Signal Processing in Telecommunications: Proceedings of the 7th International Thyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications Viareggio, Italy, ... Transmission, Processing and Storage) - Tapa blanda

It is probably an overstatement to say that the discipline of telecommunication systems is becoming an application of digital signal processing (DSP). However, there is no doubt that by the mid-I980s integrated circuit technology has advanced to such an extent that revolutionary advances in telecommunications are fostered by the introduction of new and poweiful DSP algorithms. Actually, DSP has been recently playing a major role in the development of telecommuni­ cations systems: to name just one of the most widespread applications where this interaction has been most effective, we may mention the use of intelligent DSP to improve the peiformance of transmission systems by allowing sophisticated algorithm to be implemented in radio transmitters and receivers for personal communications. Other areas have equally benefited by the latest advances of DSP: speech coding and synthesis, speech recognition and enhancement, radar, sonar, digital audio, and remote sensing, just to cite afew. With this in mind, when choosing the topic for the 7th Tyrrhenian Workshop on Digital Communications, whose contributions are collected in this book, we aimed at focusing on the state of the art and the perspectives of the interaction between DSP and telecommunications, two disciplines that are becoming increasingly intertwined. Although by no means exhaustive of all the applications of DSP to telecommu­ nications, we believe that the material presented in this book pinpoints the most interesting among them, and hence it will be considered as a useful tool for investigating this complex and highly challenging field.

This study focuses on the most recent research into the interaction between Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and telecommunications. Particular emphasis is given to the description of advanced techniques and system architectures in the fields of signal encoding and transmission for multimedia and personal communications. The contributions are from leading international experts in the field either in the form of tutorials or in-depth case studies. The main topics are: Applications of DSP to personal communication networks, Joint source/channel coding for multimedia applications, DSP in channel estimation/equalisation and modem design, Signal processing in satellite networks, Advanced signal processing techniques, Recent applications of DSP techniques. Signal Processing in Telecommunications offers an informed overview of the subject. In particular, modern approaches to some key design issues are considered.