Principles of Communications: System Modulation and Noise

This updated and revised edition offers a broad yet rigorous introduction to communication theory. The book contains an excellent account of noise effects in analog and digital communication systems followed by introductory treatments of detection, estimation, information and coding theory. · Signal and Linear System Analysis · Basic Modulation Techniques · Overview of Probability and Random Variables · Random Signals and Noise · Noise in Modulation Systems · Binary Data Transmission · Advanced Data Communications Topics · Optimum Receivers and Signal-Space Concepts · Information Theory and Coding