Introduction to Digital Communications
2nd Edition
Published on 11. August 2025
500 pages
978-0-443-23794-2 (ISBN)
Description
Introduction to Digital Communications, Second Edition is written for upper-level undergraduate courses who need to understand the basic principles in the analysis and design of digital communication systems, including design objectives, constraints and trade-offs. After portraying the big picture and laying the background material, the book lucidly progresses to a comprehensive and detailed discussion of all critical elements and key functions in digital communications. The second edition has been fully revised, with timely new chapters on wireless enabling systems and encryption, more practical examples, more application-focused real-world end of chapter exercises, and a more crisp and concise approach to the content.
- Focuses exclusively on digital communications, with complete coverage of source and channel coding, modulation, and synchronization
- Discusses major aspects of communication networks and multiuser communications
- Provides insightful descriptions and intuitive explanations of all complex concepts
- Includes a companion website with solutions to end-of-chapter problems and computer exercises, lecture slides, and figures and tables from the text
- Presents enhanced coverage of signal space constellations, phase-locked loop, and link analysis
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Ali Grami
Introduction to Digital Communications
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08/2025
2nd Edition
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Dr. Grami received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Toronto. He has worked for Nortel Networks, where he was involved in the research, design, and development of North America's first digital cellular wireless system.He later joined Telesat Canada, where he was the lead researcher and principal designer of Canada's Anik-F2 Ka-band system, the world's first broadband access satellite system. Dr. Grami is currently an associate professor in the Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT), where as a founding faculty member he has led the development of various programs, including the BEng, MEng, and PhD programs in ECE.
Content
1. Introduction2. Fundamental Aspects of Digital Communications3. Signals, Systems, and Spectral Analysis4. Probability, Random Variables & Random Processes5. Analog-to-Digital Conversion6. Digital Baseband Transmission7. Digital Passband Transmission8. Synchronization9. Information Theory10. Error-Control Coding11. Communication Networks12. Network Security and Cryptography13. Mobile Communications14. Enabling Wireless Technologies and Evolving Mobile SystemsAPPENDIX Analog Continuous-Wave Modulation (Online)
