SYSC 4604
Digital Communication Theory
Introduction to information theory, source coding and data compression, Error control coding, Trellis coded modulation, advanced topics of current interest: spread spectrum; digital wireless communications.
2020
Topics
- Fundamental principles of digital communications and information theory.
- Source coding.
- distance, error detecting and correcting capabilities of block codes, cyclic codes
- examples of linear block codes, CRC, ARQ.
- Block codes.
- Convolutional codes, distance properties, systematic and nonsystematic codes
- decoding of convolutional codes, Viterbi algorithm.
- Convolutional codes.
- Polar codes.
- Spread-spectrum and CDMA (code-division multiple access).
- Spread-spectrum and CDMA.
- Fading channels and digital wireless communications.
Prerequisites & course information
Precludes additional credit for SYSC 4511 , SYSC 4600 . Prerequisite(s): SYSC 3503 . Lectures three hours a week, laboratory three hours alternate weeks.