Welcome to Introduction to Radio Frequency Communications

The aim of this book is a gentle introduction to RF communications.

Part of the motivation for writing this book is that the excellent books by Goldsmith [2005] and Molisch [2011] are mostly pitched at a graduate level. A gentler introduction for undergraduates seemed to be missing.

Prerequisites

It is assumed that the reader has some background in linear systems theory (Fourier & Laplace transforms, sampling, etc.) as well as programming in python.

Table of contents

• Introduction
• Amplitude Modulation
• Frequency Modulation
• Phase Modulation
• Digital modulation
• Frequency shift keying
• Quadrature Amplitude Modulation

Bibliography

[Gol05]

Andrea Goldsmith. Wireless Communications. Cambridge University Press, USA, 2005. ISBN 0521837162.

[Inc98]

Texas Instruments Incorporated. FSK Modulation and Demodulation With the MSP430 Microcontroller. Texas Instruments Incorporated, 1998. URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20120406002335/http://www.ti.com/lit/an/slaa037/slaa037.pdf.

[Mol11]

Andreas F. Molisch. Wireless Communications. Wiley Publishing, 2nd edition, 2011. ISBN 0470741864.

[Rut12]

J. Rutenbeck. Tech Terms: What Every Telecommunications and Digital Media Professional Should Know. Taylor & Francis, 2012. ISBN 9781136034503. URL: https://books.google.com/books?id=dfFsAAAAQBAJ.