The Communications Handbook

The bestselling first edition of The Communications Handbook provided the most comprehensive reference ever published for this rapidly advancing field. The second edition goes even further and has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the many key developments of the last three years. The revisions include many new chapters, significant expansion of the Wireless section, and extensive updates of the remaining chapters. Now more than ever, this handbook belongs on the shelf of every engineer in the many disciplines related directly or indirectly to the field of communications.

For more than six years, The Communications Handbook stood as the definitive, one-stop reference for the entire field. With new chapters and extensive revisions that reflect recent technological advances, the second edition is now poised to take its place on the desks of engineers, researchers, and students around the world. From fundamental theory to state-of-the-art applications, The Communications Handbook covers more areas of specialty with greater depth that any other handbook available. Telephony Communication networks Optical communications Satellite communications Wireless communications Source compression Data recording Expertly written, skillfully presented, and masterfully compiled, The Communications Handbook provides a perfect balance of essential information, background material, technical details, and international telecommunications standards. Whether you design, implement, buy, or sell communications systems, components, or services, you'll find this to be the one resource you can turn to for fast, reliable, answers.

PART I: BASIC PRINCIPLES Complex Envelope Representations for Modulated Signals, Leon W. Couch, IISampling, Hwei P. HsuPulse Code Modulation, Leon W. Couch, IIProbabilities and Random Variables, Michael O' FlynnRandom Processes, Autocorrelation, and Spectral Densities, Lew E. FranksQueuing, Richard H. WilliamsMultiplexing, Martin S. RodenPseudonoise Sequences, Tor Helleseth and P. Vijay KumarD/A and A/D Convertors, Susan A.R. GarrodSignal Space, Rodger E. ZiemerChannel Models, David E. SmithOptimum Receivers, Geoffrey C. OrsakTelecommunications Standardization, Spiros Dimolitsas and Michael OnufryForward Error Correction Coding, V.K. Bhargava and I.J. FairAutomatic Repeat Request, David Haccoun and Samuel PierreSpread Spectrum Communications, Laurence B. Milstein and Marvin K. SimonDiversity, J. PaulrajInformation Theory, Bixio Rimoldi and Reuiger UrbankeDigital Communication System Performance, Bernard SklarSynchronization, Costas N. GeorgihadesDigital Modulation Techniques, Ezio BiglieriPART II: TELEPHONYPOTS (Plain Old Telephone Service), A. Michael NollFDM Hierarchy, Pierre CatalaAnalog Telephone Channels and the Subscriber Loop, Whitham D. ReeveBaseband Signalling and Pulse Shaping, Michael L. Honig and Melbourne BartonChannel Equalization, John G. ProakisPCM Codec Filters, Michael D. Floyd and Garth D. HillmanDigital Hierarchy, B.P. Lathi and Maynard A. WrightLine Coding, Joseph L. LoCicero and Bhasker P. PatelTelecommunications Network Synchronization, Madihally J. NarasimhaEcho Cancellation, Giovanni CherubiniPART III: NETWORKS The OSI Seven-Layer Model, Fred HalsallEthernet Networks, Ramesh R. RaoFDDI, Biao Chen, Wei Zhao, Nicholas MalcolmBroadband Local Area Networks, Joseph A. BannisterMultiple Access Methods, Izhak RubinRouting and Flow Control, Rene L. CruzTransport Layer, A. Udaya ShankarGigabit Networks, Jonathan M. SmithLocal Area Networks, Thomas G. RobertazziAsynchronous Time Division Switching, Achille