PrinciplesofDigitalCommunication

The renowned communications theorist Robert Gallager offers a comprehensive study on the fundamental system aspects of digital communication, designed for a graduate course. Using his signature lucid writing style and insightful approach, Gallager presents a simple framework and provides meticulous proofs to aid in the understanding of these concepts. The focus of the course is to assist students in grasping the complexities of digital communication.

作者简介

TherenownedcommunicationstheoristRobertGallagerbringshislucidwritingstyletothestudyofthefundamentalsystemaspectsofdigitalcommunicationforaone-semestercourseforgraduatestudents.Withtheclarityandinsightthathavecharacterizedhisteachingandearliertextbooks,hedevelopsasimpleframeworkandthencombinesthiswithcarefulproofstohelpthereaderunderstandmodernsystemsandsimplifiedmodelsinanintuitiveyetpreciseway.Astrongnarrativeandlinksbetweentheoryandpracticereinforcethisconcise,practicalpresentation.Thebookbeginswithdatacompressionforarbitrarysources.Gallagerthendescribeshowtomodulatetheresultingbinarydatafortransmissionoverwires,cables,opticalfibers,andwirelesschannels.Analysisandintuitiveinterpretationsaredevelopedforchannelnoisemodels,followedbycoverageoftheprinciplesofdetection,coding,anddecoding.Thevariousconceptscoveredarebroughttogetherinadescriptionofwirelesscommunication,usingCDMAasacasestudy.