scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1026586

Authors Mischa Schwartz, William R. Bennett, Seymour Stein

Publication date 25 June 1997

amplitude digital communications fading channels frequency graduate-level introduction Hilbert transforms phase modulation pulse code modulation radio communications receivers Toeplitz operators

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Special integral transforms (Legendre, Hilbert, etc.) (44A15) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to information and communication theory (94-01) Communication theory (94A05) Signal theory (characterization, reconstruction, filtering, etc.) (94A12)

Review text

The book under review (first published by McGraw-Hill in 1966) provides a detailed graduate-level introduction to various fields of communications in general, and radio communications in particular. As a ``selected topics volume, its scope covers amplitude, frequency, and phase modulation as well as pulse code modulation, fading channels, and diversity receivers from the perspective of bridging the gap between theory and practice. Therefore the coverage of fading communication is particularly thorough, comprising more than 200 pages. Part I, covering Chapters 1 to 3, describes the fundamental aspects of communications in the presence of noise, directing its attention to the two major classes of signal representation, namely digital and continuous-wave. It thus provides a self-contained introduction to statistical communication theory and lays the groundwork for the chapters that follow. In Part II, Chapters 4 through 6, continuous-wave and pulse modulation are again considered but with different emphasis. The discussion reviews the art of modulation as practiced in modern communication systems by describing applications to current technology. Emphasis is placed on the structure of signal forms, methods of generating and detecting signals, the response of systems to the various types of signals transmitted, spectral analysis, and the various types of distortion typically encountered. Specifically, a discussion is given of the principal ways in which an initial amplitude modulated signal can be modified for more effective use of bandwidth. The material of Part III, Chapters 7 through 11, covers digital communications theory and principles, with particular emphasis upon the applications to problems of transmission and reception over fading radio channels. In this material, the decision made was to concentrate upon binary communication channels and to collect, in a consistent framework, a reasonable body of information hitherto available only in journal articles. An attempt has been made to provide a useful body of mathematical techniques including Toeplitz operators and Hilbert transforms. Future editions of the volume, however, should update the mathematical tools of the toolbox called real life signal processing by including filter banks and wavelets [\textit{M. Vetterli} and \textit{J. Kovačević}, Wavelets and subband coding, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey (1995; Zbl 0885.94002)].

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