Advanced Electronic Communications Systems

The sixth edition of Advanced Electronic Communications Systems provides a comprehensive coverage of modern systems including digital communications, optical fiber communications, terrestrial and satellite systems, and the wireless environment.

Significant material has been added, including:

• Three chapters on telephone circuits and systems
• Two chapters on cellular and PCS telephone systems
• Three chapters on fundamental concepts of data communications and networking
• New and updated figures

This text is designed for undergraduate communications courses in which students have prior knowledge of some basic electronic principles as well as an understanding of mathematics through the fundamental concepts of calculus.

Comprehensive in scope and contemporary in coverage, this book extends and updates the knowledge of the reader to the most modern topics in Electronic Communications systems. Numerous examples throughout provide readers with real-life applications of the concepts of analog and digital communications systems, while chapter-end questions and problems give them a chance to test and review their understanding of fundamental and key topics.

Modern digital and data communications systems, microwave radio communications systems, satellite communications systems, and optical fiber communications systems. Cellular and PCS telephone systems coverage presents the latest and most innovative technological advancements being made in cellular communication systems. Optical fiber communications chapter includes new sections on light sources, optical power, optical sources and link budget. Current topics include trellis encoding, CCITT modem recommendations, PCM line speed, extended superframe format, wavelength division multiplexing, Kepler's laws, Clark orbits, limits of visibility, Satellite Radio Navigation and Navstar GPS.

For the study of electronic communications systems.

Booknews

This update of the 1998 iteration keeps abreast of the latest developments in communications systems: digital, optical fiber, terrestrial and microwave radio, satellite, and mobile telephone. In addition to these systems, the ten-chapter coverage includes data communications protocols and network configurations, digital transmission, multiplexing, and satellite multiple-access arrangements. Replete with diagrams, worked examples emphasizing key concepts, discussion questions, and problems with a selective answer key. Intended for undergraduate students with a basic understanding of electronic principles and calculus. Lacks references. First published in 1987. Tomasi is with the DeVry Institute of Technology in Phoenix, Arizona. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)