Short-range Wireless Communication

The Complete “Tool Kit” for the Hottest Area in RF/Wireless Design!

Short-range wireless—communications over distances of less than 100 meters—is the most rapidly growing segment of RF/wireless engineering. Alan Bensky is an internationally recognized expert in short-range wireless, and this new edition of his bestselling book is completely revised to cover the latest developments in this fast moving field.

You’ll find coverage of such cutting-edge topics as:

- architectural trends in RF/wireless integrated circuits
- compatibility and conflict issues between different short-range wireless systems
- “Zigbee” and related new IEEE standards for short-range communications
- latest U.S. and international regulatory standards for spread spectrum, ultra wideband, and other advanced communications techniques

Alan Bensky also thoroughly discusses the fundamentals of radio signal propagation, communications protocols and modulation methods, information theory, antennas and transmission lines, receivers, transmitters, radio system design, and how to successfully implement a short-range wireless system. All material has been carefully updated and revised to make it as technically up-to-the-minute as possible.

You’ll also find coverage of Bluetooth, “Wi-Fi” and related 802.11 variants, digital modulation methods, and other essential information for planning and designing short-range wireless hardware and networks.

This new edition will, like the first edition, be an invaluable reference for engineers and technical professionals who design, support, market, and maintain short-range wireless communications systems.

• No other book contains EVERYTHING pertaining to short-range wireless design
• Covers all the hot topics like 802.11, Zigbee, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

RF and wireless engineers, computer, network, and manufacturing automation engineers who need to incorporate wireless capabilities into their designs, technicians, engineering managers, and educators

Chapter 1: Introduction
1.1 Historical Perspective
1.2 Reasons for the Spread of Wireless Applications
1.3 Characteristics of Short-range Radio
1.4 Elements of Wireless Communication Systems
1.5 Summary

Chapter 2: Radio Propagation
2.1 Mechanisms of Radio Wave Propagation
2.2 Open Field Propagation
2.3 Diffraction
2.4 Scattering
2.5 Path Loss
2.6 Multipath Phenomena
2.7 Flat Fading
2.8 Diversity Techniques
2.9 Noise
2.10 Summary
Appendix 2-A
Maxwell’s Equations

Chapter 3: Antennas and Transmission Lines
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Antenna Characteristics
3.3 Types of Antennas
3.4 Impedance Matching
3.5 Measuring Techniques
3.6 Summary

Chapter 4: Communication Protocols and Modulation
4.1 Baseband Data Format and Protocol
4.2 Baseband Coding
4.3 RF Frequency and Bandwidth
4.4 Modulation
4.5 RFID
4.6 Summary

Chapter 5: Transmitters
5.1 RF Source
5.2 Modulation
5.3 Amplifiers
5.4 Filtering
5.5 Antenna
5.6 Summary

Chapter 6: Receivers
6.1 Tuned Radio Frequency (TRF)
6.2 Superregenerative Receiver
6.3 Superheterodyne Receiver
6.4 Direct Conversion Receiver
6.5 Digital Receivers
6.6 Repeaters
6.7 Summary

Chapter 7: Radio System Design
7.1 Range
7.2 Sensitivity
7.3 Finding Range from Sensitivity
7.4 Superheterodyne Image and Spurious Response
7.5 Intermodulation Distortion and Dynamic Range
7.6 Demodulation
7.7 Internal Receiver Noise
7.8 Transmitter Design
7.9 Bandwidth
7.10 Antenna Directivity
7.11 The Power Source
7.12 Summary

Chapter 8: System Implementation
8.1 Wireless Modules
8.2 Systems on a Chip
8.3 Large Scale Subsystems
8.4 Summary

Chapter 9: Regulations and Standards
9.1 FCC Regulations
9.2 Test Method for Part 15
9.3 European Radiocommunication Regulations
9.4 The European Union Electromagnetic Compatibility
Requirements
9.5 Standards in the United Kingdom
9.6 Japanese Low Power Standards
9.7 Non-Governmental Standards
Appendix 9-A
Terms and Definitions (FCC Part 2)
Appendix 9-B
Nomenclature for Defining Emission, Modulation and
Transmission (FCC Part 2)
Necessary Bandwidth
Class of Emission
Appendix 9-C
Restricted Frequencies and Field Strength Limits from
Section 15.205 of FCC Rules and Regulations

Chapter 10: Introduction to Information Theory
10.1 Probability
10.2 Information Theory
10.3 Summary

Chapter 11: Applications and Technologies
11.1 Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN)
11.2 Bluetooth
11.3 Zigbee
11.4 Conflict and Compatibility
11.5 Ultra-wideband Technology
11.6 Summary
Abbreviations