The intention is that the book be used for graduate level courses
in engineering as well as a reference for engineers and scientists designing wireless digital communications
systems.
Chapter 1 provides an overview of some of the past and present wireless communications systems
used. This introduction is used to compare certain design choices and identify system parameters
that are essential in reliable communications. The systems covered include personal area
networks, wireless local area networks, cellular communications, and paging systems. A discussion
on the trend of mobile devices is provided and, in this context, reconfigurable receivers are presented
to aid support of the multiple wireless standards required for acceptable communications.
Chapter 2 presents various modulation schemes from the perspective of spectral efficiency,
receiver complexity, and link performance. In addition, an evolutionary path is provided highlighting
the roadmap for the modulation scheme migration. Treatment of this chapter from the perspective of
the transmitter lends itself to discussions on spectral regrowth issues. This is made possible with a
model of the nonlinear transmit power amplifier.
Chapter 3 emphasizes the wireless communication channel model.
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