This practically-oriented, all-inclusive guide covers all the major enabling techniques for current and next-generation cellular communications and wireless networking systems. Technologies covered include CDMA, OFDM, UWB, turbo and LDPC coding, smart antennas, wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, MIMO, and cognitive radios, providing readers with everything they need to master wireless systems design in a single volume. Uniquely, a detailed introduction to the properties, design, and selection of RF subsystems and antennas is provided, giving readers a clear overview of the whole wireless system. It is also the first textbook to include a complete introduction to speech coders and video coders used in wireless systems. Richly illustrated with over 400 figures, and with a unique emphasis on practical and state-of-the-art techniques in system design, rather than on the mathematical foundations, this book is ideal for graduate students and researchers in wireless communications, as well as for wireless and telecom engineers.

Ke-Lin Du is currently a researcher in the Center for Signal Processing and Communications at Concordia University, Canada. Prior to joining Concordia University in 2001, he held positions with Huawei Technologies, the China Academy of Telecommunication Technology, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He visited the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in 2008. His current research interests include signal processing, wireless communications, RF systems, and neural networks. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
M. N. S. Swamy is currently a Director of the Center for Signal Processing and Communications in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Concordia University, where he was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science from 1977 to 1993. He has published extensively in the areas of circuits, systems, and signal processing, co-authoring four books. Professor Swamy is a Fellow of the IEEE, IET (UK), and EIC (Canada), and has received many IEEE-CAS awards, including the Guillemin-Cauer award in 1986, as well as the Education Award and the Golden Jubilee Medal, both in 2000.