Digital Communications

Part 1 Introduction: elements of a communication system; elements of a digital communication system; communication channels and their characteristics; mathematical models for communication channels; a historical perspective in the development of digital communications; overview of the book. Part 2 Probability and stochastic processes: probability; stochastic processes. Part 3 Source coding: mathematical models for information; a logarithmic measure of information; coding for discrete sources; coding for analogue sources-optimum quantization; coding techniques for analogue sources. Part 4 Characteriztion of communication signals and systems: representation of bandpass signals and systems; signal space representation; representation of digitally modulated signals; spectral characteristics of digitally modulated signals. Part 5 Optimum receivers for the additive white Gaussian noise channel: optimum receiver for signals corrupted by AWGN; performance of the optimum receiver for memoryless modulation; optimum receiver for CPM signals; optimum receiver for signals with random phase in AWGN channel; regenerative repeaters and link budget analysis. Part 6 Carrier and symbol synchronization: signal parameter estimation; carrier phase estimation; symbol timing estimation; joint estimation of carrier phase and symbol timing; performance characteristics of ML estimators. Part 7 Channel models and capacity coding: channel models and channel capacity; random selection of codes; communication system design based on the cutoff rate. Part 8 Block and convolutional channel codes: linear block codes; convolutional codes; coded modulation for bandwidth-constrained channels. Part 9 Signal design for band-limited channels: characterization of band-limited channels; signal design for band-limited channels; probability of error in detection of PAM; modulation codes for spectrum shaping. Part 10 Communication through band-limited linear filter channels: optimum receiver for channels with ISI and AWGN; linear equalization; decision-feedback equalization. Part 11 Adapative equalization: adaptive linear equalizer; adaptive decision-feedback equalizer; an adaptive channel estimate for MLSE. (Part contents).

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