CAD of Microstrip Antennas for Wireless Applications

The primary goal of this book is to present the salient aspects of antenna principles and technology and relate these to wireless communications applications. It is written from a unique perspective, containing a mix of topics - theory, design and applications of outdoor and indoor antennas adopted in modern wireless communication systems. The authors cover the descriptions of these antennas along with the underlying principles and present the associated design perspectives based on relevant electromagnetic theory and radiation mechanisms. The scope of the book includes industry-oriented research, design and development aspects of wireless antennas. It is also suitable as a course text for students at post- and undergraduate levels....

Compact microstrip antennas are of great importance in meeting the miniaturization requirements of modern portable communications equipmentThis book is a comprehensive treatment of design techniques and test data for current compact and broadband microstrip designsSummarizes the work of the author and his graduate students who have published over 80 refereed journal articles on the subject in the past few yearsAdvanced designs reported by various other prestigious antenna designers are incorporated as well...

Focusing on an important and complicated topic in wireless network design, Wireless Quality of Service: Techniques, Standards, and Applications systematically addresses the quality-of-service (QoS) issues found in many types of popular wireless networks. In each chapter, the book presents numerous QoS challenges encountered in real-world applications and delineates ways to overcome these obstacles. Some of the challenges explored are performance impairments in WLAN hotspots, video streaming applications, and broadband wireless access. The techniques and mechanisms covered to tackle these problems include medium access and call admission control techniques, a parameter tuning algorithm, the QoS-enabling features of IEEE 802.11e, a Markov chain model, ...