diagnoses and drug dosages should be made British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress ISBN: 978-0-12-374648-1 For information on all Academic Press publications visit our web site at elsevierdirect.com Printed and bound in the United States of America 09 10 11 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 3 2 1 Working together to grow libraries in developing countries www.elsevier.com www.bookaid.org www.sabre.org ELSEVIER BOOK AID International Sabre Foundation Contents Author Biographies Section 1 INTRODUCTION 1.0 Introduction Section 2 RF ENGINEERING Basic features of radio communication systems Transmission lines Software defined radio 2.4a The software defined radio as a platform for cognitive radio 2.4b Cognitive radio: The technologies required 2.5 Introduction to RF and microwave radiation Section 3 NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS Data and voice traffic Network infrastructure VolP technology Channel protection fundamentals Network adaptive media transport 3.6 Real-time communication over networks Wireless sensor networks Section 4 MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS Background of 3G evolution The motives behind the 3G evolution 4.3 High data rates in mobile communications OFDM transmission 4.5 Scheduling, link adaptation and hybrid ARQ 4.6 WCDMA evolution: HSPA and MBMS 4.7 Propagation modelling and channel characterisation Section 5 SHORT RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION Wireless local area networks Short-range wireless applications and technologies Section 6 OPTICAL DATA COMMUNICATION Optical fiber, cable and connectors CONTENTS Section 7 VIDEO AND IMAGE PROCESSING Introduction to video Colour spaces Video signals overview 7.4 Video compression Section 8 APPENDIX List of acronyms Index Author Biographies Per Beming joined Ericsson in 1994 and he has worked Symposium on Communications and Vehicular Tech- with radio access concept development and standardi- nology 