ISA TR100.00.01 : 2006

1 Scope and Purpose
2 Free space communications basics
  2.1 Elements of a radio link
  2.2 Noise and interference in radio systems
  2.3 The effect of noise on radio link performance
  2.4 System gain and link budget
  2.5 The effect of bit rate on radio link performance
  2.6 Spread spectrum technologies
  2.7 Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  2.8 Signal coding to mitigate bit errors
  2.9 Diversity, equalisation and other advanced techniques
3 Radio propagation
  3.1 RF power
  3.2 Receiver sensitivity
  3.3 Frequency
  3.4 The radio path
  3.5 Antennas
  3.6 Coaxial cables and connectors
  3.7 The effect of gain and loss
4 Spectrum sharing in the ISM bands
  4.1 Introduction
  4.2 Coexistence, interoperability and interworking
  4.3 Spectrum coordination - "legislated coexistence"
  4.4 Services in the regulated spectrum bands
  4.5 Assessing the threat of interference
  4.6 The near-far problem in the ISM bands
  4.7 Interference in direct sequence spread spectrum radios
  4.8 Interference in frequency-hopping systems
  4.9 Summary and conclusions
Annex A - Glossary
Annex B - Bibliography and References

Gives a general tutorial on the basic principles of radio communications, and then discusses the performance of spread spectrum radio systems in the presence of interference from other ISM band users and non-ideal propagation conditions, such as may be expected in the industrial plant environment.