Ziemer and Tranter provide a thorough treatment of the principlesof communications at the physical layer suitable for collegeseniors, beginning graduate students, and practicingengineers. This is accomplished by providing overviews of the necessarybackground in signal, system, probability, and random processtheory required for the analog and digital communications topicscovered in the book. In addition to stressing fundamental concepts,sections on currently important areas such as spread spectrum,cellular communications, and orthogonal frequency-divisionmultiplexing are provided. While the book is aimed at a two-semester course, more than enoughmaterial is provided for structuring courses according to the needsof the students and the preferences of the instructor.weiterlesen