We study the wave equation for the gravitational fluctuations in the Randall–Sundrum brane cosmology model. We solve the global Cauchy problem and we establish that the solutions are the sum of a slowly decaying massless wave localized near the brane, and a superposition of massive dispersive waves. We compute the kernel of the truncated resolvent. We prove some L1-L∞, L2-L∞ decay estimates and global Lp Strichartz type inequalities. We develop the complete scattering theory: existence and asymptotic completeness of the wave operators, computation of the scattering matrix, determination of the resonances on the logarithmic Riemann surface.