Digital techniques are central to almost all modern telecommunications systems. The third edition of Digital Communications has retained both its comprehensive coverage and its balance between theory, applications and systems implementation. Its main aim is to develop the mathematical theory of signal processing and use this theory to describe modern digital communications.
This text is geared towards students who already have a technical understanding of electrical engineering from their introductory years at university and who wish to focus on digital communications. It covers everything these students will need to know, including modern techniques. It is also suitable for professional engineers.
List of abbreviations
List of principal symbols
Digital communications overview
Part One Signals and systems theory
Random signals and noise
Linear systems
Part Two Digital communications principles
System noise and communications link budgets
Communication systems simulation
Part Three Applications
Mobile and cellular radio
Video transmission and storage
Part Four Networks
Network protocols
Network performance using queueing theory M E Woodward
Baseband transmission and line coding
Decision theory
Optimum filtering for transmission and reception
Information theory source coding and encryption
Error control coding
Bandpass modulation of a carrier signal