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Title: Digital Communications by John Proakis ISBN: 0-07-232111-3 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 15 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $153.40 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.94 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good overview; not for newbies
Comment: I agree with the previous reviewer. Without the maths, digital signal analysis is simply impossible. One of the reviewers complained about the proof of the Nyquist theorem, based on the fourier transform. I looked it up; the proof is explicit and clear. Of course, readers who are unfamiliar with fourier transforms may find it difficult to follow the proof - they should first learn some elementary maths before reading this book. I'm glad that Proakis does not treat all the kindergarten stuff in full detail. After reading what this book has to say about equalization, error control, modulation, etc., the road to the professional literature is open.
Rating: 4
Summary: very good reference book
Comment: This book is an excellent reference a gives a deep idea of many aspects of digital communication. At the beginning (chapter 1) the statistical theory is discussed, then the digitally modulated signals and their power and spectral characteristics are analyzed. Then it goes deeper in advanced matters. I found this book excellent, even if it can be tough to read for people without a good math background or previous knowledge in the field. Anyway if you are interest in looking for particular reference it is really excellent and gives also a brief about where to go for further info at the end of each chapter. Definitely not for undergraduate students looking for a basic idea, but very good for a deeper mathematical approach. It think everyone who works in this field should have a copy.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good coverage but poor organization ...
Comment: I both love and hate this book at the same time! Its great for its wide coverage and unified presentation of material but the organization is rather poor indeed. There is little motivation and the material is presented as a matter of fact collection of topics. The presentation also seems to be out of sequence at times.
Other gripes: The errata is quite large and still not complete. Upon closer inspection, I found that several of the problems require assumptions that are not clearly described in the problem statement. This leads to a frustrating experience at times.
I can think of ways in which the material could be re-organized to make the "flow" much better. Doing this and adding little motivation and connecting material would make this a truly great book. I don't think that much additional effort is required for the re-organization - too bad this hasn't happened in the first 4 editions.
A major plus of the book remains - nothing else comes close in coverage. So it is still a pretty decent book if you can get the intuition and organization from elsewhere.
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Title: Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications (2nd Edition) by Bernard Sklar ISBN: 0130847887 Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR Pub. Date: 11 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $98.00 |
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Title: Contemporary Communication Systems Using MATLAB by John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, Gerhard Bauch, Bill Stenquist, Tom Ziolkowski ISBN: 0534406173 Publisher: Brooks Cole Pub. Date: 01 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $55.95 |
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Title: Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice (2nd Edition) by Theodore S. Rappaport, Theodore Rappaport ISBN: 0130422320 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 31 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $98.00 |
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Title: Discrete-Time Signal Processing (2nd Edition) by Alan V. Oppenheim, Ronald W. Schafer, John R. Buck ISBN: 0137549202 Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 February, 1999 List Price(USD): $117.00 |
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Title: Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes with Errata Sheet by Athanasios Papoulis, S. Unnikrishna Pillai ISBN: 0072817259 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math Pub. Date: 14 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $146.30 |
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