Understanding information transmission / John B. Anderson and Rolf Johannesson.
By: Anderson, John B
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Contributor(s): Johannesson, Rolf | John Wiley & Sons [publisher.] | IEEE Xplore (Online service) [distributor.].
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BookSeries: Understanding science & technology series: 18Publisher: Piscataway, New Jersey : IEEE Press, c2005Distributor: [Piscataqay, New Jersey] : IEEE Xplore, [2006]Description: 1 PDF (viii, 311 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: electronic Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780471711209.Subject(s): Signal theory (Telecommunication) | Authentication | Bandwidth | Biographies | Bismuth | Books | Capacitors | Casting | Channel coding | Circuit theory | Communication channels | Communication systems | Cryptography | Current measurement | DSL | Delay | Electrical engineering | Electronic circuits | Electronic mail | Encoding | Entropy | Equations | Error analysis | Force | Games | Glass | History | Humans | Impedance | Indexes | Inductors | Internet | Joints | Linear systems | Linearity | Mathematical model | Modulation | Network topology | Power measurement | Random variables | Receivers | Reliability | Resistance | Resistors | Security | Servers | Signal to noise ratio | Source coding | Speech | Stock markets | Switches | Switching circuits | TV | Topology | Uncertainty | Voltage measurement | WiresGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification: 621.382/2 Online resources: Abstract with links to resource Also available in print.Includes bibliographical references and index.
First ideas and some history -- Mathematical methods of information transmission: why sinusoids? -- Information sources: what is out there to be sent? -- Transmission methods: How is information sent? -- Information theory and coding: what did Shannon promise? -- Cryptology: FUBSWRORJB?? -- Communication networks: let's get connected.
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"This book serves as an excellent textbook for introductory undergraduate courses in information technology. For consumers who want to know more about this field, the book's presentation of the essential math and physics provides, the foundation needed to understand the field and its impact on society."--Jacket.
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