This volume presents the logical arithmetical or computational procedures within communications systems that will ensure the solution to various problems. The authors comprehensively introduce the theoretical elements that are at the basis of the field of algorithms for communications systems. Various applications of these algorithms are then illustrated with particular attention to wired and wireless network access technologies. * Provides a complete treatment of algorithms for communications systems, rarely presented together * Introduces the theoretical background to digital communications and signal processing * Features numerous applications including advanced wireless modems and echo cancellation techniques * Includes useful reference lists at the end of each chapter Graduate students in the fields of Telecommunications and Electrical Engineering Researchers and Professionals in the area of Digital Communications, Signal Processing and Computer Engineering will find this book invaluable. Based on a wealth of teaching experience and professional experience acquired in leading-edge industrial research laboratories, the authors explain the procedures used for solving problems posed by the design of systems for reliable communications over wired or wireless channels. This is achieved by following four main tracks: introduction to telecommunications, modulation techniques, implementation of transceiver functions, and finally by addressing challenges encountered in the design of reliable communications systems. This authoritative volume provides an instructive tool to students of communications systems and presents the fundamental algorithms and structures used for telecommunication technologies.*Introduces the theoretical elements of algorithms for communications systems*Focuses on the fundamental developments in the field in order to provide the reader with the necessary insight to design elements of various systems*Presents and investigates from several perspectives important topics such as modulation techniques for wireless systems, spread spectrum systems, OFDM, the Viterbi algorithm, the forward-backward algorithm, turbo codes, low-density parity-check codes, iterative equalization and decoding, and interference cancellationA great asset for leading-edge researchers, Algorithms for Communications Systems and their Applications is both a graduate level text and a reference book for professional engineers "Based on a wealth of teaching experience and professional experience acquired in leading-edge industrial research laboratories, the authors explain the procedures used for solving problems posed by the design of systems for reliable communications over wired or wireless channels. This is achieved by following four main tracks: introduction to telecommunications, modulation techniques, implementation of transceiver functions, and finally by addressing challenges encountered in the design of reliable communications systems. This authoritative volume provides an instructive tool to students of communications systems and presents the fundamental algorithms and structures used for telecommunication technologies." "A great asset for leading-edge researchers, Algorithms for Communications Systems and their Applications is both a graduate level text and a reference book for professional engineers."--Jacket In the present chapter we recall fundamental concepts of signal theory and random processes.
