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Syllabus:

Digital Communication, 7.5 credits

The course is discontinued from 2022-02-17

Swedish name: Digital kommunikation
This syllabus is valid: 2017-01-09 valid to 2017-01-15 (newer version of the syllabus exists)
Syllabus for courses starting before 2017-01-15
Course code: 5EL234
Credit points: 7.5
Education level: Second cycle
Main Field of Study and progress level: Electronics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements
Grading scale: Pass with distinction, Pass with merit, Pass, Pass with distinction, Pass, Fail
Responsible department: Department of Applied Physics and Electronics
Established by: Faculty Board of Science and Technology, 2016-06-23

Contents

The course covers principles and performance limits in digital communication. Special emphasis is given to methods for effective communication in noisy channels. The course includes concepts and methods in information theory, source coding, channel models and channel coding technology.
 

Required Knowledge

For admission to the course at least 60 ECTS (one year full time) courses in Electronics or 60 ECTS in Physics or equivalent knowledge are required.
Proficiency in English equivalent to Swedish upper Secondary course English A/5. Where the language of instruction is Swedish, applicants must prove proficiency in Swedish to the level required for basic eligibility for higher studies.

Literature

Valid from: 2017 week 1

Shannon C E
A mathematical Theory of Communication
The Bell System Technical Journal :

Sayood Khalid.
Introduction to data compression
4th ed. : Waltham, MA : Morgan Kaufmann : c2012. : xxiii, 740 p. :
ISBN: 9780124157965
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Salomon D.
A guide to data compression methods

Roman Steven
Introduction to coding and information theory
New York : Springer-Vlg : cop. 1997 : 323 s. :
ISBN: 0-387-94704-3
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Kodning för felkontroll
Frank Christer, Frank Christer, Frank Christer
Bokförlaget Hackspetten : 2016 :
Omslagsbild
ISBN: 9789198302745
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Introduction to information theory and data compression
Hankerson Darrel R., Harris Greg A., Johnson Peter D.
2nd ed. : Boca Raton, Fla. : Chapman & Hall/CRC Press : ©2003. : 1 online resource (xi, 366 pages) :

ISBN: 020399809X
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