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Ziemer and Tranter provide a thorough treatment of the principles of communications at the physical layer suitable for college seniors, beginning graduate students, and practicing engineers. This is accomplished by providing overviews of the necessary background in signal,... Read Full Overview

Electrical and computer engineers need to understand the most current technologies in the field. In order to provide the latest information, the sixth edition presents a new chapter that explores the principles of digital data transmission without the complicating factor of performance... Read Full Overview

Sections on important areas such as spread spectrum, cellular communications, and orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing are provided. * Computational examples are included, illustrating how to use the computer as a simulation tool, thereby allowing waveforms, spectra, and... Read Full Overview

This updated and revised edition offers a broad yet rigorous introduction to communication theory. Contains an excellent account of noise effects in analog and digital communication systems followed by introductory treatments of detection, estimation, information and coding theory... Read Full Overview