DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
cod. 1002758

Academic year 2010/11
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Telecomunicazioni (ING-INF/03)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
72 hours
of face-to-face activities
9 credits
hub:
course unit
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Learning objectives

To describe the theoretical foundation of the modern digital communication systems and the elements necessary to ther design.

Prerequisites

Detection and estimation theory

Course unit content

Modern digital communication systems

Full programme

Transmission systems with memory--General model of modulated signals. Sequence detection. Error probability evaluation for receivers based on sequence detection. Continuous phase modulations. Trellis-coded modulations. Reduced-state sequence detection. Linear and decision-feedback equalization.
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Advanced topics--Sequence detection in the presence of unknown parameters. Per-survivor processing. Turbo codes and iterative decoding. Factor graphs and the sum-product algorithm. Low-density parity-check codes. BIt-interleaved coded modulation. Space-time codes.

Bibliography

G. Colavolpe, R. Raheli, Lezioni di Trasmissione numerica, Monte Università Parma editore, 2004.
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S. Benedetto, E. Biglieri, Principles of digital communications, with wireless applications, Kluwer, 1999.
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J. G. Proakis, Digital communications, McGraw-Hill, 4th ed., 2001.

Teaching methods

Oral Lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral exam

Other information

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