Algorithms for Communications Systems and their Applications

Nevio Benvenuto is Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Padova, Italy. His research interests include voice and data communications, digital radio, and signal processing. As well as publishing in journals including Electronics Letters, IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, he is also an Editor for Modulation/Detection, published by the IEEE Communications Society. Giovanni Cherubini is an IBM Research Staff Member at the Zurich Research Laboratory, Zurich, Switzerland. He is a fellow with IEEE.

Preface. Acknowledgements. Elements of signal theory. The Wiener filter and linear prediction. Adaptive transversal filters. Transmission media. Digital representation of waveforms. Modulation theory. Transmission over dispersive channels. Channel equilization and symbol detection. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing. Spread spectrum systems. Channel codes. Trellis coded modulation. Precoding and coding techniques for dispersive channels. Synchronization. Self--training equalization. Applications of interference cancellation. Wired and wireless network technologies. Modulation techniques for wireless systems. Design of high speed transmission systems over unshielded twisted pair cables. Index.