1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910451043503321

Autore

El Zooghby Ahmed

Titolo

Smart antenna engineering / / Ahmed El Zooghby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : Artech House, , ©2005

[Piscataqay, New Jersey] : , : IEEE Xplore, , [2005]

ISBN

1-59693-068-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (347 p.)

Collana

Mobile communications series

Disciplina

621.382/4

Soggetti

Adaptive antennas

Software radio

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Smart Antenna Engineering; Contents v; Preface xiii; Acknowledgments xvii; 1 Introduction 1; 2 Multiple Access Techniques for 2G and 3G Systems 13; 3 Spatial Channel Modeling 61; 4 Fixed Beam Smart Antenna Systems 83; 5 Adaptive Array Systems 117; 6 Smart Antenna Receivers and Algorithms for Radio Base Stations 159; 7 Coverage and Capacity Improvements in 3G Networks 191; 8 Smart Antennas System Aspects 231; 9 Mobile Stations' Smart Antennas 265; 10 MIMO Systems 289; List of Acronyms 305; About the Author 311; Index 313

Sommario/riassunto

Whether you are designing for systems based on 2G, 3G, or advanced MIMO technology, you can find the solution you need with this comprehensive reference on applying smart antennas in wireless and mobile communications. The book provides you with a simple yet powerful design methodology that enables you to select the smart antenna approach most suitable for a particular application. Moreover, it offers guidance in designing the appropriate uplink and downlink beamforming algorithms.



2.

Record Nr.

UNISA996247994803316

Autore

Aslanian Sebouh David

Titolo

From the Indian Ocean to the Mediterranean [[electronic resource] ] : the global trade networks of Armenian merchants from New Julfa / / by Sebouh David Aslanian

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010

ISBN

1-283-27731-X

9786613277312

0-520-94757-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (389 p.)

Collana

The California world history library ; ; 17

Disciplina

382.089/9199205595

Soggetti

Merchants - Armenia - History

Electronic books.

Julfa (Iṣfahān, Iran) Commerce History Sources

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Note on Transliteration -- 1. From Trade Diasporas to Circulation Societies -- 2. Old Julfa, the Great Deportations, and the Founding of New Julfa -- 3. The Julfan Trade Network I: The World of the Indian Ocean -- 4. The Julfan Trade Network II: The Mediterranean, Northwestern European, and Russian Networks -- 5. "The salt in a merchant's letter": Business Correspondence and the Courier System -- 6. The Circulation of Men and Credit:The Commenda and the Family Firm -- 7. Trust, Social Capital, and Networks: Informal and Semiformal Institutions at Work -- 8. The Center Cannot Hold: The Decline and Collapse of the Julfan Trade Network215 -- 9. Conclusion: Comparative Thoughts on Julfan Armenians, Multani Indians, and Sephardic Jews -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on a rich trove of documents, including correspondence not seen for 300 years, this study explores the emergence and growth of a remarkable global trade network operated by Armenian silk merchants from a small outpost in the Persian Empire. Based in New Julfa, Isfahan, in what is now Iran, these merchants operated a network of commercial



settlements that stretched from London and Amsterdam to Manila and Acapulco. The New Julfan Armenians were the only Eurasian community that was able to operate simultaneously and successfully in all the major empires of the early modern world-both land-based Asian empires and the emerging sea-borne empires-astonishingly without the benefits of an imperial network and state that accompanied and facilitated European mercantile expansion during the same period. This book brings to light for the first time the trans-imperial cosmopolitan world of the New Julfans. Among other topics, it explores the effects of long distance trade on the organization of community life, the ethos of trust and cooperation that existed among merchants, and the importance of information networks and communication in the operation of early modern mercantile communities.