PattavinaInternetworking, Harrell J. Van NormanArchitectural Framework for ATM Networks: Broadband Network Services, Gerald A. Marin, Raif O. OnvuralControl and Management in Next Generation Networks: Challenges and Opportunities, A.R Modarressi and S. Mohan NEW!PART IV: OPTICAL Fiber Optic Communications Systems, Joseph C. PalaisOptical Fibers and Lightwave Propagation, Paul DiamentOptical Source for Telecommunications, N.K. Dutta and N. ChoudhuryOptical Transmitters, Alistair J. Price, Ken D. PedrottiOptical Receivers, Richard G. Smith, B.L. KasperFiber Optic Connectors and Splices, William C. YoungPassive Optical Components, Joseph C. PalaisSemiconductor Optical Amplifiers, Daniel J. Blumenthal, Nitin C. KothariOptical Amplifiers, Anders BjarklevCoherent Systems, Shinji YamashitaFiber Optic Applications, Chung-Sheng LiWavelength Division Multiplexed Systems and Applications, Mari W. MaedaPART V: SATELLITE Geostationary Communications Satellites and Applications, Bruce R. ElbertSatellite Systems, Robert L. DouglasThe Earth Station, David R. PritchardSatellite Transmission Impairments, Louis J. Ippolito, Jr.Satellite Link Design, Peter P. Nuspl, Jahangir A. TehraniThe Calculation of System Temperature for a Microwave Receiver, Wilbur L. PritchardOnboard Switching and Processing, Ahmed KJ ElhakeemPath Diversity, Curt A. LevisMobile Satellite Systems, John Lodge and Michael MoherSatellite Antennas, Yeonhming Hwang and Youn Ho ChoungTracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS), Erwin C. HudsonPART VI: WIRELESS Wireless Personal Communications: A Perspective, Donald C. CoxModulation Methods, Gordon L. St¨ uberAccess Methods, Bernd-Peter ParisRayleigh Fading Channels, Bernard SklarSpace-Time Processing, Arogyaswami J. PaulrajLocation Strategies for Personal Communications Services, Ravi Jain, Yi-Bing Lin, and Seshadri Mohan Cell Design Principles, Michel Daoud YacoubMicrocellular Radio Communications, Raymond SteeleMicrocellular Reuse Patterns, Michel D. Yacoub and Paula R. C. Gomez NEW!Fixed and Dynamic Channel Assignment, Bijan JabbariRadiolocation Techniques, Gordon L. St¨ uber and James J. Caffery, Jr.Power Control, Roman Pichna and Qiang WangEnhancements in Second Generation Systems, Marc Delprat and Vinod KumarThe Pan-European Cellular System, Lajos HanzoSpeech and Channel Coding for North American TDMA Cellular Systems, Paul MermelsteinThe British Cordless Telephone Standard: CT-, Lajos HanzoHalf-Rate Standards, Wai-Yip Chan, Ira Gerson, and Toshio MikiWireless Video Communications, Madhukar Budagavi and Raj TalluriWireless LANs, Suresh SinghWireless Data, Allen H. Levesque and Kaveh PahlavanWireless ATM: Interworking Aspects, Melbourne Barton, Matthew Cheng, and Li Fung ChangWireless ATM: QoS and Mobility Management, Bala Rajagopalan and Daniel ReiningerAn Overview of cdmaWCDMA, and EDGE, Tero Ojanperä and Steven D. GrayMultiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) Wireless Systems, Helmut Bölcskei and Arogyaswami J. Paulraj NEW!Near-Instantaneously Adaptive Wireless Transceivers of the Near Future, Lie-Liang Yang and Lajos Hanz NEW!Ad-Hoc Routing Techniques for Wireless LANS, A.K. Elhakeen NEW!PART VII: SOURCE COMPRESSION Lossless Compression, Khalid Sayood, Nasir D. MemonFacsimile, Khalid Sayood, Nasir D. MemonSpeech, Boneung KooVideo, Eric DuboisAudio Coding, Peter NollCable, Jeff Hamilton, Mark Kolber, Charles Schell, Len TaupierVideo Servers, Narasimha Reddy, Roger HaskinVideoconferencing, Madhukar BudagaviPART VIII: DATA RECORDING Magnetic Storage, Jaekyun MoonMagnetic-Optical Disk Data Storage, Masud Mansuripur