Algorithms for Communications Systems and Their Applications

by Benvenuto, Nevio; Cherubini, Giovanni

• ISBN13: 9780470843895
• ISBN10: 0470843896
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-11
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

This volume presents the logical arithmetical or computational procedures within communications systems that will ensure the solution to various problems. The authors comprehensively introduce the theoretical elements that are at the basis of the field of algorithms for communications systems. Various applications of these algorithms are then illustrated with particular attention to wired and wireless network access technologies. * Provides a complete treatment of algorithms for communications systems, rarely presented together * Introduces the theoretical background to digital communications and signal processing * Features numerous applications including advanced wireless modems and echo cancellation techniques * Includes useful reference lists at the end of each chapter Graduate students in the fields of Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering Researchers and Professionals in the area of Digital Communications, Signal Processing and Computer Engineering will find this book invaluable.

Author Biography

Nevio Benvenuto is Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include voice and data communications, digital radio, and signal processing. As well as publishing in journals including Electronics Letters, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, he is also an Editor for Modulation/Detection, published by the IEEE Communications Society.

Giovanni Cherubini is an IBM Research Staff Member at the Zurich Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland. He is a fellow with IEEE.

Table of Contents

Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Elements of signal theory.

The Wiener filter and linear prediction.

Adaptive transversal filters.

Transmission media.

Digital representation of waveforms.

Modulation theory.

Transmission over dispersive channels.

Channel equilization and symbol detection.

Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing.

Spread spectrum systems.

Channel codes.

Trellis coded modulation.

Precoding and coding techniques for dispersive channels.

Synchronization.

Self-training equalization.

Applications of interference cancellation.

Wired and wireless network technologies.

Modulation techniques for wireless systems.

Design of high speed transmission systems over unshielded twisted pair cables.

Index.