Transceiver and System Design for Digital Communications

Scott R. Bullock holds a BSEE and an MSEE degree in RF and wireless communications. He has worked, consulted, and held positions at Texas Instruments, Omnipoint, E-Systems, General Dynamics, Technical Fellow for Raytheon, Consultant Engineer and Manager for Northrop Grumman, Senior Director for MKS/ENI, VP of Engineering for Phonex Broadband, and VP of Engineering for L3 Communications. He specialises in wireless communications designs and system analysis. He currently holds 19 patents in wireless spread spectrum communications, published two books and written several articles for various trade magazines. His analysis and designs include the first handheld PCS wireless telephone, a wireless spread spectrum replacement for the TOW Missile, has set the standard wireless communications data link for SCAT-I landings, and designed adaptive and cognitive filters and systems.

Chapter 1: Transceiver design
Chapter 2: The transmitter
Chapter 3: The receiver
Chapter 4: AGC design and PLL comparison
Chapter 5: Demodulation
Chapter 6: Basic probability and pulse theory
Chapter 7: Multipath
Chapter 8: Improving the system against jammers
Chapter 9: Cognitive systems
Chapter 10: Volume search, acquisition, and track
Chapter 11: Broadband communications and networking
Chapter 12: Satellite communications
Chapter 13: Global navigation satellite system
Chapter 14: Introduction to radar and radar communications
Chapter 15: Direction finding and interferometer analysis
Appendix A: Coordinate conversions
Appendix B: True north calculations
Appendix C: Elevation effects on azimuth error
Appendix D: Earth's radius compensation for elevation angle calculation