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This chapter introduces the intent of the book briefly, and then overviews the content of it in a non-trivial manner thus a bit lengthy as an introduction. But, it is hoped that it stimulate a reader to the topics of the book. A new comer might find it a bit challenging for the first reading as an introduction, but one can move on since the topics will be elaborated later in detail.
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Abbreviations
- 1G, 2G, 3G:
-
first generation, second generation, third generation
- ADC:
-
analog digital converter
- AM:
-
amplitude modulation
- ASK :
-
amplitude shift keying
- AWGN :
-
additive white Gaussian noise
- BCH :
-
Bose, Chaudhuri, Hocquenghem (names)
- BCJR:
-
Bahl, Cocke, Jelinek, Raviv (names)
- BPSK :
-
binary phase shift keying
- BSC :
-
binary symmetric channel
- CDMA:
-
code division multiple access
- CM :
-
correlation metric (decoding)
- CP:
-
cyclic prefix
- CW:
-
continuous wave
- DAC:
-
digital analog converter
- DC:
-
direct current
- DFT :
-
discrete Fourier transform
- DMC :
-
discrete memoryless channel
- DMT :
-
digital multi-tone
- DS:
-
direct sequence
- DSB :
-
ouble sideband
- DSL :
-
digital subscriber loop
- DSP :
-
digital signal processing
- FDM :
-
requency division multiplex
- FEC :
-
forward error correction
- FH :
-
frequency hopping
- FM :
-
frequency modulation
- FSK :
-
frequency shift keying
- Gbps:
-
Giga bit per second
- GHz:
-
Giga Hertz (10E9 Hz)
- GPS :
-
global positioning system
- GSM :
-
lobal system for mobile communications
- HD:
-
hard decision
- IDFT :
-
inverse discrete Fourier transform
- IEEE:
-
Institute of electrical electronics engineers
- IoT:
-
Internet of Things
- LAN :
-
local area network
- LDPC:
-
low density parity check code
- LED:
-
light emitting diode
- LHS:
-
left hand side
- LNA :
-
low noise amplifier
- LOS :
-
line of sight
- LTE :
-
long term evolution
- MELP:
-
mixed excitation linear predictive vocoder
- MIMO :
-
multiple input multiple output (antenna system)
- MP3:
-
MPEG-1 or 2 Audio Layer III
- MPEG:
-
motion picture expert group
- MSK:
-
minimum shift keying
- OFDM:
-
orthogonal frequency division multiplex
- OOK :
-
on-off keying
- OSI :
-
open system interconnect
- PA:
-
power amplifier
- PAN:
-
personal area network
- PCB:
-
printed circuit board
- PCM :
-
pulse coded modulation
- QAM :
-
quadrature amplitude modulation
- QPSK :
-
quad phase shift keying
- RA :
-
epeat accumulator
- RF:
-
radio frequency
- RHS:
-
right hand side
- RS:
-
Reed, Solomon
- SD :
-
soft decision
- SDR :
-
software defined radio
- SERDES :
-
serial, de-serial (parallel)
- SNR:
-
signal to noise ratio
- SSB :
-
single sideband
- TDD:
-
time division duplexing
- VSB :
-
vestigial sideband
- WDM :
-
wave division multiplex
- Wi-Fi :
-
Wireless Fidelity
- WiMAX :
-
wireless microwave access
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Yang, SM.M. (2020). Overview of Radio Communication Signals and Systems. In: Modern Digital Radio Communication Signals and Systems . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-57706-3_1
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