Radiowave propagation and antennas for personal communications [electronic resource] /
Kazimierz Siwiak, Yasaman Bahreini
- 3rd ed.
- Norwood, MA : Artech House, c2007
- 1 online resource (xxix, 464 p.) : ill.
Description based on print version record
Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- Fixed-site antennas -- Radio communication channel -- Radio frequency spectrum -- Communication using earth-orbiting satellites -- Radiowave propagation over a smooth earth -- Radiowave propagation: urban and suburban paths -- Signals in multipath propagation -- Receiver sensitivity and transmitted fields -- Simulated human body devices -- Loops, dipoles, patch antennas -- Radio communication system designs -- Appendix: A. FORTRAN program: the near field of dipoles and helices -- B. FORTRAN code: the near field of loops -- C. Digital communications codes and character sets -- D. HF propagation models