Simulation of Communication Systems
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 definiti
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Applications of Communications Theory Series Editor: R. W. Lucky, AT&T Bell Laboratories Recent volumes in the series: COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS John R. Freer COMPUTER NETWORK ARCHITECTURES AND PROTOCOLS Second Edition • Edited by Carl A. Sunshine DATA COMMUNICATIONS PRINCIPLES Richard D. Gitlin, Jeremiah F. Hayes, and Stephen B. Weinstein DATA TRANSPORTATION AND PROTECTION John E. Hershey and R. K. Rao Yarlagadda DEEP SPACE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 'Edited by Joseph H. Yuen DIGITAL PHASE MODULATION John B. Anderson, Tor Aulin, and Carl-Erik Sundberg DIGITAL PICTURES: Representation and Compression Arun N. Netravali and Barry G. Haskell FIBER OPTICS: Technology and Applications Stewart D. Personick FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL SWITCHING Second Edition • Edited by John C. McDonald MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS Jeremiah F. Hayes MODERN TELECOMMUNICATIONS E. Bryan Carne OPTICAL CHANNELS: Fibers, Clouds, Water, and the Atmosphere Sherman Karp, Robert M. Gagliardi, Steven E. Moran, and Larry B. Stotts PRACTICAL COMPUTER DATA COMMUNICATIONS William J. Barksdale SIMULATION OF COMMUNICATION .SYSTEMS Michel C. Jeruchim, Philip Balaban, and K. Sam Shanmugan A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual shipment. For further information please contact the publisher.
Simulation of Communication Systems Michel
c. Jemchim
GE Aerospace Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philip Balaban AT& T BeII Laboratories Holmdel, New Jersey
K. Sam Shanmugan University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas and Comdisco Systems Foster City, California
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JeruchlN, Mlchel C. Slmulatlon of communlcatlon syste.s I Mlchel C. JeruchlN, Phl11p Balaban, K. SaI Shanmugan. p. CN. -- CAppllcatlons of conmunlcatlons theory) Includes blbllographlcal references and Index. ISBN 978-1-4613-6451-1 ISBN 978-1-4615-3298-9 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4615-3298-9
1. Telecomnunlcatlon systems--CoMputer slnul.tlon. 1. Balaban, Phl11p. II. Shanllugan, K. Su, 1943III. Tltle. IV. Serles. TK6102.5.J47 1992 621.382·01'13--dc20 91-48369 CIP
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Preface
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 discipl
