Modern Communications
Modern Communications
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Designed for a single-semester course, this concise and approachable text covers all of the essential concepts needed to understand modern communications systems. Balancing theory with practical implementation, it presents key ideas as a chain of functions for a transmitter and receiver, covering topics such as amplification, up- and down-conversion, modulation, dispersive channel compensation, error-correcting codes, acquisition, multiple-antenna and multiple-input multiple-output antenna techniques, and higher level communications functions. Analog modulations are also presented, and all of the basic and advanced mathematics, statistics, and Fourier theory needed to understand the concepts covered is included. Supported online with PowerPoint slides, a solutions manual, and additional MATLAB-based simulation problems, it is ideal for a first course in communications for senior undergraduate and graduate students.
- Concise and approachable, covering the essential topics needed for a single semester class, such as systems concepts, basic theory, algorithms, hardware concepts, waveform design
- Organized on the basis of functional transmitter-receiver chains so that students build their understanding in a practically useful, system-based order
- Supported online with PowerPoint slides, a solutions manual, and additional MATLAB-based simulation problems
Reviews & endorsements
'… strikes an elegant balance between fundamental concepts, their applications, and the depth of explanation. It's the kind of book that you want to hand to all beginners in wireless.' Ashutosh Sabharwal, Rice University
'… an ideal introduction to modern communications systems. Theoretical principles and practical considerations are presented in an integrated fashion, and the material is introduced in an intuitive manner with a logical progression of ideas, making this the perfect text for a beginner with an interest in pursuing serious study of modern communications systems. This book should be on the required or recommended text list of all introductory communications courses!' Siddhartan Govindasamy, Boston College
Product details
October 2021Hardback
9781108833431
288 pages
250 × 175 × 17 mm
0.69kg
150 b/w illus.
Available
Table of Contents
- Preface
- Part I. Communications Systems:
- 1. Notation
- 2. Basic radio
- 3. Fundamental limits on communications
- 4. Amplifiers and noise
- 5. Up- and down-conversion
- 6. Modulation and demodulation
- 7. Dispersive channels
- 8. Error-correcting codes
- 9. Acquisition and synchronization
- 10. Radio duplex, access, and networks
- 11. Multiple-antenna and multiple-Input multiple-output communications
- 12. Analog radio systems
- Part II. Mathematical Background:
- 13. Useful mathematics
- 14. Probability and statistics
- 15. Fourier analysis
- References
- Index.
