Performance Optimization of Digital Communications Systems

Contents

1    Introduction

1.1    About This Book

1.2    Acknowledgments

References

2    Method for Determining the Quality of a Communication Channel

2.1    Background

2.2    Main Idea Illustrated and a Minimization Principle

2.3    Phase-Spanning Nyquist Set Test

2.4    Frequency-Spanning Nyquist Set Test

2.5    Determining the Noise Level in a Nonbaseband System

2.6    Measuring the Level of a Useful Signal

2.7    Conclusions

References

3    Digital Communications in Stealth Mode

3.1    Background

3.2    Stealth Communications Transceiver

3.3    Test on Randomness

3.4    BER Performance

3.5    Using a Decoy Signal

3.6    Conclusions

References

4    Pulse Shape Optimization

4.1    Background

4.2    Pulse Shape Optimization Criterion

4.3    SO-Pulse ...