Fading and Shadowing in Wireless Systems, 2nd edition

Fading and Shadowing in Wireless Systems book offers a comprehensive overview of fading and shadowing in wireless channels. 

A number of statistical models including simple, hybrid, compound, and cascaded models are presented, along with a detailed discussion of diversity techniques employed to mitigate the effects of fading and shadowing. The effects of co-channel interference before and after the implementation of diversity are also analyzed. To facilitate easy understanding of the models and the analysis, the background on probability and random variables is presented with relevant derivations of densities of the sums, products, and ratios, as well as order statistics of random variables. The book also provides material on digital modems of interest in wireless systems. 

The updated edition expands the background materials on probability by offering sections on Laplace and Mellin transforms, parameter estimation, statistical testing, and receiver operating characteristics. Newer models for fading, shadowing, and shadowed fading are included, along with the analysis of diversity-combining algorithms. In addition, this edition contains a new chapter on cognitive radio.  

Based on the response from readers of the first edition, detailed MATLAB scripts used in the preparation of this edition are provided, some of which include functions from Symbolic Math Toolbox.