Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach [Hardcover]

Michael Rice (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0130304972 | ISBN-13: 978-0130304971 | Publication Date: April 21, 2008 | Edition: 1

This text uses the principles of discrete-time signal processing to introduce and analyze digital communications – connecting continuous-time and discrete-time ideas. The text brings under one cover the theoretical and practical issues from discrete-time signal processing, discrete-time filter design, multi-rate discrete-time processing, estimation theory, signal space analysis, numerical algorithms – all focused on digital communications. A useful reference for programmers.

 

Product Details

• Hardcover: 800 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (April 21, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0130304972
• ISBN-13: 978-0130304971
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #643,150 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but with serious typos, January 30, 2009

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This review is from: Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach (Hardcover)

Having just read the first couple of chapters and some of chapter 3, I'd have to say that the book is well-written and explains things well, and is well organized, but suffers from a large number of annoying typos. It makes me wonder if an editor even proofread it. While most of the typos are harmless annoyances, a few of them really do cause confusion and make it difficult to see what he's saying. Hopefully there will be a second edition that fixes these annoying mistakes.

1.0 out of 5 stars With out typos, it's excelent. But the errors kill it., February 14, 2011

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This review is from: Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach (Hardcover)

This book is so poorly edited that it is impossible to read. A page that should take 2 minutes to read takes 10 because there are so many confusing typos and errors that you have to stop and think about what the author /meant/ to say. Worse yet are the cases where the errors are so bad that you can't even figure out what was intended (unless you already knew the material).

To summarize: This book has a SNR of 0dB. The information is there, it just can't be reconstructed.

On a side note, I think the Third edition (It's so bad I don't even think they can fix it in a second edition) will be an excellent book.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A communications book in a good balance between theory and practice, December 7, 2008

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This review is from: Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach (Hardcover)

Nowadays, the digital communications systems are implemented in digital signal processing platforms. The pure discrete-time approach is the trend for every communication engineer and researcher. Dr. Rice is a well-known scholar in telecommunications. His textbook establishes the necessary background, starting from random process and probabilities, to faciliate a clear and insightful view of the practical digital communication systems.

For communication textbooks, the integration of subsystems is very challenging to any author in this special area. However, Dr. Rice is doing a great job in such an organization. His homework problems can help students really be familiar with each subsystem. I would highly recommend this new book for both undergraduate and graduate courses in digital communications.