Electronic Communication Systems: A Complete Course

Schweber conveys the reality of today's communication systems by balancing traditional elements with the three more recent, radical developments that have had dramatic effects on the field: the widespread use of integrated circuits, microprocessors and software, and digital techniques and signals. The second edition adds coverage of the latest technologies and applications: cellular (analogue and digital) phones, including GSM; personal communications system (PCS); undersampling, and the impact of fibre optics. It also expands treatment of existing topics including wireless and wired networks (local and wide-area) including ISDN, SONET, ATM and Internet.