile Communication Devices

Antennas and Humans in Personal Communications

Applications of Modern EM Computational Techniques

Design and Practice of Antennas for Handsets

Land Mobile Systems III: Cars, Trains, ITS

Antenna Systems for Broadcast Reception in Cars

Antenna Systems for TV Reception in Cars

Antenna System for Shinkansen, ITS

Antennas for Mobile Satellite Systems

Introduction, System Requirements for Vehicle Antennas

Omnidirectional Antennas for Mobile Satellite Communications

Directional Antennas for Mobile Satellite Communications

Antenna Systems for GPS

Satellite Constellation Systems and Antenna Requirements

Antenna Systems for Aeronautical Mobile Communications

Propagation Problems

General Requirements and Remarks

Advanced Circularly Polarized Antennas

Appendix Glossary

Catalog of Antenna Types

Land Mobile Systems

Maritime Systems

Aeronautical Systems

Satellite Systems

Typical Antenna Types and Their Application

Index