The wireless revolution

@article{Rappaport1991TheWR,  title={The wireless revolution},  author={Theodore Ted S. Rappaport},  journal={IEEE Communications Magazine},  year={1991},  volume={29},  pages={52-71},  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:46573735}}
Current demand for and recent developments in wireless communication are described. Funding for wireless worldwide is examined. Tools and techniques used to characterize radio propagation are…

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