Millimeter Wave Wireless Communications

Preface

When the cellular telephone revolution began in the 1970s, it was hard to imagine how wireless communication would become such a fundamental part of today’s world. Indeed, the Internet had not yet been invented, personal computers did not exist, and long-distance data communication was carried out over landline phones using analog audio modems with data rates no greater than 300 bits per second. The launch of the commercial cellular telephone industry gave birth to unprecedented freedom and functionality, the wireless age was born, and tetherless communications captured the hearts and minds of a new generation of engineers and technologists, and most importantly, the public. As the computer and Internet revolutions sprang forward in the ...