Table of Contents

1 Introduction2 Signals and Spectra3 Signal Transmission and Filtering4 Linear CW Modulation5 Exponential CW Modulation6 Sampling and Pulse Modulation7 Analog Communication Systems8 Probability and Random Variables9 Random Signals and Noise10 Noise in Analog Modulation Systems11 Baseband Digital Transmission12 Digitization Techniques for Analog Messages and Computer Networks13 Channel Coding and Encryption14 Bandpass Digital Transmission15 Spread Spectrum Systems16 Information and Detection TheoryAppendix: Circuit and System Noise

About the Author

Bruce Carlson (Troy, NY) teaches at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.



P.B. Crilly (Knoxville, TN) teaches at University of Tennessee.



Janet Rutledge (Evanston, IL) teaches at Northwestern University.