Roger L. Freeman is founder and Principal of Roger Freeman Associates, independent consultants in telecommunications, specializing in systems engineering in the United States, Canada, and Hispanic America. In the course of over forty-five years' experience in telecommunications operations, maintenance, and engineering, he has served as principal engineer for advanced system planning at the 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, Mr. Freeman has written six other popular books on various aspects of telecommunications engineering: Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering, Third Edition; Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications; Telecommunication System Engineering, Fourth Edition; Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition; Practical Data Communications, Second Edition; and Telecommunications Transmission Handbook, Fourth Edition, all published by Wiley. A senior life member of the IEEE, Mr. Freeman has lectured at numerous professional conferences and published widely in international telecommunication journals.

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• Preface. Chapter 1. Radio Propagation.Chapter 2. Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 3. Digital Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 4. Forward Error Correction and Advanced Digital Waveforms.Chapter 5. Over-the-Horizon Radiolinks.Chapter 6. Basic Principles of Satellite Communications.Chapter 7. Digital Communications by Satellite.Chapter 8. Very Small Aperture Terminals.Chapter 9. Radio System Design Above 10 GHz.Chapter 10. Mobile Communications: Cellular Radio and Personal Communication Services.Chapter 11. Wireless LANs.Chapter 12. High-Frequency (HF) Transmission Links.Chapter 13. Meteor Burst Communication.Chapter 14. Interference Issues in Radio Communications.Chapter 15. Radio Terminal Design Considerations.Appendix 1: Availability of a line-of-Sight Microwave Link.Appendix 2: References Fields and Theoretical References; Converting RF Field Strength to Power.Appendix 3: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations.Index.

Roger L. Freeman is founder and Principal of Roger Freeman Associates, independent consultants in telecommunications, specializing in systems engineering in the United States, Canada, and Hispanic America. In the course of over forty-five years' experience in telecommunications operations, maintenance, and engineering, he has served as principal engineer for advanced system planning at the 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, Mr. Freeman has written six other popular books on various aspects of telecommunications engineering: Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering, Third Edition; Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications; Telecommunication System Engineering, Fourth Edition; Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition; Practical Data Communications, Second Edition; and Telecommunications Transmission Handbook, Fourth Edition, all published by Wiley. A senior life member of the IEEE, Mr. Freeman has lectured at numerous professional conferences and published widely in international telecommunication journals.

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• Preface. Chapter 1. Radio Propagation.Chapter 2. Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 3. Digital Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 4. Forward Error Correction and Advanced Digital Waveforms.Chapter 5. Over-the-Horizon Radiolinks.Chapter 6. Basic Principles of Satellite Communications.Chapter 7. Digital Communications by Satellite.Chapter 8. Very Small Aperture Terminals.Chapter 9. Radio System Design Above 10 GHz.Chapter 10. Mobile Communications: Cellular Radio and Personal Communication Services.Chapter 11. Wireless LANs.Chapter 12. High-Frequency (HF) Transmission Links.Chapter 13. Meteor Burst Communication.Chapter 14. Interference Issues in Radio Communications.Chapter 15. Radio Terminal Design Considerations.Appendix 1: Availability of a line-of-Sight Microwave Link.Appendix 2: References Fields and Theoretical References; Converting RF Field Strength to Power.Appendix 3: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations.Index.

Roger L. Freeman is founder and Principal of Roger Freeman Associates, independent consultants in telecommunications, specializing in systems engineering in the United States, Canada, and Hispanic America. In the course of over forty-five years' experience in telecommunications operations, maintenance, and engineering, he has served as principal engineer for advanced system planning at the 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, Mr. Freeman has written six other popular books on various aspects of telecommunications engineering: Reference Manual for Telecommunications Engineering, Third Edition; Fiber-Optic Systems for Telecommunications; Telecommunication System Engineering, Fourth Edition; Fundamentals of Telecommunications, Second Edition; Practical Data Communications, Second Edition; and Telecommunications Transmission Handbook, Fourth Edition, all published by Wiley. A senior life member of the IEEE, Mr. Freeman has lectured at numerous professional conferences and published widely in international telecommunication journals.

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• Preface. Chapter 1. Radio Propagation.Chapter 2. Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 3. Digital Line-of-Sight Microwave Radiolinks.Chapter 4. Forward Error Correction and Advanced Digital Waveforms.Chapter 5. Over-the-Horizon Radiolinks.Chapter 6. Basic Principles of Satellite Communications.Chapter 7. Digital Communications by Satellite.Chapter 8. Very Small Aperture Terminals.Chapter 9. Radio System Design Above 10 GHz.Chapter 10. Mobile Communications: Cellular Radio and Personal Communication Services.Chapter 11. Wireless LANs.Chapter 12. High-Frequency (HF) Transmission Links.Chapter 13. Meteor Burst Communication.Chapter 14. Interference Issues in Radio Communications.Chapter 15. Radio Terminal Design Considerations.Appendix 1: Availability of a line-of-Sight Microwave Link.Appendix 2: References Fields and Theoretical References; Converting RF Field Strength to Power.Appendix 3: Glossary of Acronyms and Abbreviations.Index.