* One of the first books to provide a systematic description of cognitive radio networks* Written by leading experts in the field* Provides pervasive background knowledge including both wireless communications and wireless networks* Full network stack investigation.

Principles of Communication provides an introduction to the fundamental principles of communications. It systematically presents basic mathematical background for system and signals, analog communication systems, and modern digital communication systems and describes the Principles of Communications theory in an easy-to-understand way. The text covers advanced topics in modern digital communications, especially related to wireless communications, including forward error correcting codes, fading channels, OFDM, and CDMA. This book can serve as the basis of communication system design...