Microwave Filters for Communication Systems: Fundamentals, Design and Applications

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

PREFACE

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1 RADIO FREQUENCY (RF) FILTER NETWORKS FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS—THE SYSTEM PERSPECTIVE

Part I Introduction to a Communication System, Radio Spectrum, and Information

1.1 Model of a Communication System

1.1.1 Building Blocks of a Communication System

1.2 Radio Spectrum and its Utilization

1.2.1 Radio Propagation at Microwave Frequencies

1.2.2 Radio Spectrum as a Natural Resource

1.3 Concept of Information

1.4 Communication Channel and Link Budgets

1.4.1 Signal Power in a Communication Link

1.4.2 Transmit and Receive Antennas

Part II Noise in a Communication Channel

1.5 Noise in Communication Systems

1.5.1 Adjacent Copolarized Channel Interference

1.5.2 Adjacent Cross-Polarized Channel Interference

1.5.3 Multipath Interference

1.5.4 Thermal Noise

1.5.5 Noise in Cascaded Networks

1.5.6 Intermodulation (IM) Noise

1.5.7 Distortion Due to Channel Imperfections

1.5.8 RF Link Design

1.6 Modulation–Demodulation Schemes in a Communication System

1.6.1 Amplitude Modulation

1.6.2 Formation of a Baseband Signal

1.6.3 Angle-Modulated Signals

1.6.4 Comparison of FM and AM Systems

1.7 Digital Transmission

1.7.1 Sampling

1.7.2 Quantization

1.7.3 PCM Systems

1.7.4 Quantization Noise in PCM Systems

1.7.5 Error Rates in Binary Transmission

1.7.6 Digital Modulation and Demodulation Schemes

1.7.7 Advanced Modulation Schemes

1.7.8 Quality of Service and S/N Ratio

Part III Impact of System Design on the Requirements of Filter Networks

1.8 Communication Channels ...