Publisher Description

Do you need to know what signal type to select for a wireless application? Quickly develop a useful expertise in digital modulation with this practical guide, based on the author's experience of over thirty years in industrial design. You will understand the physical meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design. Six modulation families and twelve modulation types are covered in depth, together with a quantitative ranking of relative cost incurred to implement any of twelve modulation types. Extensive discussions of the Shannon Limit, Nyquist filtering, efficiency measures and signal-to-noise measures are provided, radio wave propagation and antennas, multiple access techniques, and signal coding principles are all covered, and spread spectrum and wireless system operation requirements are presented.

Author Biography

Earl McCune is a practising engineer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of California, Davis, he has over thirty years of post-graduate industry experience in wireless communications circuits and systems. Now semi-retired, he has founded two successful start-up companies, each of them winning industrial awards for their technical innovation.

Table of Contents

Preface; Glossary and abbreviations; Terms and conventions; 1. Keying, states, and block diagram construction; 2. Common issues and signal characterization; 3. Important details on results from Shannon, Nyquist, and others; 4. Digital amplitude modulation: ASK; 5. Digital frequency modulation: FSK; 6. Digital phase modulation: PSK; 7. Combined digital modulations: QAM and OFDM; 8. Spread spectrum; 9. Wireless propagation and antenna fundamentals; 10. Principles of coding; 11. Multiple access techniques; 12. Signal trade-offs and system evolution; Appendix A. Phasor review; Appendix B. Decibels (dB) really are simple; Appendix C. Analog modulation basics; Appendix D. Quadrature modulation and demodulation principles; Appendix E. Polar modulation and demodulation principles; Appendix F. Derivative-zeroed pulse family; Appendix G. Selected DWC standards and their modulations.

Review

Review of the hardback: 'Any architect defining communications features for wireless products should find this book useful … a book you can actually read. … experienced readers … will find details in the unique explanations that offer greater insight into principles they thought they already knew.' High Frequency Electronics
Review of the hardback: '… a fun tour of signals, noise, circuit techniques, wireless propagation limitations, the math of error correction codes, and the limits of information transfer.' IEEE Microwave Magazine

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Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design.

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Review of the hardback: 'Any architect defining communications features for wireless products should find this book useful … a book you can actually read. … experienced readers … will find details in the unique explanations that offer greater insight into principles they thought they already knew.' High Frequency Electronics

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Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design.

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Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design with this practical guide. Based on over thirty years of industrial design experience, McCune provides a physical treatment of digital modulation, complementing the detailed mathematics found in more theoretical texts.

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Understand the meaning behind the mathematics of wireless signals and learn the intricacies and tradeoffs in signal selection and design with this practical guide. Based on over thirty years of industrial design experience, McCune provides a physical treatment of digital modulation, complementing the detailed mathematics found in more theoretical texts.

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