Contemporary Communication Systems Using MATLAB

This supplement (to any standard communication systems text) is one of the first books to successfully integrate the use of MATLAB(r) in the study of communication systems concepts and problems. It has been developed for instructors and students who wish to make use of MATLAB(r) as an integral part of their study. The former will find the means by which to use MATLAB(r) as a powerful tool to motivate students and illustrate essential theory without having to customize the applications themselves; the latter will find relevant problems quickly and easily. The book includes numerous MATLAB(r)-based simulations and examples of communication systems, while providing a good balance of theory and hands-on computer experience. This Updated Printing updates the book and MATLAB(r) files to MATLAB(r) V5.

Benefits:

• NEW! Completely updated to MATLAB 5 with supporting Web site.
• Employs a consistent approach: provides brief motivation and introduction to each topic, establishes necessary notation, and shows an Illustrative Problem followed by a step-by-step solution (all with relevant MATLAB output). This is followed by the appropriate MATLAB scripts for that problem, which are also provided electronically.
• An excellent MATLAB supplement to any core text in communication systems.
• Provides a fully-integrated virtual laboratory for exploring communications systems problems using MATLAB for an interactive learning experience.
• Motivates students by including a large number of applications not usually found in undergraduate textbooks.

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Serving as a communications systems textbook supplement, this volume provides exercises that may be solved on the computer using the student edition of MATLAB. Assuming some familiarity with basic MATLAB, this volume is for advanced undergraduate students and graduate students in electrical engineering, computer engineering, and computer science. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Dr. John G. Proakis is currently a Research Professor at Northeastern University. As a faculty member, he held positions as Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering (1969-1976), Professor of Electrical Engineering (1976-1998), Associate Dean of the College of Engineering and Director of the Graduate School of Engineering (1982-1984), and Chairman of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (1984-1997). Prior to 1969, he served on the staff of GTE Laboratories and the MIT Lincoln Laboratory. Dr. Proakis received the BSEE Degree from the University of Cincinnati, the MSEE Degree from MIT, and the Ph.D. in Engineering from Harvard University. Dr. Proakis is the author or co-author of books in Digital Communications, Digital Signal Processing, Digital Signal Processing Laboratory, Advanced Digital Signal Processing, Digital Processing of Speech Signals, and Communication Systems Engineering.

Dr. Masoud Salehi received his BS degree from Tehran University and MS and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University, all in Electrical Engineering. Before joining Northeastern University, he was an Assistant Professor at the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Isfahan University of Technology and at Tehran University. From February 1988 until May 1989 Dr. Salehi was a visiting professor at the Information Theory Research Group, Department of Electrical Engineering, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands, where he did research in network information theory and coding for storage media. Professor Salehi is currently a member of CDSP (Communication and Digital Signal Processing) Center, involved in teaching and supervising graduate students in information and communication theory. His main areas of research interest include network information theory, source-channel matching problems in single and multiple user environments, data compression, coding and capacity for storage media, digital communications and turbo coding. Professor Salehi's research has been supported by research grants from the National Science Foundation, DARPA, GTE, and Analog Devices. Professor Salehi has also done consulting to industry including Teleco and AT and T. Professor Salehi is the co-author of the textbooks in Communication Systems Engineering and Contemporary Communication Systems Using MATLAB.