Digital Communications

With remarkable clarity Drs. Bernard Sklar and Fred Harris introduce every digital communication technology at the heart of todays wireless and Internet revolutions with completely new chapters on synchronisation OFDM and MIMO. Building on the fields classic best-selling introduction the authors provide a unified structure and context for helping students and professional engineers understand each technology without sacrificing mathematical precision. They illuminate the big picture and details of modulation coding and signal processing tracing signals and processing steps from information source through sink. Throughout readers will find numeric examples step-by-step implementation guidance and diagrams that place key concepts in clear context. Understand signals spectra modulation demodulation detection communication links system link budgets synchronisation fading and other key concepts Apply channel coding techniques including advanced turbo coding and LDPC Explore multiplexing multiple access and spread spectrum concepts and techniques Learn about source coding: amplitude quantising differential PCM and adaptive prediction Discover the essentials and applications of synchronisation OFDM and MIMO technology SamplesPreview sample pages from Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications