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by Fernando L. Teixeira, Joel T. Johnson, Curt A. Levis
Radiowave Propagation: Physics and Applications
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CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 DEFINITION OF PROPAGATION
1.2 PROPAGATION AND SYSTEMS DESIGN
1.3 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
1.4 THE INFLUENCE OF SIGNAL FREQUENCY AND ENVIRONMENT
1.5 PROPAGATION MECHANISMS
1.6 SUMMARY
1.7 SOURCES OF FURTHER INFORMATION
1.8 OVERVIEW OF TEXT
CHAPTER 2: CHARACTERIZATION OF PROPAGATION MEDIA
2.1 INTRODUCTION
2.2 MAXWELL'S EQUATIONS, BOUNDARY CONDITIONS, AND CONTINUITY
2.3 CONSTITUTIVE RELATIONS
2.4 DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS: MATERIAL POLARIZATION
2.5 MATERIAL PROPERTIES
2.6 MAGNETIC AND CONDUCTIVE BEHAVIOR OF MATERIALS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 3: PLANE WAVES
3.1 INTRODUCTION
3.2 D'ALEMBERT'S SOLUTION
3.3 PURE TRAVELING WAVES
3.4 INFORMATION TRANSMISSION
3.5 SINUSOIDAL TIME DEPENDENCE IN AN IDEAL MEDIUM
3.6 PLANE WAVES IN LOSSY AND DISPERSIVE MEDIA
3.7 PHASE AND GROUP VELOCITY
3.8 WAVE POLARIZATION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 4: ANTENNA AND NOISE CONCEPTS
4.1 INTRODUCTION
4.2 ANTENNA CONCEPTS
4.3 BASIC PARAMETERS OF ANTENNAS
4.4 NOISE CONSIDERATIONS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 5: DIRECT TRANSMISSION
5.1 INTRODUCTION
5.2 FRIIS TRANSMISSION FORMULA
5.3 ATMOSPHERIC GAS ATTENUATION EFFECTS
5.4 RAIN ATTENUATION
5.5 SCINTILLATIONS
APPENDIX 5.A LOOK ANGLES TO GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 6: REFLECTION AND REFRACTION
6.1 INTRODUCTION
6.2 REFLECTION FROM A PLANAR INTERFACE: NORMAL INCIDENCE
6.3 REFLECTION FROM A PLANAR INTERFACE: OBLIQUE INCIDENCE
6.4 TOTAL REFLECTION AND CRITICAL ANGLE
6.5 REFRACTION IN A STRATIFIED MEDIUM
6.6 REFRACTION OVER A SPHERICAL EARTH
6.7 REFRACTION IN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
6.8 DUCTING
6.9 RAY-TRACING METHODS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 7: TERRAIN REFLECTION AND DIFFRACTION
7.1 INTRODUCTION
7.2 PROPAGATION OVER A PLANE EARTH
7.3 FRESNEL ZONES
7.4 EARTH CURVATURE AND PATH PROFILE CONSTRUCTION
7.5 MICROWAVE LINK DESIGN
7.6 PATH LOSS ANALYSIS EXAMPLES
7.7 NUMERICAL METHODS FOR PATH LOSS ANALYSIS
7.8 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 8: EMPIRICAL PATH LOSS AND FADING MODELS
8.1 INTRODUCTION
8.2 EMPIRICAL PATH LOSS MODELS
8.3 SIGNAL FADING
8.4 NARROWBAND FADING MITIGATION USING DIVERSITY SCHEMES
8.5 WIDEBAND CHANNELS
8.6 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 9: GROUNDWAVE PROPAGATION
9.1 INTRODUCTION
9.2 PLANAR EARTH GROUNDWAVE PREDICTION 1
9.3 SPHERICAL EARTH GROUNDWAVE PREDICTION
9.4 METHODS FOR APPROXIMATE CALCULATIONS
9.5 A 1 MHz SAMPLE CALCULATION
9.6 A 10 MHz SAMPLE CALCULATION
9.7 ITU INFORMATION AND OTHER RESOURCES
9.8 SUMMARY
APPENDIX 9.A SPHERICAL EARTH GROUNDWAVE COMPUTATIONS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 10: CHARACTERISTICS OF THE IONOSPHERE
10.1 INTRODUCTION 1
10.2 THE BAROMETRIC LAW
10.3 CHAPMAN'S THEORY
10.4 STRUCTURE OF THE IONOSPHERE
10.5 VARIABILITY OF THE IONOSPHERE
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 11: IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION
11.1 INTRODUCTION 1
11.2 DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF AN IONIZED MEDIUM
11.3 PROPAGATION IN A MAGNETOIONIC MEDIUM
11.4 IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION CHARACTERISTICS
11.5 IONOSPHERIC SOUNDING
11.6 THE SECANT LAW
11.7 TRANSMISSION CURVES
11.8 BREIT AND TUVE'S THEOREM
11.9 MARTYN'S THEOREM ON EQUIVALENT VIRTUAL HEIGHTS
11.10 MUF, “SKIP” DISTANCE, AND IONOSPHERIC SIGNAL DISPERSION
11.11 EARTH CURVATURE EFFECTS AND RAY-TRACING TECHNIQUES
11.12 IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION PREDICTION TOOLS
11.13 IONOSPHERIC ABSORPTION
11.14 IONOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON EARTH–SPACE LINKS
REFERENCES
CHAPTER 12: OTHER PROPAGATION MECHANISMS AND APPLICATIONS
12.1 INTRODUCTION
12.2 TROPOSPHERIC SCATTER
12.3 METEOR SCATTER
12.4 TROPOSPHERIC DELAY IN GLOBAL SATELLITE NAVIGATION SYSTEMS
12.5 PROPAGATION EFFECTS ON RADAR SYSTEMS
REFERENCES
INDEX
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