Preface
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
Summary
Digital communication systems have been studied for many decades, and they have become an integral part of the technological world we live in. Many excellent books in recent years have told the story of this communication revolution, and have explained in considerable depth the theory and applications. Since the late 1990s particularly, there have been a number of significant contributions to digital communications from the signal processing community. This book presents a number of these recent developments, with emphasis on the use of filter bank precoders and equalizers. Optimization of these systems will be one of the main themes in this book. Both multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and single-input single-output (SISO) systems will be considered.
The book is divided into four parts. Part 1 contains introductory material on digital communication systems and signal processing aspects. In Part 2 we discuss the optimization of transceivers, with emphasis on MIMO channels. Part 3 provides mathematical background material for optimization of transceivers. This part can be used as a reference, and will be useful for readers wishing to pursue more detailed literature on optimization. Part 4 contains eight appendices on commonly used material such as matrix theory, Wiener filtering, and so forth. Thus, while it is assumed that the reader has some exposure to digital communications and signal processing at the introductory level, there is plenty of review material at the introductory level (Part 1) and at the advanced level (Parts 3 and 4).
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2010