Cdma: Principles of Spread Spectrum Communication

I found this book very difficult to understand since I am a newcomer to this subject. I'm sure you can find easier books to understand if you are a beginner

Especially a greet book by Andrew Viterbi. I got every bit of information that I was looking for in one source.

This book is not well written. Textbook shall be self-explanatory and you can learn the topic by reading. This book just tell you the conclusion without logic derivation.

Looks to me like Andy Viterbi pulled together some of the technical papers done at Qualcomm while developing CDMA. Of all the books Viterbi has written (or contributed to) this one seems like it was done in extreme haste. I disagree with other reviewers that claim he introduces the material well. No way.It is true that this book is a tour de force of the performance analysis of CDMA. However, I would not describe it as readable. Maybe, not that Viterbi has made his hundreds of millions of dollars, he take time out to write a second edition that is done right.

I have studied CDMA and IS-95 using this book. The problems inherent in this book were obvious, surpisingly, to only a few.The truth behind this book is one of intellectual vanity. Is it that post-world war II Engineers, Scientists, and Mathematicians have forgotten, never understood, or never heard of Montaigne?"Difficulty is a coin which the learned conjure with so as not to reveal the vanity of their studies and which human stupidity is keen to accept in payment." -Montaigne"If our souls do not move with a better motion and if we do not have a healthier judgement, then I would just as soon that a pupil spend his time playing TENNIS." -Montaigne

Deep mathematicians concepts on Spread Spectrum technology. Even when i have only reviewed the first chapter deeply and the rest not too much, i got the impression it's for advanced level students. All my doubts are getting clear, and much knlowedge is still to come. Besides, it's Andrew Viterbi, one of the most important person besides CDMA technology.

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