Synchronization in Digital Communications, Volume 1

The first accessible, comprehensive treatment of synchronization in digital communications. This two-volume work presents a bottom-up approach—emphasis is on applications rather than mathematics. The first volume presents the basics of phase, frequency and amplitude control, then covers more advanced topics such as the nonlinear theory of synchronizers. The second volume covers symbol/suppressed carrier synchronizers. Chapters are relatively self-contained for ease of reference.

Phase-Locked Loop Fundamentals. Phase-Locked Loop Tracking Performance in the Presence ofNoise. Unaided Acquisition. Aided Acquisition. Loop Threshold. Amplitude Control. Automatic Frequency Control. Brief Review of Some Mathematical Fundamentals. Relaxation Times, Meantime Between Cycle Slips, Transition Rates,and Eigenvalues of Fokker-Planck Operators. Renewal Process Approach. The Matrix Eigenvalue Approach. Epilogue: Unexplored Topics. Index.