Practical Digital Wireless Signals (The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series) [Hardcover]

Earl McCune (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0521516307 | ISBN-13: 978-0521516303 | Publication Date: March 22, 2010 | Edition: 1

Do you need to know what signal type to select for a wireless application? Quickly develop a useful expertise in digital modulation with this practical guide, based on the author's experience of over 30 years in industrial design. You will understand the physical meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design. Six modulation families and 12 modulation types are covered in depth, together with a quantitative ranking of relative cost incurred to implement any of 12 modulation types. Extensive discussions of the Shannon Limit, Nyquist filtering, efficiency measures and signal-to-noise measures are provided, radio wave propagation and antennas, multiple access techniques, and signal coding principles are all covered, and spread spectrum and wireless system operation requirements are presented.

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"More experienced readers, especially those who return to the book later on, will find details in the unique explanations that offer greater insight into principles they thought they already knew."

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Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design with this practical guide. Based on over 30 years of industrial design experience, McCune provides a physical treatment of digital modulation, complementing the detailed mathematics found in more theoretical texts.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 434 pages
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press; 1 edition (March 22, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0521516307
• ISBN-13: 978-0521516303
• Product Dimensions: 9.7 x 6.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #580,478 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Nice Contribution, July 12, 2011

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This review is from: Practical Digital Wireless Signals (The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series) (Hardcover)

This is a nice book. Dr. McCune does a very nice job of presenting digital wireless communications in a practical and easy-to-understand format. I particularly like the thorough treatments of Nyquist filtering, the Shannon channel capacity formula, and the concept of Eb/N0. The author clearly has a deep understanding and mastery of the subject, and he presents the material in a well-organized and clear format. My intuitive understanding of the subject has greatly improved as a result of reading this book. It complements the books by Sklar and Proakis, and I would recommend it to any serious student of digital communications.

3.0 out of 5 stars well written book and useful insights, June 8, 2011

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This review is from: Practical Digital Wireless Signals (The Cambridge RF and Microwave Engineering Series) (Kindle Edition)

From the perspective of sometime from a different background that needs to get past the jargon and doesnt have the time to invest in a semester's worth of coursework just to know the essentials - this is a great reference... useful insightful and well written.