This user-friendly and highly readable book presents the basic and intermediate level treatment of modern digital and analog communication systems. The basics of communication systems without using probabilistic concepts are introduced first. With this solid base, the students are ready to master the probabilistic concepts introduced in later ...
This book offers an introduction to the analysis and design of digital communication systems. Updated with a discussion of modern technological advances, it provides detailed coverage of digital modulation and demodulation techniques, channel coding and decoding, source coding, spread spectrum signals, channel equalization, multiuser ...
In this title, the author examines the startling implications of the digital revolution and how it is transforming the way we live. His belief is that all forms of media--text, voice, and video--are changing the fundamental way in which we view information. In the future he predicts that the real gap in society will not be economic, but between ...
This executive-level strategic guide tells how to integrate technological solutions into all aspects of an organization--no matter how nontechnical the industry--and outlines how to profit from emerging technologies. By first illustrating how existing technology can improve business processes, this practical and inspirational book then encourages ...
This book develops a solid understanding of the general principles that govern all communications systems. Topics include traditional analog communication techniques such as AM and FM, modern digital systems, radar, wireless, networking, consumer communications systems, and many other areas. Practical applications are stressed with an emphasis on ...
This is the number 1 best-selling book on digital audio engineering. This definitive text provides comprehensive coverage of today's leading digital audio technologies as well as a thorough survey of fundamentals and theory. Written by well-known audio engineering expert and best-selling author Ken Pohlmann, four previous editions have been valued ...
The CD-ROM includes: PUFF RF/Microwave circuit simulation software; Sonnet Lite electromagnetic simulation software; National's PLL Design Program; and, Agilent's AppCad circuit design program. Design an entire radio system from the ground up instead of relying on a simple plug-in selection of circuits to be modified. Avoid an arduous trek through ...
With a unique focus on technology and the Internet, Electronic Media: Then, Now, Later keeps students abreast of emerging changes in the broadcasting field today. This text provides students with the information they need to understand past, present and future trends in the broadcasting industry by using a unique "See it Then, See it Now, See it ...
Over the coming years more stations will switch to DTV transmitters, cable programmers will begin to offer wide-screen and HDTV signals via satellite, cable systems will begin to deliver digital television programming to homes, and non-broadcast applications from Digital Cinema to corporate presentations will explore ways these technoligies can ...
Exploring how digital and data communications interface with modern electronic communications sytems, this book extends electronic communications concepts to cover such topics as optical fibre links, microwave and satellite systems. Each concept addressed is supported through concrete examples. The work provides a broadened view of advancements in ...
Bill Gates draws on his own experiences as chairman of Microsoft and offers his best insights into how companies can become successful. He advocates that companies develop what he calls "digital nervous systems"--a way of using computers to maximize the flow of information for profit, and provides examples from companies he thinks have done things ...
This exciting revision of "Communication Systems", a classic text in the communications field, presents an introduction to electrical communication systems, including analysis methods, design principles, and hardware considerations. The fourth edition has been completely updated to reflect current technology in this ever-evolving field. This ...
Comprehensive coverage of serial communications for all intermediate and advanced C programmers. This new edition provides a new perspective on incorporating serial communications with C.
If you really need to understand telecommunications, you must own a copy of "Telecommunications and Data Communications Handbook" by Ray Horak. A well-researched and comprehensive survey of telecom and datacom technologies and services, from the most basic to the most complex, the book begins with basic concepts and definitions and marches through ...
For courses in Digital Communications. Provides a comprehensive and in-depth introduction to the theory and design of digital communications systems. *A broad perspective *Presents a wide range of discussion topics. *Gives students the broad perspective of digital communications. *Unifying notation and review - Chapter 2. *Provided for ...
This text provides a broad introduction to basic analog and digital principles and their application to the design and analysis of real-world communication systems. It provides students with a working knowledge of how to use both classical mathematical and personal computer methods to analyze, design, and simulate modern communication systems. ...
This fully updated edition of the classic reference in its field keeps professionals current with the latest technology and techniques in transmission of digital signals. Unlike other references on the subject, this volume is written specifically for engineers and focuses on practical systems and their application in actual design and ...
The networks that comprise cyberspace were originally created at the behest of government agencies, military contractors and allied educational institutions. However, recently a growing number of these networks began to serve primarily corporate users. Under the sway of an expansionary market logic, the Internet began a political-economic ...
This introduction to digital data transmission, modulation, and error correction coding, together with the underlying communication and information theory is an all inclusive text suitable for all those connected with Mechanical Engineering or Computer Science. Equal emphasis is given to underlying mathematical theory and engineering practice. Not ...
Providing a thorough treatment of analog and digital communication systems for undergraduate/graduate courses, the new edition of this text places greater emphasis upon digital communications, improves treatment of noise in systems, adds practical design considerations and case studies, and includes some computer simulation material. The book ...
In this volume the authors argue that, contrary to Donald Norman's famous dictim, we do not always want our computers to be invisible "information appliances". They say that a computer does not feel like a toaster or a vacuum cleaner; it feels like a medium that is now taking its place beside other media like printing, film, radio and television. ...
Offering comprehensive, up-to-date coverage on the principles of digital communications, this book focuses on basic issues, relating theory to practice wherever possible. Numerous examples, worked out in detail, have been included to help the reader develop an intuitive grasp of the theory. Topics covered include the sampling process, digital ...
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