Written by two distinguished experts in the field of digital communications, this classic text remains a vital resource three decades after its initial publication. Its treatment is geared toward students of communications theory and to designers of channels, links, terminals, modems, or networks used to transmit and receive digital messages. 1979 edition. Reprint of the McGraw-Hill, New York, 1979 edition.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
An Introduction to Information Theory by John R. Pierce Covers encoding and binary digits, entropy, language and meaning, efficient encoding and the noisy channel, and explores ways in which information theory relates to physics, cybernetics, psychology, and art. 1980 edition.
Digital Processing of Random Signals: Theory and Methods by Boaz Porat This excellent advanced text rigorously covers several topics. Geared toward students of electrical engineering, its material is sufficiently general to be applicable to other engineering fields. 1994 edition.
Stochastic Processes and Filtering Theory by Andrew H. Jazwinski This unified treatment presents material previously available only in journals, and in terms accessible to engineering students. Although theory is emphasized, it discusses numerous practical applications as well. 1970 edition.
