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Digital coding and error correction methods (Spring 2006)

Course code : EDCEC-U01
ECTS Credits : 7,5 Status : Optional
Revised : 27/05 2004 Written : 10/04 2002
Placement : 5-7 semester Hours per week : 4
Length : 1 semester Teaching Language : Danish if no English students are present

Objective : To enable the student to understand and use the fundamental principles of coding and error correction in modern communication systems as modems and wire- and wireless transmission over physical channels.
Principal Content : Baseband transmission, Detection of information buried in AWGN, Probability of error, Matched filters, Intersymbol interference, Shaping of signals, Channel capacity, Channel coding, Modern forms of error correction coding, Link Budgets. System tradeoffs.
Teaching method : Class teaching with active participation by the students. The teaching is given as a combination of daily lectures and problem solving in class. Some of the items in the curriculum will be illustrated by using demo-programs.
Required prequisites : Documented knowledge corresponding to DSM3 or DSM4.
Recommended prerequisites : Linear Algebra and Adaptive Filters (LAAF)
Relations : The course is closely connected to the curriculum in DCM which profitably can be followed in the same semester.
Type of examination : Oral examination
External examiner : Internal
Marking : Scale of 13
Remarks : The oral examination is based on a number of small problems from the curriculum. The whole list of problems is handed out at course start. Before the examination each student is given 30 minutes for preparation of his/her specific question.
Teaching material : B. Sklar: "Digital Communications - fundamentals and applications" Prentice Hall. ISBN 0-13-212713-x. (A CD-ROM with exercises is included) The book is also used in the study module DCM Notes on CampusNet
Responsible teacher : Viggo Skov , vs@ihk.dk