Academic Press Library in Mobile and Wireless Communications

This book, edited and authored by world leading experts, gives a review of the principles, methods and techniques of important and emerging research topics and technologies in wireless communications and transmission techniques. The reader will:
- Quickly grasp a new area of research 
- Understand the underlying principles of a topic and its application
- Ascertain how a topic relates to other areas and learn of the research issues yet to be resolved
- Reviews important and emerging topics of research in wireless technology in a quick tutorial format
- Presents core principles in wireless transmission theory
- Provides reference content on core principles, technologies, algorithms, and applications
- Includes comprehensive references to journal articles and other literature on which to build further, more specific and detailed knowledge

Chapter 1: Introduction to digital transmission Chapter 2: Modulated signals and I/Q representations of bandpass signals Chapter 3: Single-carrier modulation Chapter 4: Optimal detection of digital modulations in AWGN Chapter 5: The interplay between modulation and channel coding Chapter 6: Properties and measures of the radio channel Chapter 7: Synchronization of digital signals Chapter 8: Equalization Chapter 9: Multicarrier transmission in a frequency-selective channel Chapter 10: Spread spectrum signaling in wireless communications Chapter 11: MIMO communication for wireless networks Chapter 12: Multiple access control in wireless networks Chapter 13: Cognitive radio networks and spectrum sharing Chapter 14: Digital wireline transmission standards Chapter 15: Wireless broadband standards and technologies Chapter 16: Power line communications Chapter 17: Optical transmission Chapter 18: Baseband architectures to support wireless cellular infrastructure: History and future evolution