Without relying upon rigorous mathematical derivations, and including actual design examples, this text offers the reader the knowledge and tools to more effectively analyze, specify and solve a multitude of common wireless data modem design problems. It details modem types and applications in various methods and presents design details of satellite ground station modems and the interaction between link budgets and modem performance specifications and implementations. The book also explores digital cellular telephone modem performance issues, explains modem design Rules of Thumb understood among designers and introduces the radio regulatory approval process from an engineer's viewpoint.