Digital communications: Principles and systemsoverview of digital communicationlinear and nonlinear channels and systemssampling of baseband and bandpass signalsquantisation and PCMsource coding and lossless data compressionline codes and modulationtransmission through bandlimited AWGN channelstransmitted digital signalserror control codinglink analysis and design.Many works on emerging digital transmission techniques are largely confined to academic research papers. This book will give postgraduate students and practicing engineers a sound mastery of the subject.