RF and Digital Signal Processing for Software-Defined Radio: A Multi-Standard Multi-Mode Approach Review

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(More customer reviews)Some obvious errors worry me. For instance, the equations in Section 7.3.1 (Loop Detector) are not consistent with the diagram of the system on which they are based: Figure 7.9 (the AGC Loop). One glaring problem is that a signal sample v(n) enters a delay z^-1 and comes out as a future sample v(n+1). This does not inspire confidence. Furthermore, trying to correct an author's errors while trying to learn the material is unwanted, extra and misapplied effort.

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Digital Signal Processing with Examples in MATLAB®, Second Edition (Electrical Engineering & Applied Signal Processing Series) Review

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(More customer reviews)I used this book for a first course on DSP. This book is very practical. It is loaded with Matlab algorithms that will make your discrete signal processing simulation development enjoyable and challenging.
The Matlab examples cover just about every thing encountered in DSP development. It covers statistical signal analysis, adaptive filter design, FIR, IIR and other important topics.
Readers of this book should download the entire code examples used in this book off the website assigned to this book.

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Based on fundamental principles from mathematics, linear systems, and signal analysis, digital signal processing (DSP) algorithms are useful for extracting information from signals collected all around us. Combined with today's powerful computing capabilities, they can be used in a wide range of application areas, including engineering, communications, geophysics, computer science, information technology, medicine, and biometrics. Updated and expanded, Digital Signal Processing with Examples in MATLAB, Second Edition introduces the basic aspects of signal processing and presents the fundamentals of DSP. It also relates DSP to continuous signal processing, rather than treating it as an isolated operation.New to the Second EditionDiscussion of current DSP applications New chapters on analog systems models and pattern recognition using support vector machinesNew sections on the chirp z-transform, resampling, waveform reconstruction, discrete sine transform, and logarithmic and nonuniform sampling A more comprehensive table of transformsDeveloping the fundamentals of DSP from the ground up, this bestselling text continues to provide readers with a solid foundation for further work in most areas of signal processing. For novices, the authors review the basic mathematics required to understand DSP systems and offer a brief introduction to MATLAB. They also include end-of-chapter exercises that not only provide examples of the topics discussed, but also introduce topics and applications not covered in the chapters.

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Signals & Systems Demystified Review

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(More customer reviews)Over all I thought this was a great book. It reviewed the basics I learned in signals and systems over six years ago and taught me some new concepts I wasn't yet aware of. One piece of evidence I have for the quality of this book is: after reading it I was able to pick up a technical journal and felt like I understood most of what they were talking about. Before reading the book I was lost in the technical journals. The math was a little frustrating, but that was simply because I needed to refresh on some things I've forgotten. If you get this book, make sure you work through the problems, it will help out a lot.
Now, I did feel that the book had a few superficial flaws that should be cleaned up for the next printing. The biggest flaws were the lack of tables. The book even refers to Appendix A and Appendix B, and they don't exist in the book I have. (Page 220 refers to Appendix B, and page 118 refers to Appendix A.) These tables really aren't needed, if you are sitting in front of a computer, but if you are reading this book on the plane during takeoff you may feel lost without those tables. I also feel it would be helpful to add a third appendix of common trig identities.
Overall it is a great book.


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Digital Techniques for Wideband Receivers, Second Edition Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is a great intro to digital receiver design and techniques. The focus of this book however, is for those receivers which are used for Radar Warning Receivers (RWRs). The second chapter starts off with typical and desirable characteristics applicable to these type of receivers (wides bandwidth and large instantaneous dynamic range, etc). He then uses this intro to gradually introduce all parts of a receiver and signal processing techniques.
This book covers ADC and their pertinent selection criteria, analog RF chain analysis, probability of detection, FFTs, monobit receiver design, antenna arrays, angle of arrival, spectral estimation techniques (I actually like the presentation here more than compared to Proakis and Manolakis's Digital Signal Processing book), and then how do you test it all as a system.
There are many more topics that I am missing, but I think that I have hit on the main points. All in all, I would recommend this book if you are interested in learning the techniques used in RWRs, but the chapter on ADCs is also good for any designer looking for ways to choose ADCs and how to test them.

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Real-Time Digital Signal Processing from MATLAB to C with the TMS320C6x DSK Review

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(More customer reviews)It is good, with a lot of examples in matlab and c, maybe, it should take more care about the erratas in c code, because there are some errors that can confuse very much when you are developping a project.

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From personal music players to anti-lock brakes and advanced digital flight controllers, the demand for real-time digital signal processing (DSP) continues to grow. Mastering real-time DSP is one of the most challenging and time-consuming pursuits in the field, exacerbated by the lack of a resource that solidly bridges the gap between theory and practice. Recognizing that there is a better way forward, accomplished experts Welch, Wright, and Morrow offer Real-Time Digital Signal Processing from MATLAB to C with the TMS320C6x DSK.This book collects all of the necessary tools in a single, field-tested source of unrivaled authority. The authors seamlessly integrate theory with easy-to-use, inexpensive hardware and software tools in an approachable and hands-on manner. Using abundant examples and exercises in a step-by-step approach, they work from familiar interfaces such as MATLAB to running algorithms in real-time on industry-standard DSP hardware. For each concept, the book uses a four-step methodology: a brief review of relevant theory; demonstration of the concept in winDSK6, an easy-to-use software tool; explanation and demonstration of MATLAB techniques for implementation; and explanation of the necessary C code to implement the algorithms in real time.Covering a broad spectrum of topics in a hands-on, concise, and approachable way, Real-Time Digital Signal Processing from MATLAB to C with the TMS320C6x DSK paves the way toward mastery of real-time DSP. Essential source code is available for download.

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New Directions in Wireless Communications Research Review

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(More customer reviews)Let me first make sure where this book stands. Well, if you are an undergraduate student, then this book is not for you. If you are a first or second year graduate student pursuing non-thesis masters, then this book is not for you. This book covers some of the advanced topics that are somewhat redundant for the students of aforementioned categories.
In my opinion, this book is useful for the graduate students who are either pursuing PhD or at least trying to accomplish a master's thesis. This might also serve as an excellent reference book for professional engineers who work in R&D.
This not a typical book where one, two or even three writers flock together to write a whole book. Rather each chapter of this book is written by several persons who are expert to that specific topic. For example, one of the authors of Chapter 2 OFDM is Ramjee Prasad who is probably the best known person in the area of OFDM. Hence the reader can be assured about the contents. Last but not least, the book is edited by another legend of current communications world Vahid Tarokh.
The name of the book is pretty much self explanatory. As the name says the book provides a clear view of the underlying technologies used in current wireless world. Most importantly it provides direction about the trend of near future wireless technology such as LTE or cooperative communications. Anyone who is conducting research in this area can get insight about the trend of current research and gear his research towards that direction. In my opinion this book can serve as life saver for the new PhD students who are still searching a suitable research topic for their PhD dissertation.


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Signal Processing for Wireless Communications Review

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(More customer reviews)This book is the "BEST" book I have ever seen in wireless technology with "practical" physical layer design focus. It is not surprising to see the author coming from rich industrial experience, I can see that easily in the book. I highly recommend the book for physical layer designers.

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