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Tolga M. Duman
Tolga M. Duman
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Bilkent University, Ankara
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This chapter first provides an overview of a general communication system and then shifts the focus to a digital communication system. It describes elements of a digital communication system and explains the functionalities of source coding, channel coding, and digital modulation blocks for communicating over a noisy channel. It also highlights the differences between analog and digital communication systems.

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Information sourcesource codingchannel codingmodulationtransmitterreceivermodulation and demodulationdigital modulationcommunication channelnoise
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Fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems , pp. 1 - 10
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2025

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  • Introduction
  • Tolga M. Duman, Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Book: Fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009318129.002
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  • Introduction
  • Tolga M. Duman, Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Book: Fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009318129.002
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  • Introduction
  • Tolga M. Duman, Bilkent University, Ankara
  • Book: Fundamentals of Digital Communication Systems
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009318129.002
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