Practical Digital Wireless Signals

Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design.

Earl McCune (Author)

9781107674097, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 22 August 2013

434 pages
24.4 x 17 x 2.2 cm, 0.69 kg

Review of the hardback: '… a fun tour of signals, noise, circuit techniques, wireless propagation limitations, the math of error correction codes, and the limits of information transfer.' IEEE Microwave Magazine

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 thirty 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 twelve modulation types are covered in depth, together with a quantitative ranking of relative cost incurred to implement any of twelve 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.

Preface
Glossary and abbreviations
Terms and conventions
1. Keying, states, and block diagram construction
2. Common issues and signal characterization
3. Important details on results from Shannon, Nyquist, and others
4. Digital amplitude modulation: ASK
5. Digital frequency modulation: FSK
6. Digital phase modulation: PSK
7. Combined digital modulations: QAM and OFDM
8. Spread spectrum
9. Wireless propagation and antenna fundamentals
10. Principles of coding
11. Multiple access techniques
12. Signal trade-offs and system evolution
Appendix A. Phasor review
Appendix B. Decibels (dB) really are simple
Appendix C. Analog modulation basics
Appendix D. Quadrature modulation and demodulation principles
Appendix E. Polar modulation and demodulation principles
Appendix F. Derivative-zeroed pulse family
Appendix G. Selected DWC standards and their modulations.

Subject Areas: Microwave technology [TJFN]