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Contents
ABOUT THIS BOOK
- Core Contributors
- Support
- Authors and editors of earlier versions of the book
INTRODUCTION
- The country of Aipotu
- Purpose of this book
- Fitting wireless into your existing network
- How this book is organized
PHYSICS
1. RADIO PHYSICS
- What is a wave?
- Electromagnetic forces
- Symbols of the international system of units
- Phase
- Polarization
- The electromagnetic spectrum
- Bandwidth
- Frequencies and channels
- Behaviour of radio waves
- The Huygens Principle
- Absorption
- Reflection
- Diffraction
- Interference
- Line of sight
- Understanding the Fresnel zone
- Power
- Physics in the real world
2. TELECOMMUNICATIONS BASICS
- Modulation
- Multiplexing and duplexing
- Conclusions
