Module description
To provide deep understanding of digital transmission and detection techniques, and also of communication channel models, and provide the fundamental knowledge required for analysis and design of digital communication systems/links.
Assessment details
Written examination/s;coursework
Learning outcomes
This course is about the fundamental concepts and methods incorporated in the design and analysis of modern digital communication systems.
In this course you will be familiarised with the fundamental concepts of Information Theory, including Entropy, and Shannon capacity.
Also you will learn about:
Source coding in digital communication systems,
various digital modulation/demodulation and detection techniques for base-band and pass-band signals,
channel models used in practical communication systems,
band-limited channels, channel equalisation, and multiuser channels,
fundamental channel encoding techniques such as block coding and convolutional coding,
some of the well-known decoding algorithms.
the resources (such as power and frequency band) in digital communication, and will be able to evaluate the performance of digital communication systems, and will learn to use these in the design of digital systems and links.