This book examines several facets of digital communications theory and practice. In addition to introducing signal processing, modulation, and coding techniques that are employed in digital communication systems, it will also simulate and research the impact of channel impairments...

Using digital communication systems as the medium, this book serves as an introduction to a number of important concepts in electrical engineering and computer science.

The key outcomes of digital communication are derived from the first principles in this simple yet thorough introduction, and the engineering approaches are motivated more by theory than by industry requirements. This book is perfect for graduate classes and...

Graduate students taking a one-semester course on the fundamental system features of digital communication will benefit from the lucid writing style of famous communications theorist Robert Gallager.