Stern, Harold P.E. creator Mahmoud, Samy A text S.l.] Prentice Hall 2003 1st ed. monographic 552 p. ; Using three parallel teaching approaches—rigorous mathematical, graphical, and intuitive, this book offers various types of learners a practical and deep understanding of communication systems. Emphasis on the theme of cost vs. performance tradeoffs throughout the book provides a framework and motivation for all the topics examined in it. Fundamentals of frequency domain analysis are reinforced through graphical techniques and communications-oriented examples. Chapter topics cover digital baseband modulation techniques, baseband receiver design, digital bandpass modulation and demodulation techniques, multiplexing techniques, analog-to-digital conversion, basics of information theory and data compression, and basics of error control coding. For electrical engineers interested in the field of communication systems and digital communications Telecommunication systems Design and construction Telecommunication systems Design 0130402680 (paperback) 9780130402684 (paperback) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130402680/chopaconline-2 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0130402680/chopaconline-2