Radio System Design for Telecommunications

ROGER L. FREEMAN is founder and principal of Roger Freeman Associates, independent consultants in telecommunications, specializing in system engineering in Hispanic America. In the course of over 45 years of experience in telecommunications operations, maintenance, and engineering, he has served as principal engineer for advanced system planning at Raytheon Company, technical manager for ITT Marine Europe, and regional planning expert for the International Telecommunications Union (ITU), among other positions. In addition to the previous edition of Radio System Design for Telecommunications, Mr. Freeman has written four other books on the subject of telecommunications engineering: Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering, Second Edition; Telecommunication System Engineering, Third Edition; Practical Data Communications; and Telecommunication Transmission Handbook, Third Edition, all published by Wiley. A senior life member of the IEEE, Roger Freeman has lectured at numerous professional conferences and published widely in international telecommunications journals.

Radio Propagation.; Line--of--Sight Microwave Radiolinks.; Digital Line--of--Sight Microwave Radiolinks.; Forward Error Correction and Advanced Digital Waveforms.; Over--the--Horizon Radiolinks.; Basic Principles of Satellite Communications.; Digital Communications by Satellite.; Very Small Aperture Terminals.; Radio System Design Above 10 GHz.; Mobile Communications: Cellular Radio and Personal Communication Services.; High Frequency (HF) Transmission Links.; Meteor Burst Communication.; Interference Issues in Radio Communications.; Radio Terminal Design Considerations.; Appendices.; Index.