Modeling of Digital Communication Systems Using SIMULINK

Preface

This book is designed to introduce the communications systems engineer to the use of The MathWorks^® Simulink^®1 for modeling and evaluating the performance of digital communications systems. Simulink is a block-oriented modeling tool that utilizes well-tested MATLAB^® code to enable rapid development of simulations for communication systems modeling. This block-oriented approach obviates the need for writing new software routines. The Simulink library provides an extensive array of MathWorks-verified blocks available for assembling any specific model. Upon gaining facility with the use of Simulink, the user will have a robust engineering tool for estimating communication systems performance in instances where analytic results are unavailable, such as nonlinear systems or time-varying channels.

Scope

This book introduces the reader to Simulink, an extension of the widely-used MATLAB² modeling tool, and the use of Simulink in modeling and simulating digital communication systems, including wireless communications systems. In contrast with other books that treat MATLAB in depth but treat Simulink only at an introductory level, this book enables the communication systems engineer to learn and use the extensive capabilities of Simulink to model a wide selection of digital communications systems and evaluate their performance for many important channel conditions.

The reader is expected to have an understanding of MATLAB and its environment. It is also expected that the reader ...