Digital Communications  (English, Paperback, Haykin Simon S.)

In this book, Digital Communications, the author throws light on the fundamentals of digital communication systems.

Summary Of The Book

Published in the year 2006, this book, Digital Communications, enlightens readers on important concepts as well as the latest advancements in the field of digital communications.

In total, there are 10 chapters in this book, each covering several key concepts of digital communications. The chapters present in this book include Spread Spectrum Communications, Baseband Shaping For Data Transmission, Error Control Coding, Computer Communications, Fundamental Limits On Performance Sampling Process, and Detection And Estimation.

Through the course of Digital Communications, the author deals with several topics by means of clear-cut examples, which help the readers grasp important concepts in a relatively easy manner. As this book contains a pool of information on the subject of digital communications, it is also a part of the syllabus for undergraduate students of Electrical and Electronics Engineering at Punjab Technical University.

About Simon Haykin

The author of this book, Simon Haykin, is also a renowned electrical engineer for his immense contribution to the arena of adaptive signal processing.

Apart from this book, Haykin has also authored a number of other books pertaining to the subject of Electrical Engineering. Some of the books written by Haykin include An Introduction To Analog And Digital Communications 1st Edition (2006), Adaptive Signal Processing: Next-Generation Solutions, Least-Mean-Square Adaptive Filters, Modern Wireless Communications, and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems: Feedforward Neural Network Perspectives.

Haykin completed his B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. He also holds a doctoral degree, and D.Sc. from the same university in Electrical Engineering. Haykin is also a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, as well as of the Institute of Electrical And Electronics Engineers. In the year 2002, he also received the Henry Booker Gold Medal from URSI.