Table of contents

Digital Communication Systems

From signals and probability to reliable modulation, coding, and wireless links

Read each section in order. Every title can be opened as a TheoryTrace document.

• Cover
• Copyright
• How to read this book
• Introduction
• Chapter 1: What a Digital Communication System Does
• Chapter 2: Signals, Spectra, and Linear Systems
• Chapter 3: Probability, Random Variables, and Noise
• Chapter 4: Information, Entropy, and Source Coding
• Chapter 5: Sampling, Quantization, and Pulse-Code Modulation
• Chapter 6: Baseband Transmission and Pulse Shaping
• Chapter 7: Geometric Representation of Signals
• Chapter 8: Optimum Receivers in AWGN
• Chapter 9: Binary Modulation Techniques
• Chapter 10: M-ary Modulation and Signal Constellations
• Chapter 11: Passband Communication and Complex Baseband Models
• Chapter 12: Synchronization and Carrier Recovery
• Chapter 13: Channel Models and Link Budgets
• Chapter 14: Bandlimited and Distorting Channels
• Chapter 15: Equalization and Adaptive Filtering
• Chapter 16: Channel Capacity and Fundamental Limits
• Chapter 17: Error Detection and Block Coding
• Chapter 18: Convolutional Codes and Trellis Decoding
• Chapter 19: Modern Forward Error Correction
• Chapter 20: Spread Spectrum and Multiple Access
• Chapter 21: OFDM and Multicarrier Communication
• Chapter 22: Fading Channels and Diversity
• Chapter 23: MIMO Communication Systems
• Chapter 24: Building and Evaluating Digital Communication Systems
• Conclusion