'This is an excellent textbook for students, communications engineers, and researchers alike. Based on many years' teaching experience, it includes detailed and illustrative examples that help students understand the fundamentals of digital communications. Professor Stark explains the trade-offs of different key parameters in digital communications, and covers state-of-the-art technologies such as LDPC codes. Each chapter contains clear goals, summaries, and useful exercises.' Xiang-Gen Xia, University of Delaware
Contents; Preface; Acknowledgement; List of abbreviations; 1. Fundamentals of digital communications; 2. Modulation and demodulation; 3. Probability, random variables, random processes, signal bandwidth; 4. Error probability for binary signals; 5. Optimal receivers for M-ary communication; 6. Modulation techniques; 7. Wireless channels and transmission techniques; 8. Block codes; 9. Convolutional codes; Appendix A. Pseudorandom sequences; Appendix B. Trigonometric and fourier transform iIdentities; Appendix C. Finite fields and BCH codes; Appendix D. Simulation of signals and noise; References; Index.