Digital Communications

Information about the lecture, exercises and lab will be available from this course website but mainly it will be distributed in the Moodle courses. Please visit this website frequently for updates and register in Moodle (see below) if you want or have to take these courses.

First Lecture

The lecture starts on Thursday, April 18, at 14:15 in lecture hall H45.1 ("blauer Hörsaal").
Please attend this lecture if you are interested in the lab couse!

E-Learning Platform Moodle

The e-learning platform Moodle (lecturelab) will be used for further lecture & lab announcements and the distribution of the tutorial sheets. The registration for the lab course is open now!

Organization

The course "Digital Communications" consists of the following parts (7 Credits in total):

  • Lecture (4 h/week) and Exercises / Tutorials (2 h/week), Tuesday, 08:30–12:00 h and Thursday, 14:00–15:30 h
  • An accompanying Lab (6 projects, 5 Credits) is offered and strongly recommended (details see below).

Overview

An introduction into the basics and mathematical fundamentals of digital communications is given. The lecture covers the following topics:

  • Introduction
  • Equivalent Complex Baseband
  • Pulse-Amplitude Modulation (PAM)
  • Variants of PAM Transmission Schemes
  • Signal-Space Representation
  • Digital Frequency and Phase Modulation
  • Channel Models
  • Equalization of Dispersive Channels
  • Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM)

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge in the fields of

  • of signals and systems
    (Fourier and z transform; sampling theorem; random variables and stochastic processes)
  • fundamentals of (analog and digital) communications
    (linear modulation formats; maximum-likelihood and maximum a-posteriori estimation; bandwidth and power efficiency)

is assumed.

Subsequently literature for further reading or to acquire the prerequisites for the course is listed. The "Semesterapparat" for this lecture can be found at here.

Basics on Communications:

  • S. Haykin. Communication Systems. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 3rd edition, 1994.
  • J.P. Proakis, M. Salehi. Communication Systems Engineering. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle Rive, NJ, 2nd edition, 2002.
  • J.B. Anderson, R. Johannesson. Understanding Information Transmission. Wiley-IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2005.
  • K.D. Kammeyer. Nachrichtenübertragung. B.G. Teubner, Stuttgart, 4. Auflage, 2008.
  • M. Bossert. Einführung in die Nachrichtentechnik. Oldenbourg, München, 2012.
  • J. Lindner. Informationsübertragung. Springer, Berlin, 2005.

Digital Communications:

  • J.G. Proakis. Digital Communications. McGraw-Hill, New York, 4th edition, 2000.
  • J.B. Anderson. Digital Transmission Engineering. Wiley-IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2nd edition, 2005.
  • R.E. Blahut. Modem Theory–An Introduction to Telecommunications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
  • R.E. Blahut. Digital Transmission of Information. Addison-Wesley, Reading, MA, 1990.
  • J.R. Barry, E.A. Lee, D.G. Messerschmitt. Digital Communication. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, 3rd edition, 2003.
  • N. Benvenuto, G. Cherubini. Algorithms for Communications Systems and their Application. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002.
  • A. Lapidoth. A Foundation in Digital Communications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2009.
  • J.M. Wozencraft, I.M. Jacobs. Principles of Communication Engineering. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1965.

Stochastic Processes:

  • A. Papoulis, S.U. Pillai. Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes. McGraw-Hill, New York, 4th edition, 2002.
  • H.L. Van Trees. Detection, Estimation, and Modulation Theory, Part III: Radar-Sonar Signal Processing and Gaussian Signals in Noise. John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2001.

Special Aspects:

  •  J.B. Anderson, T. Aulin, C.-E. Sundberg. Digital Phase Modulation.    Plenum Press, New York, 1986.
  • R. Fischer. Precoding and Signal Shaping for Digital Transmission. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 2002.
  • A. Goldsmith. Wireless Communications. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2005.

Information about the lecture, exercises and lab will be available from this course website but mainly it will be distributed in the Moodle courses. Please visit this website frequently for updates and register in Moodle (see below) if you want or have to take these courses.

Contents

The Lab Digital Communications consists of the following six projects:

M. Introduction to MATLAB
1. Digital Pulse Amplitude Modulation
2. Implementation of PAM Transmission in MATLAB
3. Variants of PAM Transmission Schemes
4. Noncoherent Reception
5. Signal Space Representation

Scheduling and Organisation

Depending on the number of participants, there will be only one group this year on Wednesday (1:00 pm to 6:00 pm) with up to 6 teams of 2 students. If needed, the lab may also (or only) be offered on Friday (8:00 am to 1:00 pm). This decision will finally be met after the registration has ended. So if interested, please register for the lab in Moodle (see below)!
The lab teams will execute the six projects, probably at the following dates:

Project: Calendar Week: Dates (Wednesday/Friday):
organisational meeting & security briefing 17

24. or 26. April 2024 (TBA)

M 18/19

8. / 3. May 2024 (TBA)

1 20

15./17. May 2024

2 22 29./31. May 2024
3 24 12./14. June 2024
4 26 26./28. June 2024
5 28 10./12. July 2024

E-Learning Platform Moodle

The e-learning platform Moodle (lecturelab) will be used for further lecture & lab announcements and the distribution of the tutorial sheets. The registration for the lab course is open now!

Summer Semester 2024
Lecture &
Exercise:

Tuesday, 08:30 - 12:00

Thursday, 14:00 - 15:30

Laboratory: Room 43.1.102
Language

English

Requirements

Einführung in die Nachrichtentechnik
(or any other introductory course on communications)

Exams

Written exam of 120 min
(offered twice after the summer term)

Exam Dates: TBD