Digital communications has become a key enabling technology in the realisation of efficient multimedia systems, wireless and wired telephony, computer networks, digital subscriber loop technology and other communication and storage devices of the information age. The course provides an introduction to the theory of digital communications and its application to the real world. Emphasis will be placed on covering design and analysis techniques used in source and channel coding, modulation and demodulation, detection of signal in the presence of noise, error detection and correction, synchronisation, and spread spectrum. An introduction to information theory and recent development in the area will also be covered.

Tuesday and Thursday, 1300-1430; Room 120, Chemistry building

Andrew Eckford

The recommended textbook for this course is Communication Systems, 4th ed., by Simon Haykin.

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