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.