Wireless Communications Illustrated Edition

In my opinion, its one of the classical text on wireless communications for master's students. Arrived on time, in excellent condition with no missing pages.

I’ve always liked this book the best for wireless communications! A must have for any graduate student!

The book is a good companion to Professor Goldsmith's video lectures that were available on the internet (Class X and Calit2). The format of her classes and book is more like a survey of important wireless concepts.Some reviewers complained this book do not have enough mathematical rigor. This maybe true from the perspective of a communications engineer (with formal and lengthy academic training in digital communications, information theory, stochastic process etc.) For everyone else the depth and breadth of this book is just right as an introduction to wireless concepts.

It's just like a new one even though I bought it as second handed!

This is one of the best books for Telecom Engineers. It is one of the books that will help me on my Ph.D. thesis.

Gostei da abordagem. O livro é muito bom e a sequência dos conteúdos permite várias opções de leitura e estudo.

The only use that I can think of for this book is as a survey course. It covers a very wide range of topics in the field of wireless communications, but there is no depth to it at all. The author's approach is to give a brief description of what the subject at hand is and then present the "final result" equation. All of the in-between material that actually teaches you what is going on is missing. I am halfway through a graduate level course using this book and I am sick to death of reading "if you want to know where this equation came from, then buy these other books and read these other three papers." I'm sorry, but that is what your book is supposed to do. I understand that covering this many topics means you aren't going to hit every gritty detail. But you should be able to lead me to the "final result" in such a way that I understood how you got there and actually learn the material. The only use for this book is if you are dealing with one of the specific scenarios it uses and want quick access to the equation that you need for it. If you have a general or derivative case then good luck. This book will not help you get there.

As other reviewers have mentioned, this book covers a wide range of topics in modern-day wireless systems design. It provides a concise overview of various subjects, but it is lacking in depth. Nonetheless, there are some aspects of this book that I liked. In particular, I think the chapter on adaptive modulation was insightful in making the connection between information theory and classic communications theory.Here is my opinion on how it compares to other textbooks in the wireless field:I worked previously in the wireless industry and more often than not, I found myself consulting Tse and Viswanath's Fundamentals of Wireless Communications, which is a more abstract textbook since it requires a deeper appreciation of linear algebra and real analysis. The discussion of MIMO in that textbook is more rigorous than in Goldsmith's book. I would highly recommend Tse and Viaswanath's book to you if you are working in wireless systems design.Andreas Mollisch's, Wireless Communications book is comparable to Goldsmith's books in terms of topic coverage. It is more mathematic than Goldsmith's book, but it does an excellent job in relating abstract communications theory concepts to wireless standards.Thus, Goldsmith's book is useful if you want to get a feel for the various fundamentals of wireless communications. However, as other reviewers have pointed out, it lacks the depth required for modern wireless systems design. In all fairness, the textbook was written in 2005 and since then, the wireless communications field has changed significantly.