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Alan Bensky is an electronics engineering graduate of Union College in New York. He earned his master's degree from the Technion in Haifa, Israel. He has spent several years developing short-range radio equipment for security systems and other uses. He is currently an independent contractor specializing in wireless development projects and he also advises companies on design tasks and issues involving U. S. and European communication standards.

Preface

ix

What's on the CDROM

xi

Using the Worksheets

xi

Worksheet Descriptions

xii

Introduction

1

(10)

Historical Perspective

1

(1)

Reasons for the Spread of Wireless Applications

2

(1)

Characteristics of Short-range Radio

3

(2)

Elements of Wireless Communication Systems

5

(4)

Summary

9

(2)

Radio Propagation

11

(26)

Mechanisms of Radio Wave Propagation

12

(2)

Open Field Propagation

14

(2)

Diffraction

16

(3)

Scattering

19

(1)

Path Loss

19

(2)

Multipath phenomena

21

(1)

Flat fading

22

(3)

Diversity techniques

25

(5)

Noise

30

(2)

Summary

32

(5)

Appendix 2-A

34

(1)

Maxwell's Equations

34

(3)

Antennas and Transmission Lines

37

(36)

Introduction

37

(1)

Antenna Characteristics

37

(7)

Types of Antennas

44

(8)

Impedance Matching

52

(16)

Measuring Techniques

68

(4)

Summary

72

(1)

Communication Protocols and Modulation

73

(44)

Baseband data format and protocol

73

(11)

Baseband coding

84

(6)

RF Frequency and Bandwidth

90

(1)

Modulation

91

(23)

RFID

114

(1)

Summary

115

(2)

Transmitters

117

(18)

RF Source

117

(10)

Modulation

127

(3)

Amplifiers

130

(1)

Filtering

131

(1)

Antenna

132

(1)

Summary

133

(2)

Receivers

135

(12)

Tuned Radio Frequency (TRF)

135

(2)

Superregenerative Receiver

137

(2)

Superheterodyne Receiver

139

(2)

Direct Conversion Receiver

141

(2)

Digital Receivers

143

(1)

Repeaters

144

(1)

Summary

145

(2)

Radio System Design

147

(38)

Range

148

(1)

Sensitivity

149

(7)

Finding Range from Sensitivity

156

(3)

Superheterodyne Image and Spurious Response

159

(2)

Intermodulation Distortion and Dynamic Range

161

(8)

Demodulation

169

(7)

Internal Receiver Noise

176

(1)

Transmitter Design

177

(1)

Bandwidth

178

(1)

Antenna Directivity

179

(1)

The Power Source

179

(3)

Summary

182

(3)

System Implementation

185

(18)

Wireless Modules

187

(5)

Systems on a Chip

192

(7)

Large-scale Subsystems

199

(2)

Summary

201

(2)

Regulations and Standards

203

(36)

FCC Regulations

205

(13)

Test Method for Part 15

218

(1)

European Radiocommunication Regulations

219

(6)

The European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility Requirements

225

(2)

Standards in the United Kingdom

227

(1)

Other Regional Standards

228

(11)

Appendix 9-A

230

(1)

Terms and Definitions (FCC Part 2)

230

(5)

Appendix 9-B

235

(1)

Nomenclature for defining emission, modulation and transmission (FCC Part 2)

235

(1)

Necessary Bandwidth

235

(1)

Class of Emission

236

(2)

Appendix 9-C

238

(1)

Restricted frequencies from Section 15.205 of FCC Rules and Regulations

238

(1)

Introduction to Information Theory

239

(28)

Probability

240

(10)

Information Theory

250

(15)

Summary

265

(2)

New Developments in Short-range Radio

267

(8)

The Home RF Working Group

267

(1)

Bluetooth

268

(1)

Conflict and Compatibility

269

(1)

HIPERLAN

270

(1)

Ultra-wideband Technology

271

(2)

Summary

273

(2)

Abbreviations

275

(2)

References and Bibliography

277

(4)

Index

281

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