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RF (radio frequency) and wireless technologies drive communication today. This technology and its applications enable wireless phones, portable device roaming, and short-range industrial and commercial application communication such as the supply chain management wonder, RFID. Up-to-date information regarding software defined RF, using frequencies smarter, and, using more of the spectrum, with ultrawideband technology is detailed.

Chapter 1: Survey of RF and Wireless Technology

Chapter 2: Communications Protocols and Modulation

Chapter 3: Transmitters

Chapter 4: Receivers

Chapter 5: Radio Propagation

Chapter 6: Antenna Fundamentals I

Chapter 7: Antenna Fundamentals II.

Chapter 8: Basics of Wireless Local Area Networks

Chapter 9: Outdoor Networks.

Chapter 10: Voice Over Wi-Fi and Other Wireless Technologies

Chapter 11: Security in Wireless Local Area Networks

Chapter 12: System Planning

Chapter 13: System Implementation, Testing, and Optimization

Chapter 14: Next Generation Wireless Networks

Chapter 15: Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Chapter 16: Wireless Sensor Networks

Chapter 17: Reliable Wireless Networks for Industrial Networks

Chapter 18: Software-Defined Radio

Chapter 19: The Basics of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) Technology

Chapter 20: UWB Spectrum and Regulation

Chapter 21: Interference and Coexistence

Chapter 22: Direct Sequence UWB

Chapter 23: "Multiband Approach to UWB

Chapter 24: History and Background of Cognitive Radio

Chapter 25: The Software Defined Radio as a Platform for Cognitive Radio

Chapter 26: Cognitive Radio: The Technologies

Chapter 27: Spectrum Awareness

Chapter 28: Direct Sequence and Frequency Hopping Spread Spectrum

Chapter 29: RF Power Amplifiers

Chapter 30: Phase Locked Loop Techniques in Modern Communications Systems

Chapter 31 Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

*A 360 degree view from best-selling authors including Roberto Aiello, Bruce Fette, and Praphul Chandra

*Hot topics covered including ultrawideband and cognitive radio technologies

*The ultimate hard-working desk reference: all the essential information, techniques, and tricks of the trade in one volume