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EditorialReviewsFromtheInsideFlapPrefaceThephilosophyofthisbookremainsthesameasthatofthefirstedition,inparticulartoprovideanintroductiontotheessentialsofdigitalcommunicationsbasedonsoundmathematicalunderpinningsandanchoredintheliteratureofthevarioustopicsconsidered.Afterprovidingatreatmentofthebasictheoryofdigitalmodulationandcodinginthefirsteightchapters,thethreeadditionalspecializedareasofspreadspectrum,cellular,andsatellitecommunicationsaregivenone-chapteroverviews.Theintentistonotonlyprovidefirmfoundationinthebasictheoryofdigitalcommunications,buttogiveanintroductiontothreeareasthathaveprovidedthebasisofanumberofapplicationsinrecentyearsandshowavenuesofresearchthatarecurrentlyreceivingmuchattention.Forexample,spread-spectrumcommunicationsincludesthesubareasofcodefamilieswithgoodcorrelationproperties,multiuserdetection,andultrawidebandcommunicationsforresolvingmultipathchannels.Cellularradioprovidesahostofresearchareas,suchascapacityoptimizationofmultiusercommunicationsystemsandmeansforaccommodatingmixed-ratetraffic.Satellitecommunicationshasenjoyedaresurgenceofinterestwiththeproposed(withonerealized)low-earthorbitmobilevoicecommunicationsystems,satellitenavigationalsystems,andsmallapertureantennasystemapplications.Withthisphilosophy,wefeelthatboththeneedsofthepracticingengineerinthecommunicationsindustryandthesenior/beginninggraduatestudentaremet.Theformerisprovidedwithameanstorevieworself-studyatopicofimportanceonthejob,andthelatterisprovidedbackgroundinbasictheorywithanintroductiontopossibletopicsforfurtherresearch.Virtuallyallelectricalengineeringprogramsincludeacourseonlinearsystemsinthejunioryear,andthisbookiswrittenunderthatassumption.However,sincethecontentoftheselinearsystemscoursesvariesfromprogramtoprogram,anoverviewoflinearsystemsisincludedinChapter2.Anadditionalreasonforprovidingthisinformationistosetnotationanddefinespecialsignalsusedthroughoutthebook.Anotherassumptionoftheauthorsisthatthetypicalstudenttakingacourseusingthisbookwillhavehadajunior-levelcourseonprobability.Oftensuchcoursescontainadditionaltopicsfromstatisticsandrandomprocesses.However,sincecoverageofthesetopicsvariesfromprogramtoprogram,thenecessarymaterialonrandomprocessesforthisbookisincludedinChapter2.Forthosestudentsthatmaynothavehadapriorcourseonprobability,ourrecommendationisthatonebetakenbeforeacoursetaughtusingthisbookistaken.However,forverydiligentstudentswhomaynotwishtodothis,orwhoseprobabilitycoursewastakeninthedistantpast,AppendixAofthisbookprovidesabriefoverviewofthenecessarytopicsfromprobability.ThismaterialmaybereviewedinconjunctionwithChapter1andwillnotbeneededuntilthelatterpartofChapter2,whererandomprocessesarecovered.Afteranintroductiontothegeneralfeaturesofdigitalcommunicationsystems,Chapter1includesanoverviewofchannelcharacteristicsandanintroductiontolinkpowercalculations.ThelattersubjectisreturnedtoinChapters10and11inconjunctionwithaconsiderationofcellularradioandsatellitecommunicationlinks,respectively.TheintroductionofthissubjectinChapter1providesalinkbetweenperformancerequirementsofcommunicationsystemsintermsofsignal-to-noiseratioatthereceiverinputandtherequirementsoftransmitterpowerimpliedbytheperformancedesiredandthechannelattenuationcharacteristics.Asalreadymentioned,Chapter2isareviewofsignalandsystemtheory,analogmodulation,andrandomprocesses.Inadditiontoprovidingdefinitionsofbasicsignalsandsettingnotation,averysimplesimulationofnoisethroughalinearsystem(Butterworthdigitalfilter)isillustratedbyanexample.ThissetsthecontextforsimulationofasimpledigitalcommunicationsystemillustratedbyexampleinChapter3.ThestudentisthenencouragedtodohisorherownsimulationsinseveralproblemsofChapter3.InChapter3,thesubjectofdigitaldatatransmissionisintroduced.Thereceiverstructureassumedisthatofalinearfilterfollowedbyathresholddetector.Optimizationofthereceiverfilterthroughmaximizationofpeaksignal-to-root-mean-squarenoiseratioatitsoutputleadstotheconceptoftheclassicmatchedfilterreceiver.Thedatatransmissionschemesconsideredarebinary.Althoughthechannelisinitiallyconsideredtobeofinfinitebandwidth,optimumsystemsforthestrictlybandlimitedcaseareeventuallyconsidered.Equalizationmethodsforcompensatingforintersymbolinterferenceintroducedbybandlimitinginthechannelarenextconsidered.Thechapterendswithabriefconsiderationofsignaldesignforbandlimitedchannelsandnoiseeffectinpulsecodemodulationsystems.ThepurposeofChapter4istoprovideasoundtheoreticalbasisforthedigitalmodulationsystemsintroducedinChapter3,aswellastoextendtheresultsinseveraldirections.TheapproachusedisthatofBayes'sdetectioncouchedinthelanguageofsignalspace.Thebackgroundnoiseisassumedtobeadditiveandwhite,whichallowstheuseofanyorthogonalbasisfunctionsetthatspansthesignalspace,givingaverycleargeometricpictureofthedigitalsignalreceptionprocess.AsanextensionofChapter3,Chapter4considersM-arydigitaldatatransmissionandtheexplicittreatmentofmodulationschemessuitableforpracticalchannels.TheconceptsofequivalentbiterrorprobabilityandbandwidthefficiencyintermsofbitspersecondperhertzofbandwidthareintroducedinordertoprovideabasisofcomparisonofM-arysystems.Thechapterendswithseveralexampledesignproblemsandabasicintroductiontoorthogonalfrequencydivisionmultiplexing.BuildingontheidealsystemscoveredinChapter4;Chapter5takesupseveraltopicsthatcanbeconsidereddegradationsourcesforthoseidealsystems.Synchronizationmethodsatvariouslevels(i.e.,carrier,bit,andframe)arediscussed,andthedegradationimposedbyimperfectcarriersynchronizationischaracterized.Fadingchanneleffectsarecharacterizedanddiversitytransmissionforcombatingthemisdiscussed.Thechapterendsbydiscussingenvelopeplots,eyediagrams,andphasorplotsasmeanstocharacterizecommunicationsystemperformanceandtheirgenerationbycomputersimulationisillustrated.Chapters6through8takeupthesubjectofcoding,withtheelementsofinformationtheoryandblockcodingconsideredinChapter6andtheelementsofconvolutionalcodingisconsideredinChapter7.Theoreticalfoundationsareprovided,butthemajorunderlyingobjectiveofChapters6and7isalwaysoneofsystemapplications.AllcodingtechniquesconsideredinChapters6and7arecharacterizedintermsoftheirabilitytolowerthesignal-to-noiseratiorequiredtoachieveadesiredprobabilityofbiterror(powerefficiency)andthebitspersecondthatcanbesupportedperhertzofbandwidth(bandwidthefficiency).Chapter8providesabrieftreatmentofanothererrorcontrolschemecalledautomaticrepeatrequest(ARQ),whichutilizesafeedbackchannel.Chapter9containsanoverviewofspread-spectrumcommunications.Theimportantconceptofmultiuserdetectionisconsideredwhere,whensignalsfrommultipleusersarebeingreceived,thedetectionprocesstakesintoaccounttheirstatisticalcharacteristicsandtheimprovementofdetectorperformanceoverwhatcouldbeobtainediftheother-usersignalsweretreatedasnoise.Chapter10dealswithcellularradiocommunications.Thecellularconceptisintroducedalongwiththemajordegradationsexperiencedinsuchsystemsincludingother-userinterferenceandmultipathfading.First-andsecond-generationcellularsystemsarediscussedandprovideanexcellentexampleofacasewherethemovehasbeenmadefromanalogtodigitaltransmissionforseveralreasons.Chapter11treatssatellitecommunicationsasanexamplewheredigitalcommunicationsconceptsandapplicationshavecomeintoextensiveuseovertheyears.Theconceptsareillustratedwithseveraldesignexamples.Characteristicsofseverallow-earthorbitsatellitecommunicationsystemsformobilephonecommunicationsaresummarized.Thefirsteditionofthisbookhasbeenusedsuccessfullytoteachcoursesondigitalcommunicationstoambitiousundergraduatesandfirst-yeargraduatestudentsforseveralyears.Typically,aftertheintroductionprovidedinChapter1iscovered,basicdigitalmodulationtheoryandcoding(Chapters3–7)arecoveredafterspendingsometimeonsignal,system,andrandomprocessreview.Theuseofcomputersimulationisemphasizedfromthestart,withtheassignmentataboutmid-semesterofacomputersimulationprojecttobeworkedonthroughoutthesemester.Weeklyproblemsetsareassignedandgraded.Anin-classclosed-bookmidtermexaminationisgiventoencouragestudentstobecomeintimatelyfamiliarwithbasicrandomprocess,modulationanddigitaldetectionprinciples(usually,thisoccursattheendofChapter3).Dependingonthescopeofthecomputerprojectandtheinitiativeshownbytheclass,afinalexaminationmayormaynotbegiven.Wewishtothankthemanypersonswhohavecontributedeitherdirectlyorindirectlytothisbook.Theseincludeourcolleaguesatvariouslocationsthroughouttheworld.WespecificallythankDavidKisakofSAICforhiscarefulreviewandconstructivecriticismofChapters6through8,NickAlexandruforhiscorrectionsofseveralexamplesinthefirstedition,JerryBrandofHarrisCorporationandJohnHaugofMotorolafortheirreadingandconstructivecriticismofChapter10.TheOfficeofNavalResearchisacknowledgedasindirectlysupportingthewritingofthisbookthroughresearchgrantstoRodgerZiemer,aswellastheNationalScienceFoundation,whichprovidedresearchanddevelopmenttimewhilehewasaprogramofficerthereduringtheproductionofthesecondedition.Wealsothankthereviewersofthebookfortheirhelpfulcommentsandsuggestions,amajorityofwhichhavebeenincorporated.Inparticular,weacknowledgetheinputofProfessorVijayK.Jain,UniversityofSouthFlorida;ProfessorPeterMathys,UniversityofColoradoatBoulder;ProfessorLaurenceB.Milstein,UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego;ProfessorPeytonZ.Peebles,Jr.,UniversityofFlorida;andProfessorWilliamTranter,VirginiaTechforthefirstedition.AndwewouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheinputofMohammadMaqusi,TexasTechUniversity,andRichardJ.Kozick,BucknellUniversityforthissecondedition.Anyerrorsorshortcomingsthatremainaretheresponsibilityoftheauthors.Mostimportantly,wethankourwives,SandyZiemerandAnnClark,fortheirpatienceduringthewritingofboththefirstandsecondeditionsofthebook,andthesecondauthorthankshisdaughterDianePetersonforloveandsupportduringthisproject.Thefirstauthorwishestospecificallymentionhischildren,AmyandMarkZiemer,whoapparentlypaidmoreattentiontohiswritingactivitiesthanhethought—botharenowpublishedauthorsthemselves!RodgerZiemerRogerPetersonJanuary17,2000Excerpt.