Preface |
|
xv | |
|
|
1 | (8) |
|
|
1 | (1) |
|
1.2 Electromagnetic Spectrum |
|
|
2 | (3) |
|
1.3 Radio, Television, Mobile Telephony, and Wireless Networks |
|
|
5 | (2) |
|
1.4 Challenges in the (Electromagnetic) Design of Modern Wireless Networks |
|
|
7 | (1) |
|
|
8 | (1) |
|
2 Fundamentals of Electromagnetic Propagation and Radiation |
|
|
9 | (64) |
|
|
9 | (8) |
|
2.1.1 Maxwell's Equations in the Frequency Domain |
|
|
13 | (2) |
|
2.1.2 Sinusoidal Vector Fields, Phasor Vectors, and Polarization |
|
|
15 | (2) |
|
2.2 Electromagnetic Properties of Materials |
|
|
17 | (12) |
|
2.2.1 Power Losses in Materials, Power Flux, and Energy Conservation |
|
|
19 | (2) |
|
2.2.2 Dielectric Materials |
|
|
21 | (2) |
|
|
23 | (2) |
|
2.2.4 Perfect Electric Conductors (PECs) |
|
|
25 | (1) |
|
|
26 | (1) |
|
2.2.6 Boundary Between Two Media and Boundary Condition on PEC's Surface |
|
|
27 | (2) |
|
2.3 Plane-Wave Propagation, Reflection, and Transmission |
|
|
29 | (19) |
|
2.3.1 Homogeneous Plane Waves |
|
|
31 | (1) |
|
2.3.2 Nonhomogeneous Plane Waves |
|
|
32 | (1) |
|
2.3.3 Plane Waves for Arbitrarily Time-Varying Fields |
|
|
33 | (1) |
|
2.3.4 Narrowband Signals and Group Velocity |
|
|
34 | (2) |
|
2.3.5 Plane Wave Reflection and Transmission at a Plane Boundary |
|
|
36 | (7) |
|
2.3.6 Plane Wave Propagation in Layered Media |
|
|
43 | (4) |
|
2.3.7 Plane Wave Propagation in Anisotropic Media |
|
|
47 | (1) |
|
|
48 | (8) |
|
|
50 | (2) |
|
2.4.2 Radiation from an Arbitrary Current Distribution |
|
|
52 | (1) |
|
|
53 | (1) |
|
2.4.4 Equivalent Problems and Magnetic Sources |
|
|
54 | (2) |
|
2.5 Transmitting and Receiving Antennas |
|
|
56 | (11) |
|
2.5.1 Parameters of a Transmitting Antenna |
|
|
57 | (3) |
|
2.5.2 Parameters of a Receiving Antenna |
|
|
60 | (1) |
|
2.5.3 Some Commonly Used Antennas |
|
|
61 | (2) |
|
2.5.4 Arrays of Antennas, Phased Arrays, and Beamforming |
|
|
63 | (4) |
|
2.6 Friis Formula for Free-Space Radio Links |
|
|
67 | (4) |
|
2.6.1 Antenna Noise Temperature and Receiver Noise Figure |
|
|
68 | (2) |
|
2.6.2 Example: Downlink in a Satellite Communication System |
|
|
70 | (1) |
|
|
71 | (2) |
|
|
73 | (46) |
|
|
74 | (12) |
|
|
78 | (1) |
|
3.1.2 GO in Homogeneous Media |
|
|
79 | (2) |
|
3.1.3 Interface Between Homogeneous Media: Reflected and Transmitted Ray Congruences |
|
|
81 | (2) |
|
3.1.4 Example of Inhomogeneous Media: Stratified Medium |
|
|
83 | (3) |
|
|
86 | (4) |
|
3.3 Stationary Phase Method |
|
|
90 | (6) |
|
3.3.1 Finite Integration Interval |
|
|
92 | (2) |
|
3.3.2 Transition Function |
|
|
94 | (2) |
|
|
96 | (9) |
|
3.4.1 Stationary Phase Point Contribution: The GO Field |
|
|
99 | (2) |
|
3.4.2 End-Point Contribution: The Edge Diffracted Field |
|
|
101 | (4) |
|
3.5 Geometrical Theory of Diffraction and Its Uniform Extension |
|
|
105 | (5) |
|
3.5.1 Diffraction from a Perfectly Conducting Wedge: GTD and UTD Solutions |
|
|
105 | (4) |
|
3.5.2 Lossy Dielectric Wedge |
|
|
109 | (1) |
|
3.6 Rough-Surface Scattering |
|
|
110 | (7) |
|
3.6.1 Mean Value of the Scattered Field |
|
|
114 | (2) |
|
3.6.2 Variance of the Scattered Field |
|
|
116 | (1) |
|
|
117 | (2) |
|
4 Propagation Over a Flat or Spherical Earth |
|
|
119 | (32) |
|
4.1 Ground-Wave Propagation and Two-Ray Model |
|
|
120 | (8) |
|
4.1.1 Example: Link Between Two Walkie-Talkies |
|
|
126 | (1) |
|
4.1.2 Effect of Surface Roughness |
|
|
127 | (1) |
|
4.2 Effect of the Earth's Curvature |
|
|
128 | (2) |
|
4.3 Atmospheric Effect: Ray Curvature and Effective Earth Radius |
|
|
130 | (3) |
|
