Chapter 2Wireless Transmission Fundamentals

DOI: 10.1201/9781003222095-2

“The world isn't getting any easier. With all these new inventions I believe that people are hurried more and pushed more. The hurried way is not the right way; you need time for everything - time to work, time to play, time to rest.”

Hedy Lamarr

Wireless Visionary,

Inventor of the frequency hopping spread spectrum technology

2.1 Spectrum and Frequencies

Wireless communication deals with the transmission of electromagnetic waves over an unguided media, like the atmosphere or the outer space. A wireless transmission can use different frequency bands with each having certain ...

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