This book provides postgraduate students and practising engineers with a thorough grounding in the core principles and design issues of digital communications to meet the industry demand for in-depth expertise in digital transmission techniques.
Ifiok Otung is Professor of Satellite Communications at the University of South Wales (USW), dubbed 'Best Lecturer International' by the Students' Union in April 2012. A Chartered Engineer with broad and international experience, Prof. Otung has served as External Examiner in a number of universities in Africa, Asia and Europe and as consultant for several research establishments. He has also presented short courses attended by engineers from leading companies and organisations in Europe. He leads the Mobile & Satellite Communications Group at USW and has supervised around 15 PhD and 85 MSc projects, and authored several books as well as numerous articles in learned Journals and international conference proceedings. Ifiok holds a PhD from the University of Surrey and first class honours and Masters degrees from University of Ife.