ABSTRACT

Since the publication of the second edition of this highly acclaimed textbook, telecommunications has progressed at a rapid rate. Major advances continue to occur in mobile communications and broadband digital networks and services, sophisticated signal processing techniques are prevalent at increasingly higher bit rates, and digital systems are widespread. These developments need to be addressed in a textbook that bridges the gap in the current knowledge and teachings of telecommunications engineering.

Telecommunications Engineering, 3rd Edition offers an introduction to the major telecommunications topics by combining an analytical approach to important concepts with a descriptive account of systems design. Completely updated and expanded, this third edition includes substantial material on integrated services digital networks, mobile communications systems, metropolitan area networks, and more.

What's New in the 3rd Edition

  • New chapter on mobile communications covering first generation analog and second generation digital systems
  • Expanded chapter on non-linear coding of voice waveforms for PCM
  • New section on NICAM
  • Updated chapter on the transient performance of the phase locked loop
  • Revised chapter on recent major developments in satellite television
  • New introduction to coding techniques for burst errors
  • Extended chapter on ISDN and broadband digital communications

    Supplemented with worked problems, numerous illustrations, and extensive references to more advanced material, this textbook provides a solid foundation for undergraduate students of electrical, electronic, and telecommunications engineering.
  • chapter 1|40 pages

    Signals and channels

    chapter 2|36 pages

    Analogue modulation theory

    chapter 3|45 pages

    Discrete signals

    chapter 4|23 pages

    Noise in analogue communications systems

    chapter 5|28 pages

    Noise in digital communications systems

    chapter 6|69 pages

    High-frequency transmission lines

    chapter 7|32 pages

    Antennas

    chapter 8|26 pages

    Active microwave devices

    chapter 9|42 pages

    Passive microwave devices

    chapter 10|84 pages

    Telephony

    chapter 11|43 pages

    Television systems

    chapter 12|21 pages

    Optical fibre communications

    chapter 13|32 pages

    Packet switched networks

    chapter 14|20 pages

    Satellite communications

    chapter 15|58 pages

    Mobile communication systems