4.3.1 Example: Link Between Two Walkie-Talkies, Effects of Earth Curvature, and Atmospheric Refraction |
|
|
132 | (1) |
|
4.3.2 Atmospheric Ducting and Tropospheric Scattering |
|
|
132 | (1) |
|
4.4 Atmospheric Attenuation: Clear Air, Fog, Rain |
|
|
133 | (7) |
|
4.4.1 Attenuation by Rain, Fog, and Snow |
|
|
134 | (6) |
|
|
140 | (10) |
|
4.5.1 Ionospheric Reflection and Sky Wave |
|
|
141 | (2) |
|
4.5.2 Effect of the Earth's Magnetic Field on Ionospheric Propagation |
|
|
143 | (6) |
|
4.5.3 Ionosphere and Electromagnetic Wave Propagation: Summary |
|
|
149 | (1) |
|
|
150 | (1) |
|
5 Propagation in Complex Environments |
|
|
151 | (22) |
|
5.1 LOS and Non-LOS (NLOS) Propagation |
|
|
152 | (2) |
|
5.1.1 Reflection on and Transmission Through a Homogeneous Wall |
|
|
153 | (1) |
|
|
154 | (8) |
|
5.2.1 Narrowband Characterization of the Multipath Channel |
|
|
155 | (4) |
|
5.2.2 Wideband Characterization of the Multipath Channel |
|
|
159 | (3) |
|
|
162 | (5) |
|
5.3.1 NLOS: Rayleigh Fading |
|
|
163 | (1) |
|
|
164 | (2) |
|
5.3.3 Slow Fading: Lognormal Distribution |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
5.3.4 Example: Outage Probability in Rayleigh Fading |
|
|
166 | (1) |
|
|
167 | (4) |
|
5.4.1 Example: Delay Spread in Urban Areas and Mobile Telephone Systems |
|
|
170 | (1) |
|
|
171 | (2) |
|
6 Propagation in Urban Areas |
|
|
173 | (24) |
|
6.1 Urban Area Propagation Scenarios: Outdoor and Indoor |
|
|
174 | (2) |
|
6.2 Empirical Propagation Models |
|
|
176 | (11) |
|
|
177 | (6) |
|
|
183 | (2) |
|
6.2.3 Example: Downlink in a 4G LTE Mobile Phone System |
|
|
185 | (1) |
|
6.2.4 Coverage Area and Location Probability |
|
|
186 | (1) |
|
6.3 Urban Canyon as a Roofless Waveguide |
|
|
187 | (3) |
|
|
190 | (5) |
|
|
195 | (2) |
|
7 Ray-Tracing Tool Example |
|
|
197 | (18) |
|
7.1 Vertical-Plane Launching Implementation |
|
|
198 | (8) |
|
|
199 | (1) |
|
|
200 | (3) |
|
7.1.3 Electromagnetic Modeling |
|
|
203 | (1) |
|
7.1.4 Coherent Versus Incoherent Summation |
|
|
204 | (2) |
|
7.2 Input, Output, and Processing Time |
|
|
206 | (5) |
|
|
206 | (1) |
|
|
206 | (2) |
|
|
208 | (2) |
|
7.2.4 Advantages and Limits |
|
|
210 | (1) |
|
|
211 | (1) |
|
7.4 Comparison of Solver Predictions and Measured Data |
|
|
211 | (3) |
|
|
214 | (1) |
|
8 New Propagation Scenarios in 5G Telecommunication Systems |
|
|
215 | (22) |
|
8.1 Description of 5G Networks and Expected Performance |
|
|
216 | (4) |
|
8.2 Millimeter-Wave Propagation |
|
|
220 | (10) |
|
8.2.1 Empirical Channel Models |
|
|
224 | (3) |
|
|
227 | (1) |
|
8.2.3 Example: Downlink in a High-Band 5G Wireless System |
|
|
228 | (2) |
|
|
230 | (4) |
|
|
234 | (3) |
|
9 Regulations on the Exposure of the General Public to Electromagnetic Fields |
|
|
237 | (20) |
|
|
238 | (10) |
|
|
240 | (4) |
|
|
244 | (4) |
|
|
248 | (4) |
|
|
249 | (1) |
|
|
250 | (2) |
|
9.3 Exposure Limits in Countries Across the World |
|
|
252 | (3) |
|
9.3.1 Exposure Limits in Italy |
|
|
253 | (1) |
|
9.3.2 Exposure Limits in the United States |
|
|
254 | (1) |
|
|
255 | (2) |
|
10 Conclusion and Future Perspectives |
|
|
257 | (20) |
|
|
259 | (2) |
|
|
261 | (1) |
|
A.1 Vector Multiplications |
|
|
261 | (1) |
|
A.2 Differential Relationships |
|
|
261 | (1) |
|
A.3 Integral Relationships |
|
|
262 | (1) |
|
A.4 Cartesian Coordinates |
|
|
262 | (1) |
|
A.5 Cylindrical Coordinates |
|
|
263 | (1) |
|
A.6 Spherical Coordinates |
|
|
264 | (1) |
|
|
265 | (2) |
|
|
267 | (4) |
|
|
271 | (2) |
|
D Derivation of the Transition Function for the Uniform Geometrical Theory of Diffraction |
|
|
273 | (4) |
About the Authors |
|
277 | (2) |
Index |
|
279 | |