Wireless communications(new)WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS Andrea Goldsmith Stanford University The possession of knowledge does not kill the sense of wonder and mystery. Ana¨ s Nin Copyright c 2005 by Cambridge University Press. This material is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Contents 1 Overview of Wireless Communications 1.1 History of Wireless Communications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Wireless Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Technical Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Current Wireless Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4.1 Cellular Telephone Systems . . . . . . . . ……