Advanced Technologies and Wireless Networks Beyond 4G

Wireless systems beyond 4G, examined from the physical layer up

Advanced Technologies and Wireless Networks Beyond 4G is a technical Wiley title that looks carefully at how modern wireless networks behave, perform, and are engineered. Rather than stopping at broad 5G buzzwords, it spends its energy on the underlying propagation, capacity, polarization, positioning, and multibeam/MIMO questions that determine whether a network actually works in the field.

The book begins with a historical sweep from 2G through 4G, then moves into the engineering core: link budget design, path-loss prediction, depolarization, subscriber localization, and integrated cell structures such as femto-, pico-, micro-, and macrocell deployments. Later chapters extend the discussion to multicarrier diversity, adaptive antennas, LTE releases, and satellite communication networks.

What the book focuses on

• Terrestrial wireless systems and their propagation characteristics
• Physical-layer analysis for land-to-land and land-to-atmosphere links
• Polarization diversity and path-loss modeling
• Positioning and localization in complex built-up environments
• Integrated small-cell and macrocell network design
• MIMO, OFDM/OFDMA, and adaptive multibeam antenna techniques
• Land–satellite communication models and performance prediction

Who it will suit

This is a book for readers who want a serious engineering treatment of wireless systems: students, instructors, researchers, and practicing communications engineers. Its strengths lie in the way it links statistical modeling to practical network scenarios, especially in dense urban or mixed terrestrial-satellite settings.

A focused reference for network analysis

If you are looking for a broad overview of wireless networking, this title is more exacting than introductory survey books. If you want a structured, technical discussion of the mechanisms behind advanced wireless performance, it offers a substantial and highly focused reading experience.