Practical Digital Wireless Signals

Earl McCune is a practising engineer and Silicon Valley entrepreneur. A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, Stanford University, and the University of California, Davis, he has over thirty years of post-graduate industry experience in wireless communications circuits and systems. Now semi-retired, he has founded two successful start-up companies, each of them winning industrial awards for their technical innovation.

• Preface; Glossary and abbreviations; Terms and conventions; 1. Keying, states, and block diagram construction; 2. Common issues and signal characterization; 3. Important details on results from Shannon, Nyquist, and others; 4. Digital amplitude modulation: ASK; 5. Digital frequency modulation: FSK; 6. Digital phase modulation: PSK; 7. Combined digital modulations: QAM and OFDM; 8. Spread spectrum; 9. Wireless propagation and antenna fundamentals; 10. Principles of coding; 11. Multiple access techniques; 12. Signal trade-offs and system evolution; Appendix A. Phasor review; Appendix B. Decibels (dB) really are simple; Appendix C. Analog modulation basics; Appendix D. Quadrature modulation and demodulation principles; Appendix E. Polar modulation and demodulation principles; Appendix F. Derivative-zeroed pulse family; Appendix G. Selected DWC standards and their modulations.

Review of the hardback: 'Any architect defining communications features for wireless products should find this book useful … a book you can actually read. … experienced readers … will find details in the unique explanations that offer greater insight into principles they thought they already knew.' High Frequency Electronics