Simulation and Software Radio for Mobile Communications (Book ) (Artech House Universal Personal Communications) hardcover Edition

I had to buy it for a class so cannot compare to other books on same subject.

Harada & Prasad provide a very good working-levelunderstanding of how to simulate communication systemsusing MATLAB. This book will appeal to advancedundergraduate and beginning graduate electricalengineers. It emphasizes nuts&bolts simulation, andassumes a good working knowledge of communicationsystem analysis. Professionals who use MATLAB toanalyze communication systems for a living will findthe coverage fairly basic - even shallow - but theauthors well meet their goal of giving beginners abetter leg up on the process. Including their MATLABsource code on a CD with the book may make the purchaseworthwhile all by itself.

This book deserves my 5 stars due to its tremendous effort to illustrate how complex digital communications algorithms are actually put into "code" for applied research. Any newcomer to mobile communications will benefit extensively from reading and using this book. For practicing researchers and engineers, it provides a refreshing and often insightful revision of basic concepts, as well as exposure of newer technology such as OFDM and software radio.I recommend this book to all digital communications engineers.