Contents:

1. Overview and Historical Perspectives 1
2. Fundamentals of Signal and System Analysis 17
3. Modulation Techniques with Emphasis on Analog Systems 111
4. Baseband Communication Systems in the Absence of Noise 210
5. A Brief Review of Probability Theory 244
6. Stochastic Processes 301
7. Noise Effects in Simple Modulation Systems 341
8. Fundamentals of Basic Binary Digital Communication Systems 384
9. Advanced Digital Communications 460
10. The Application of Detection and Estimation Theory to Communications 554
11. Source Coding and Error Correction Techniques 606

Appendix A: Noise Modeling with Applications to Communications 681
Appendix B: Multivariate Gaussian Variables 701
Appendix C: The Narrowband Noise Model 703
Appendix D: FM Thresholding and Related Analyses 706
Appendix E: The Chi-Square Random Variable 713
Appendix F: Useful Tables and Identities 715
Appendix G: Mathematical and Numerical Tables 719

References 726
Author Index 729
Subject Index 731