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When a communication system has to be designed, the first main questions that must be answered are: (1) what is the channel through which the transmitted signal will flow? (2) how this channel can be mathematically modeled? In this chapter we address the main characteristics of some communication channels and their mathematical models. When dealing with models, we put emphasis on the fundamentals on some general classes of physical channels, not on the details of specific reference models typically available in recommendations and standards. With these fundamentals, the reader will be able to understand specific models and their simulation aspects, so that these concepts can be used in the research, design and performance assessment of a communication system. A vast number of references are inserted throughout the text to help the readers find additional information or even for a deeper or more complete treatment on some specific channel.

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Guimarães, D.A. (2010). Communication Channels. In: Digital Transmission. Signals and Communication Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01359-1_3

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