Microwave Radio Transmission Design Guide, Second Edition
Trevor Manning
This newly revised edition of the classic Artech House book, Microwave Radio Transmission Design, provides a current, comprehensive treatment of the subject with a focus on applying practical knowledge to real-world networks. The second edition includes important updates, including discussions on backhaul capacity limitations, ethernet over radio and details on the latest cellular radio standards (2.5G, 3G and 4G). It also covers recent changes in spectrum management, including the availability of unlicensed bands and new millimeter-wave band frequencies between 70 and 90 GHz. Additionally, there are more details on the fundamentals of antennas, especially at VHF/UHF levels.
The author notes that the backhaul bottleneck is a major strategic issue for operators. Yet, despite 70 to 80 percent of the backhaul in the access network being carried over microwave, little attention is given to the solutions available with this technology. It is his view that this is a result of a mix of viewpoints: Some think the technology is mature and therefore the design is trivial; others view it as digital microwave systems and forget that the RF carrier is analog so it is affected by varying atmospheric conditions. He believes that we need to go back to the basics to master our understanding and use the latest technologies to design more capable systems to address the capacity issues.
This book is written in an easy-to-understand style and the author provides practical guidelines based on hands-on experience. It covers link planning, reliability standards, transport technologies, radio equipment, microwave propagation, antenna considerations, frequency planning and link design as the main chapter subjects. It also addresses designing and planning SDH/SONET broadband networks, wireless local loop networks and backhaul for mobile radio networks plus frequency planning for radio networks, digital radio equipment characteristics, and fading in radio systems.
Microwave Radio Transmission Design utilizes materials from many different industry companies and organizations to update the second edition, which makes it a practical guide. Using practical case studies, the book provides proven advice that helps save time and money when developing new networks, and reduces the risk of encountering problems during design and planning.
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280 pages; $109, £68
ISBN: 978-1-59693-457-3