Includes index.

Introduction to communications systems -- Radio-frequency circuits -- Amplitude modulation -- Angle modulation -- Transmitters -- Receivers -- Digital communication -- The telephone system -- Data transmission -- Local-area networks -- Wide-area networks and the Internet -- Digital modulation and modems -- Multiplexing and multiple-access techniques -- Transmission lines -- Radio-wave propagation -- Antennas -- Microwave devices -- Terrestrial microwave communication systems -- Television -- Satellite communication -- Cellular radio -- Personal communication systems -- Paging and wireless data networking -- Fiber optics -- Fiber optic systems.