Unparalleled approach concentrates on the nature of the radio channel, a vital and central feature that places fundamental limitations on the performance of radio systems. Bringing readers fully up-to-date, this book: * Features two new chapters: 'Multipath Mitigation Techniques' and 'Radio System Planning' * Surveys various alternative methods of predicting the signal strength of the mean and variability, and discuss its application * Introducing a ray-tracing methods in connection with indoor propagation * Discussing the multipath and its effects on narrowband and wideband systems * Describes Channel sounders and reviews methods of hardware and software simulation * Checking the man-made noise and interference, and discuss the resulting decrease in performance By completing the reader with a thorough understanding of the physical processes underlying the propagation of radio waves, systematic approach will prove to be authoritative and attractive text for researchers, system designers, university academics and postgraduate students.