Wireless Digital Communications - Modulation and Spread Spectrum Applications

To meet the challenge as well as to utilize the opportunities created by the wireless computer information and communications revolution, the managers, engineers, students and the academic faculty will have to become familiar with the technologies and systems architectures described in this book. The world renowned author discusses in depth the mobile digital communications_cellular pcs and mobile radio system fundamentals, principles and applications. It shows the reader the design tools and skills necessary to analyze, develop, design and implement modern cost-efficient state-of-the-art digital mobile communications systems and networks. Written for the professional engineer, communications consultant, system and network architect, advanced undergraduate and graduate students. Table of contents preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction to wireless, cellular, digital, pcs-mobile radio. Speech coding for wireless systems applications. Radio propagation and cellular engineering concepts. Digital modulation-demodulation (modem) techniques. Coding: error correction and detection. Spread-spectrum systems diversity techniques for mobile-wireless radio systems. Personal mobile satellite communications. Cellular and wireless systems engineering. Appendices. Abbreviations and acronyms. Bibliography. Index.