Re: [Discuss-gnuradio] Background Reading

[Ken Sinclair]

Frank Pilhofer wrote:
>  I am trying to learn about Software Radio. I'm a computer scientist,
> and my background in radio technology is rusty, to say the least. But
> I would like to understand SDR "from the ground up."
>
>  So I wonder if you could recommend a good book (or online resource)
> that helps me learning about things from building a radio out of analog
> components and AM/FM/other modulations to signal processing in software
> (FFT and such).

The best reference I've found for engineers needing a practical refresher
or intro to digital radio is "Wireless Digital Communications: Design and
Theory", by Tom McDermott, published by TAPR (www.tapr.org).

From there you're ready for Proakis ("Digital Communications") etc.

Ken Sinclair
Wavetrain - Wireless computing and embedded system design
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