Fundamentals of Digital Communications [Book/Software Reviews]
This book provides the fundamentals of and basic design techniques for digital communications in a simple, easy-to-understand format. All the text discussions in the book are very brief and simple, chapters are short, and explanations are direct, providing a good summary of each subject. The text covers all important topics related to digital communications, such as radio beams, satellites, optic fibers, radar, and mobile wireless systems. Geared toward engineering students, the book's 13 chapters include a complete analysis of the structures used for emission or reception technology and provide a complete set of approaches to be used for digital communication design. The text consists of four parts: an introduction to digital communication basics; statistics communication and cover sampling methods, analog-to-digital conversion, quantization error, coding, probability of detection, and Nyquist criteria; digital communications on the carriers' frequency; and various exercises and problems, with each problem followed by a detailed solution, providing a most welcome exercise format for all students. This book is designed for master's level engineering courses, and students would need prerequisite undergraduate courses on basic digital communication.