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 | | Wireless Digital Communications: Modulation and Spread Spectrum Applications by Kamilo Feher ISBN-10: 9780130986177 ISBN-10: 0-13-098617-8 ISBN-13: 9780130986177 ISBN-13: 978-0-13-098617-7 Textbook Binding 1995-05-17 Prentice Hall PTR Find Lowest Price |
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Book Description Featuring the latest coverage of CDMA and TDMA systems, this is the only book in the wireless digital communications field which contains an in-depth analysis and description of practical R&D, design, and implementation sections, with an emphasis on the newest generations of modulation and spread spectrum systems. Describes modern digital communications principles required for comprehension, analysis, design, advanced R&D, and maintenance/operation of present and future generations of digital wireless, cellular and mobile systems. Presents architectures, hardware and software designs, and solutions to common problems. Includes market data and forecasts of the world-wide growth of wireless systems. For engineers, telecommunications managers, computer scientists, product planners, technical and market consultants, and all those interested in wireless communications. | ||
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A topmost on the subject This extraordinary book gives in depth information on the subject. Author shows his maturity from the first page of the book. Anyone who is willing to design a digital communications system must read this book. It comes with a unique example of the advanced mode FQPSK designed by the author. This mode is selected to use in space and aviation communication. | ||
Imperfect, but quite useful An informative and highly useful book. I found this book to be readable overall and it contained cutting-edge info (when I first read the book in 1996) about wireless communications, spread spectrum, etc. There seems to be some variation in the level of lucidity, clarity, readability and the level of depth vs. breadth in explaining the material between the various chapters, indicating that perhaps the author is more knowledgeable on some topics compared to others. Regretfully I agree with some of the previous Amazon reviewers that the author places too much emphasis on the modulation schemes that go by his name, but overall the book was helpful to our design team at the time as a good source and we referred to it often in the initial modem design phases. | ||
Good coverage, but narrow focus In-depth coverage of modulation scheme, but somewhat limited. Good book for those keen on learning one of the proprietary modulation schemes out there. | ||
Bad, very very bad This book is terrible. Don't waste you money. Never having seen such a poorly written, self promoting text, I took it upon myself to look further into the matter. Basically, the book is a pitch for the authors so called patented FQPSK. Upon further investigation, I discovered that an entity called "digcom" licenses fqpsk. The web site, ..., list a cartel of sorts that leads one to believe that many major companies are embracing fqpsk as a standard. I contacted a couple of the companies listed and talked to the VP's of engineering. They all had nothing good to say, and were suprised that digcom still listed them as part of the fqpsk consortium. Basically, they had given up on fqpsk and pulled out of the consortium. | ||
Spend your money elsewhere Half the book seems dedicated to advertising the author's patented modulation schemes. The "software" included is a circa 1980 DOS program with something akin to CGA graphics, no source code and it applies only to a minor fraction of the material covered in the text. | ||