Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete Course

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This text, an up-to-date and comprehensive volume on the rapidly expanding field of communications, presents complete and modern coverage of theory and practice through an application-driven approach. It fully addresses the variety, reality, complexity, and pervasiveness of today's communication systems. After covering the fundamentals of electromagnetic spectrum, modulation, transmitters, receivers, cables, antennas, and digital concepts, over half the book is devoted to applications such as video, telephones, standard and DSL modems, RS232, cellular systems, networks, radar, Ethernet, the Internet and the World Wide Web, wired and wireless systems, satellites, Bluetooth, the Global Positioning System, and fiber optics. Rich in in-text learning aids, the book is designed for students of electronics and communication engineering. It will provide them with a thorough understanding of communication systems at the functional block diagram level; how systems are built with specific design tradeoffs and constraints; and how a system balances speed, performance, and complexity, cost, and power consumption. Table of Contents Part A: Spectrum, Noise, and Modulation 1. The Electromagnetic Spectrum. 2. Fourier and Spectrum Analysis. 3. Decibels and Noise. 4. Amplitude Modulation. 5. Receivers for AM. 6. Frequency and Phase Modulation. Part B: Media, Transmission Lines, and Wave Propagation 7. Wire and Cable Media. 8. Transmission Lines. 9. Propagation and Antennas. Part C: Digital Systems 10. Digital Information. 11. Digital Communication Fundamentals. 12. Digital Communication Systems. 13. Digital Modulation and Testing. Part D: Communications Systems and Applications 14. TV/Video and Facsimile. 15. Frequency Synthesizers and Direct Conversion. 16. The Telephone System. 17. The RS-232 Interface Standard, Modems, and High-Speed POTS Links. 18. Local and Wide Area Networks; Special-Purpose Links. 19. Satellite Communication, Navigation, and the Global Positioning System. 20. Cellular Telephone and Advanced Wireless Systems. 21. Radar Systems. Part E: Broadband Systems 22. Multiplexing. 23. Microwave Equipment and Devices. 24. Fiber Optics. Answers to Selected Problems. Appendices: A-Electromagnetic Spectrum. B-dB Table. C-ASCII Code Chart. D-The Internet Transport Protocol (TCP/IP). E-Useful Web-based Resources and References. Index.