©Reprintedbypermission.Allrightsreserved.PrefaceThephilosophyofthisbookremainsthesameasthatofthefirstedition,inparticulartoprovideanintroductiontotheessentialsofdigitalcommunicationsbasedonsoundmathematicalunderpinningsandanchoredintheliteratureofthevarioustopicsconsidered.Afterprovidingatreatmentofthebasictheoryofdigitalmodulationandcodinginthefirsteightchapters,thethreeadditionalspecializedareasofspreadspectrum,cellular,andsatellitecommunicationsaregivenone-chapteroverviews.Theintentistonotonlyprovidefirmfoundationinthebasictheoryofdigitalcommunications,buttogiveanintroductiontothreeareasthathaveprovidedthebasisofanumberofapplicationsinrecentyearsandshowavenuesofresearchthatarecurrentlyreceivingmuchattention.Forexample,spread-spectrumcommunicationsincludesthesubareasofcodefamilieswithgoodcorrelationproperties,multiuserdetection,andultrawidebandcommunicationsforresolvingmultipathchannels.Cellularradioprovidesahostofresearchareas,suchascapacityoptimizationofmultiusercommunicationsystemsandmeansforaccommodatingmixed-ratetraffic.Satellitecommunicationshasenjoyedaresurgenceofinterestwiththeproposed(withonerealized)low-earthorbitmobilevoicecommunicationsystems,satellitenavigationalsystems,andsmallapertureantennasystemapplications.Withthisphilosophy,wefeelthatboththeneedsofthepracticingengineerinthecommunicationsindustryandthesenior/beginninggraduatestudentaremet.Theformerisprovidedwithameanstorevieworself-studyatopicofimportanceonthejob,andthelatterisprovidedbackgroundinbasictheorywithanintroductiontopossibletopicsforfurtherresearch.Virtuallyallelectricalengineeringprogramsincludeacourseonlinearsystemsinthejunioryear,andthisbookiswrittenunderthatassumption.However,sincethecontentoftheselinearsystemscoursesvariesfromprogramtoprogram,anoverviewoflinearsystemsisincludedinChapter2.Anadditionalreasonforprovidingthisinformationistosetnotationanddefinespecialsignalsusedthroughoutthebook.Anotherassumptionoftheauthorsisthatthetypicalstudenttakingacourseusingthisbookwillhavehadajunior-levelcourseonprobability.Oftensuchcoursescontainadditionaltopicsfromstatisticsandrandomprocesses.However,sincecoverageofthesetopicsvariesfromprogramtoprogram,thenecessarymaterialonrandomprocessesforthisbookisincludedinChapter2.Forthosestudentsthatmaynothavehadapriorcourseonprobability,ourrecommendationisthatonebetakenbeforeacoursetaughtusingthisbookistaken.However,forverydiligentstudentswhomaynotwishtodothis,orwhoseprobabilitycoursewastakeninthedistantpast,AppendixAofthisbookprovidesabriefoverviewofthenecessarytopicsfromprobability.ThismaterialmaybereviewedinconjunctionwithChapter1andwillnotbeneededuntilthelatterpartofChapter2,whererandomprocessesarecovered.Afteranintroductiontothegeneralfeaturesofdigitalcommunicationsystems,Chapter1includesanoverviewofchannelcharacteristicsandanintroductiontolinkpowercalculations.ThelattersubjectisreturnedtoinChapters10and11inconjunctionwithaconsiderationofcellularradioandsatellitecommunicationlinks,respectively.TheintroductionofthissubjectinChapter1providesalinkbetweenperformancerequirementsofcommunicationsystemsintermsofsignal-to-noiseratioatthereceiverinputandtherequirementsoftransmitterpowerimpliedbytheperformancedesiredandthechannelattenuationcharacteristics.Asalreadymentioned,Chapter2isareviewofsignalandsystemtheory,analogmodulation,andrandomprocesses.Inadditiontoprovidingdefinitionsofbasicsignalsandsettingnotation,averysimplesimulationofnoisethroughalinearsystem(Butterworthdigitalfilter)isillustratedbyanexample.ThissetsthecontextforsimulationofasimpledigitalcommunicationsystemillustratedbyexampleinChapter3.ThestudentisthenencouragedtodohisorherownsimulationsinseveralproblemsofChapter3.InChapter3,thesubjectofdigitaldatatransmissionisintroduced.Thereceiverstructureassumedisthatofalinearfilterfollowedbyathresholddetector.Optimizationofthereceiverfilterthroughmaximizationofpeaksignal-to-root-mean-squarenoiseratioatitsoutputleadstotheconceptoftheclassicmatchedfilterreceiver.Thedatatransmissionschemesconsideredarebinary.Althoughthechannelisinitiallyconsideredtobeofinfinitebandwidth,optimumsystemsforthestrictlybandlimitedcaseareeventuallyconsidered.Equalizationmethodsforcompensatingforintersymbolinterferenceintroducedbybandlimitinginthechannelarenextconsidered.Thechapterendswithabriefconsiderationofsignaldesignforbandlimitedchannelsandnoiseeffectinpulsecodemodulationsystems.ThepurposeofChapter4istoprovideasoundtheoreticalbasisforthedigitalmodulationsystemsintroducedinChapter3,aswellastoextendtheresultsinseveraldirections.TheapproachusedisthatofBayes'sdetectioncouchedinthelanguageofsignalspace.Thebackgroundnoiseisassumedtobeadditiveandwhite,whichallowstheuseofanyorthogonalbasisfunctionsetthatspansthesignalspace,givingaverycleargeometricpictureofthedigitalsignalreceptionprocess.AsanextensionofChapter3,Chapter4considersM-arydigitaldatatransmissionandtheexplicittreatmentofmodulationschemessuitableforpracticalchannels.TheconceptsofequivalentbiterrorprobabilityandbandwidthefficiencyintermsofbitspersecondperhertzofbandwidthareintroducedinordertoprovideabasisofcomparisonofM-arysystems.Thechapterendswithseveralexampledesignproblemsandabasicintroductiontoorthogonalfrequencydivisionmultiplexing.BuildingontheidealsystemscoveredinChapter4;Chapter5takesupseveraltopicsthatcanbeconsidereddegradationsourcesforthoseidealsystems.Synchronizationmethodsatvariouslevels(i.e.,carrier,bit,andframe)arediscussed,andthedegradationimposedbyimperfectcarriersynchronizationischaracterized.Fadingchanneleffectsarecharacterizedanddiversitytransmissionforcombatingthemisdiscussed.Thechapterendsbydiscussingenvelopeplots,eyediagrams,andphasorplotsasmeanstocharacterizecommunicationsystemperformanceandtheirgenerationbycomputersimulationisillustrated.Chapters6through8takeupthesubjectofcoding,withtheelementsofinformationtheoryandblockcodingconsideredinChapter6andtheelementsofconvolutionalcodingisconsideredinChapter7.Theoreticalfoundationsareprovided,butthemajorunderlyingobjectiveofChapters6and7isalwaysoneofsystemapplications.AllcodingtechniquesconsideredinChapters6and7arecharacterizedintermsoftheirabilitytolowerthesignal-to-noiseratiorequiredtoachieveadesiredprobabilityofbiterror(powerefficiency)andthebitspersecondthatcanbesupportedperhertzofbandwidth(bandwidthefficiency).Chapter8providesabrieftreatmentofanothererrorcontrolschemecalledautomaticrepeatrequest(ARQ),whichutilizesafeedbackchannel.Chapter9containsanoverviewofspread-spectrumcommunications.Theimportantconceptofmultiuserdetectionisconsideredwhere,whensignalsfrommultipleusersarebeingreceived,thedetectionprocesstakesintoaccounttheirstatisticalcharacteristicsandtheimprovementofdetectorperformanceoverwhatcouldbeobtainediftheother-usersignalsweretreatedasnoise.Chapter10dealswithcellularradiocommunications.Thecellularconceptisintroducedalongwiththemajordegradationsexperiencedinsuchsystemsincludingother-userinterferenceandmultipathfading.First-andsecond-generationcellularsystemsarediscussedandprovideanexcellentexampleofacasewherethemovehasbeenmadefromanalogtodigitaltransmissionforseveralreasons.Chapter11treatssatellitecommunicationsasanexamplewheredigitalcommunicationsconceptsandapplicationshavecomeintoextensiveuseovertheyears.Theconceptsareillustratedwithseveraldesignexamples.Characteristicsofseverallow-earthorbitsatellitecommunicationsystemsformobilephonecommunicationsaresummarized.Thefirsteditionofthisbookhasbeenusedsuccessfullytoteachcoursesondigitalcommunicationstoambitiousundergraduatesandfirst-yeargraduatestudentsforseveralyears.Typically,aftertheintroductionprovidedinChapter1iscovered,basicdigitalmodulationtheoryandcoding(Chapters3–7)arecoveredafterspendingsometimeonsignal,system,andrandomprocessreview.Theuseofcomputersimulationisemphasizedfromthestart,withtheassignmentataboutmid-semesterofacomputersimulationprojecttobeworkedonthroughoutthesemester.Weeklyproblemsetsareassignedandgraded.Anin-classclosed-bookmidtermexaminationisgiventoencouragestudentstobecomeintimatelyfamiliarwithbasicrandomprocess,modulationanddigitaldetectionprinciples(usually,thisoccursattheendofChapter3).Dependingonthescopeofthecomputerprojectandtheinitiativeshownbytheclass,afinalexaminationmayormaynotbegiven.Wewishtothankthemanypersonswhohavecontributedeitherdirectlyorindirectlytothisbook.Theseincludeourcolleaguesatvariouslocationsthroughouttheworld.WespecificallythankDavidKisakofSAICforhiscarefulreviewandconstructivecriticismofChapters6through8,NickAlexandruforhiscorrectionsofseveralexamplesinthefirstedition,JerryBrandofHarrisCorporationandJohnHaugofMotorolafortheirreadingandconstructivecriticismofChapter10.TheOfficeofNavalResearchisacknowledgedasindirectlysupportingthewritingofthisbookthroughresearchgrantstoRodgerZiemer,aswellastheNationalScienceFoundation,whichprovidedresearchanddevelopmenttimewhilehewasaprogramofficerthereduringtheproductionofthesecondedition.Wealsothankthereviewersofthebookfortheirhelpfulcommentsandsuggestions,amajorityofwhichhavebeenincorporated.Inparticular,weacknowledgetheinputofProfessorVijayK.Jain,UniversityofSouthFlorida;ProfessorPeterMathys,UniversityofColoradoatBoulder;ProfessorLaurenceB.Milstein,UniversityofCaliforniaatSanDiego;ProfessorPeytonZ.Peebles,Jr.,UniversityofFlorida;andProfessorWilliamTranter,VirginiaTechforthefirstedition.AndwewouldalsoliketoacknowledgetheinputofMohammadMaqusi,TexasTechUniversity,andRichardJ.Kozick,BucknellUniversityforthissecondedition.Anyerrorsorshortcomingsthatremainaretheresponsibilityoftheauthors.Mostimportantly,wethankourwives,SandyZiemerandAnnClark,fortheirpatienceduringthewritingofboththefirstandsecondeditionsofthebook,andthesecondauthorthankshisdaughterDianePetersonforloveandsupportduringthisproject.Thefirstauthorwishestospecificallymentionhischildren,AmyandMarkZiemer,whoapparentlypaidmoreattentiontohiswritingactivitiesthanhethought—botharenowpublishedauthorsthemselves!RodgerZiemerRogerPetersonJanuary17,2000 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