Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications [Paperback]

William H. Tranter (Author), K. Sam Shanmugan (Author), Theodore S. Rappaport (Author), Kurt L. Kosbar (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0134947908 | ISBN-13: 978-0134947907 | Publication Date: January 9, 2004 | Edition: 1

Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications is a hands-on, example-rich guide to simulating wireless communications systems. The first book to present complete MATLAB simulation models for predicting the impact of design changes, it treats every aspect of simulation: sampling, signal and system representations, filters, noise, Monte Carlo simulation, postprocessing, nonlinear and time-varying systems, waveform and discrete channels, co-channel interference, and more. It includes four detailed case studies.

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The hands-on, example-rich guide to modeling and simulating advanced communications systems.

Simulation is an important tool used by engineers to design and implement advanced communication systems that deliver optimal performance. This book is a hands-on, example-rich guide to modeling and simulating advanced communications systems. The authors take a systems-level approach, integrating digital communications, channel modeling, coding, elementary statistical estimation techniques, and other essential facets of modeling and simulation. This is the first book to present complete simulation models built with MATLAB that can serve as virtual laboratories for predicting the impact of system design changes. Coverage includes:

• Role of simulation in communication systems engineering
• Simulation approaches and methodologies
• Signal and system representations, filter models, noise generation, Monte Carlo simulation, and postprocessing
• Advanced techniques for modeling and simulating nonlinear and time-varying systems
• Waveform level and discrete channel models
• Performance estimation via Monte Carlo simulation
• Semianalytic simulation techniques
• Variance reduction techniques
• Co-channel interference in wireless communication systems, and more

The authors also present detailed case studies covering phase-locked loops, CDMA systems, multichannel nonlinear systems, as well as a start-to-finish simulation of an advanced cellular radio system.

Prentice Hall Series in Communications Engineering & Emerging Technologies, Theodore S. Rappaport, Editor

About the Author

WILLIAM H. TRANTER is Bradley Professor of Communications and Associate Director of the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group at Virginia Tech. He has authored or co-authored many technical papers and two widely used textbooks: Principles of Communications: Systems, Modeling, and Noise, Fifth Edition and Signals and Systems: Continuous and Discrete, Fourth Edition. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and currently serves as Vice President - Technical Activities of the IEEE Communications Society.

K. SAM SHANMUGAN is Southwestern Bell Distinguished Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at The University of Kansas, Lawrence. He is a Fellow of the IEEE and author or co-author of over 100 publications and three books: Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Random Signals and Noise, and Simulation of Communication Systems, Second Edition.

THEODORE S. RAPPAPORT is a professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Texas, and director of the Wireless Networking and Communications Group (WNCG.org). In 1990, he founded the Mobile and Portable Radio Research Group (MPRG) at Virginia Tech, one of the first university research and educational programs for the wireless communications field. He is the editor or co-editor of four other books on the topic of wireless communications, based on his teaching and research activities at MPRG.

KURT L. KOSBAR is Assistant Chair for Laboratories and Equipment, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Missouri, Rolla.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 800 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (January 9, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0134947908
• ISBN-13: 978-0134947907
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.2 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #710,579 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent hand-on introduction., July 30, 2004

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P. Sonthikorn "Kim" (Pittsburgh, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications (Paperback)

I started from zero knowledge on simulations of communication systems, and after reading 95% of the content, I realize that this book is a treasure! With its lecture note style, the book is so readable and accessible that a beginner would have no difficulty in paving through the so-called "simulation theory." Another nice thing of this book is that it comes with MATLAB codes that actually run correctly!

In sum, I really like this book, and I would suggest this book as the first book to anyone who wants to begin learning communication system simulations. Another book "Simulation of Communication Systems" by Jeruchim is also recommended for a further reading after finishing this book.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars good for basic knowledge but not for advance, January 11, 2007

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Mengalahkan Shannon - See all my reviews

This review is from: Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications (Paperback)

This book is good for the beginners who need to understand the basic principle of communications. The basic matlab source will be usefull to understand the concept. But this book doesnot good for advance reserach. we can not find any detail principle of OFDM, CDMA or other multiple access technique that are better and close to the application. Therefore, this book may be (only) better for the undergraduate student but not for advance wireless communications research.

2 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Principles of Communication Systems Simulation, October 24, 2005

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A. FAWZAN - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Principles of Communication Systems Simulation with Wireless Applications (Paperback)

It is a very nice book that gives you a good background about simulation of communication systems which is very important for communication engineers to have good knowledge of. What makes this book be very valuable in my point of view is that it deals with a topic that there are relatively not too many good resources or documentations on the internet to learn about. So, I think you must buy one. But, I wash that the codes were written on a CD that comes with the book.