Principles
of Communication
Systems Simulation
with Wireless
Applications
William H. Tranter
K. Sam Shanmugan
Theodore S. Rappaport
Kurt L. Kosbar
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Principles of communication systems simulation with wireless applications / William H. Tranter ...[et al.]
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Dedications
To my loving and supportive wife Judy.
William H. Tranter
To my loving wife Radha.
K. Sam Shanmugan
To my loving wife, our children, and my former students.
Theodore S. Rappaport
To my wife and children.
Kurt L. Kosbar
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CONTENTS
PREFACE xvii
Part I Introduction 1
1THEROLEOF SIMULATION 1
1.1 Examples of Complexity 2
1.1.1 The Analytically Tractable System 3
1.1.2 The Analytically Tedious System 5
1.1.3 The Analytically Intractable System 7
1.2 Multidisciplinary Aspects of Simulation 8
1.3 Models 11
1.4 Deterministic and Stochastic Simulations 14
1.4.1 An Example of a Deterministic Simulation 16
1.4.2 An Example of a Stochastic Simulation 17
1.5 The Role of Simulation 19
1.5.1 Link Budget and System-Level Specification Process 20
1.5.2 Implementation and Testing of Key Components 22
1.5.3 Completion of the Hardware Prototype and Validation
of the Simulation Model 22
1.5.4 End-of-Life Predictions 22
1.6 Software Packages for Simulation 23
1.7 A Word of Warning 26
1.8 The Use of MATLAB 27
1.9 Outline of the Book 27
1.10 FurtherReading 28
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