Digital Communication Systems, An Indian Adaptation

Chapter 1: Introduction

1. Historical Background
2. The Communication Process
3. Modes of Communication
4. Need of Modulation
5. Types of Modulation
6. Digital versus Analog Communication
7. Multiple-Access Techniques
8. Networks
9. Digital Communication
10. Self-Sustainable Modern Communication
11. Organization of the Book

Chapter 2: Frequency Analysis And Transmission Of Signals

1. Introduction
2. Representation of a Signal
3. The Fourier Series
4. The Fourier Transform
5. The Inverse Relationship between Time-Domain and Frequency-Domain Representations
6. The Dirac Delta Function
7. Fourier Transforms of Periodic Signals
8. Correlation of Signals
9. Transmission of Signals through Linear Time-Invariant Systems
10. Ideal Filters
11. Hilbert Transform
12. Pre-Envelopes
13. Complex Envelopes of Band-Pass Signals
14. Canonical Representation of Band-Pass Signals
15. Complex Low-Pass Representations of Band-Pass Systems
16. Putting the Complex Representations of Band-Pass Signals and Systems All Together
17. Linear Modulation Theory
18. Superheterodyne Receiver
19. Phase and Group Delays
20. Exponential (or Angle) Modulation
21. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 3: Probability Theory And Random Variables

1. Introduction
2. Set Theory
3. Probability Theory
4. Random Variables
5. Distribution Functions
6. The Concept of Expectation
7. Second-Order Statistical Averages
8. The Gaussian Distribution
9. The Central Limit Theorem
10. Functions of One Random Variable
11. Functions of Two Random Variables
12. Bayesian Inference
13. Parameter Estimation
14. Hypothesis Testing
15. Composite Hypothesis Testing
16. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 4: Stochastic Processes

1. Introduction
2. Mathematical Definition of a Stochastic Process
3. Two Classes of Stochastic Processes: Strictly Stationary and Weakly Stationary     
4. Mean, Correlation, and Covariance Functions of Weakly Stationary Processes
5. Ergodic Processes
6. Transmission of a Weakly Stationary Process through a Linear Time-Invariant Filter
7. Power Spectral Density of a Weakly Stationary Process
8. Another Definition of the Power Spectral Density
9. Cross-Spectral Densities
10. The Poisson Process
11. The Gaussian Process
12. Noise
13. Noise Calculation
14. Noise Figure
15. Narrowband Noise
16. Sine Wave Plus Narrowband Noise
17. Summary and Discussion 

Chapter 5: Baseband Modulation

1. Introduction
2. Sampling Theory
3. Natural Sampling
4. Pulse-Amplitude Modulation
5. Pulse-Width and Pulse-Position Modulation
6. Quantization and Its Statistical Characterization
7. Pulse-Code Modulation
8. Noise Considerations in PCM Systems
9. Linear Prediction
10. Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
11. Adaptive Differential Pulse-Code Modulation
12. Delta Modulation
13. Line Codes
14. Time-Division Multiplexing
15. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 6:  Signaling Over Band-Limited Channels

1. Introduction
2. Optimum Receiver Filter
3. Matched Filter
4. Error Rate due to Channel Noise in a Matched Filter Receiver
5. Intersymbol Interference
6. Signal Design for Zero ISI
7. Ideal Nyquist Pulse for Distortionless Baseband Data Transmission
8. Raised-Cosine Spectrum
9. Correlative-Level Coding
10. Post-Processing Techniques: The Eye Pattern
11. Optimum Linear Receiver
12. Adaptive Equalization
13. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 7: Passband Modulation

1. Introduction
2. Geometric Representation of Signals
3. Conversion of the Continuous AWGN Channel into a Vector Channel
4. Band-Pass Sampling
5. Optimum Receivers Using Coherent Detection
6. Probability of Error
7. Band-Pass Transmission Model
8. Binary Amplitude-Shift Keying Using Coherent Detection
9. Phase-Shift Keying Techniques Using Coherent Detection
10. M-ary Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
11. Frequency-Shift Keying Techniques Using Coherent Detection
12. Comparison of M-ary PSK and M-ary FSK from an Information-Theoretic Viewpoint
13. Detection of Signals with Unknown Phase
14. Noncoherent Orthogonal Modulation Techniques
15. Binary Frequency-Shift Keying Using Noncoherent Detection
16. Differential Phase-Shift Keying
17. BER Comparison of Signaling Schemes over AWGN Channels
18. Synchronization
19. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 8: Spread Spectrum and Multiuser Communications

1. Introduction
2. Pseudo-Noise Sequences
3. A Notion of Spread Spectrum
4. Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum with Coherent Binary Phase-Shift Keying
5. Signal-Space Dimensionality Processing Gain
6. Probability of Error
7. Frequency-Hop Spread Spectrum
8. Code-Division Multiple Access
9. Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing
10. Satellite Communication
11. Radio Link Analysis
12. Mobile Radio
13. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 9: Information Theory

1. Introduction
2. Information
3. Entropy
4. Source-Coding Theorem
5. Lossless Data Compression Algorithms
6. Discrete Memoryless Channels
7. Mutual Information
8. Channel Capacity
9. Special Channels
10. Channel-Coding Theorem
11. Differential Entropy and Mutual Information for Continuous Random Ensembles
12. Information Capacity Law
13. Implications of the Information Capacity Law
14. Summary and Discussion

Chapter 10: Error-Control Coding

1. Introduction
2. Error Control Using Forward Error Correction
3. Discrete Memoryless Channels
4. Linear Block Codes
5. Cyclic Codes
6. Convolutional Codes
7. Optimum Decoding of Convolutional Codes
8. Maximum Likelihood Decoding of Convolutional Codes
9. Maximum a Posteriori Probability Decoding of Convolutional Codes
10. Turbo Codes
11. Low-Density Parity-Check Codes
12. Trellis-Coded Modulation
13. Turbo Decoding of Serial Concatenated Codes
14. Summary and Discussion

Problems

Multiple Choice Questions

Appendix A Advanced Probabilistic Models

Appendix B Bounds on The Q-Function

Appendix C Bessel Functions

Appendix D Method of Lagrange Multipliers

Appendix E Multiple-Input, Multiple-Output Systems

Appendix F Interleaving

Appendix G The Peak-Power Reduction Problem In Of dm

Appendix H Nonlinear Solid-State Power Amplifiers

Appendix I Monte Carlo Integration

Appendix J Mathematical Tables

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Credits