Fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems

by Tolga M. Duman

Overview

This dynamic textbook provides students with a concise and accessible introduction to the fundamentals of modern digital communications systems. Building from first principles, its comprehensive approach equips students with all of the mathematical tools, theoretical knowledge, and practical understanding they need to excel. It equips students with a strong mathematical foundation spanning signals and systems, probability, random variables, and random processes, and introduces students to key concepts in digital information sources, analog-to-digital conversion, digital modulation, power spectra, multi-carrier modulation, and channel coding. It includes over 85 illustrative examples, and more than 270 theoretical and computational end-of-chapter problems, allowing students to connect theory to practice, and is accompanied by downloadable Matlab code, and a digital solutions manual for instructors. Suitable for a single-semester course, this succinct textbook is an ideal introduction to the field of digital communications for senior undergraduate students in electrical engineering.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781009318099
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	01/23/2025
Pages:	434
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 10.31(h) x 0.98(d)

About the Author

Tolga M. Duman is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at Bilkent University, and a former Professor of Electrical Engineering at Arizona State University, with a focus on digital communications, wireless and mobile communications, underwater acoustic communications, channel coding/modulation, signal processing, and information theory. He is a recipient of the IEEE Third Millennium Medal, a former Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Transactions on Communications, and a Fellow of the IEEE.

Table of Contents

Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Mathematical preliminaries; 3. Digital versus analog transmission; 4. Digital information sources; 5. Digital modulation – Fundamentals; 6. Single-carrier bandpass transmission; 7. Spectrum of digitally modulated signals; 8. Multicarrier digital modulation; 9. Channel coding; 10. Topics in communication system design; Bibliography; Index.

Editorial Reviews

'This is a concise textbook on digital communications which successfully meets the need in terms of scope and depth of treatment. The approach the author provides will appeal to a broad range of instructors and students.' Ender Ayanoglu, University of California, Irvine

'This book is an excellent textbook for undergraduate students, based on the years’ teaching experience of the author. It very well explains and illustrates all the fundamental concepts in modern digital communications and has a good balance between mathematical fundamentals and practical applications. It also has excellent exercise problems at the end of each chapter. This book is well written and enjoyable to read.' Xiang-Gen Xia, University of Delaware

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