Bridging the current gap in the literature this book offers an intuitive engineering based approach 

concerned with the main systems architecture and signal processing aspect in the design of the physical layer radio interface of a wireless communications terminal. Starting from the fundamentals of source coding, transmission and multiple access, the book touches upon the most up to date topics in wireless communications, such as Broadcasting, Personal Communications, Wireless LANs etc.

Starting from the basics of signal and digital communications theory and the main techniques for source and channel coding, signal modulation and demodulation, including the functions of equalisation and synchronisation, and finally describing the main aspects of a number of standards for wireless communications such as DVB, IEEE 802.11, UMTS/IMT-2000.