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Simulation of Communication Systems

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Michel C. Jeruchim

    1. GE Aerospace, Philadelphia, USA

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  2. Philip Balaban

    1. AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA

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  3. K. Sam Shanmugan

    1. University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA
      Comdisco Systems, Foster City, USA

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Part of the book series: Applications of Communications Theory (ACTH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. Introduction

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 1-11

  3. Representation of Signals and Systems in Simulation

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 13-187

  4. Simulation of Random Variables and Random Processes

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 189-301

  5. Modeling of Communication Systems

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 303-462

  6. Estimation of Performance Measures from Simulation

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 463-550

  7. Simulation and Modeling Methodology

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 551-649

  8. Three Case Studies

    • Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, K. Sam Shanmugan
    Pages 651-702

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 703-731
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Simulation may be defined as the discipline whose objective is to imitate one or more aspects of reality in a way that is as close to that reality as possible; indeed, an apt synonym that is gaining some currency is artificial reality. Under this definition, simulation is a very old discipline. Probably the first applications of simulation were to scale models of various types of dynamical structures or mechanical devices. Man has always looked for ways to "try things out" before building the real thing; this is the motivation behind any form of simulation. Thus, simulation of communication systems is concerned with imitating some aspects of the behavior of communication systems. It is implicit in our use of simulation that the medium (so to speak) for carrying it out is the digital computer. Computer-based modeling and simulation of communication systems has only developed in the last 20 years or so, since the advent of modern digital computers. A variety of modeling and simulation techniques have been developed and described in widely scattered journals, but until now there has not been a single volume devoted to the subject. We have tried to provide a unified framework that describes both the disciplines involved and the methods of modeling and simulating communication systems and subsystems. In the electronic era, the first type of computer simulation, in today's use of the term, took shape in the form of analog computers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • GE Aerospace, Philadelphia, USA

    Michel C. Jeruchim

  • AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, USA

    Philip Balaban

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    K. Sam Shanmugan

  • Comdisco Systems, Foster City, USA

    K. Sam Shanmugan

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