TLTE 3010 Digital Communication

The revolution of digital electronics has affected many different fields such as computing (computers), medicine, home electronics, chemistry and so on. Telecommunication is one of the major areas which applied very successfully the facilities and the capabilities of digital electronics. Digital communications become part of our daily life. Digital communication means GSM, UMTS, 3G, VOIP, Internet, Bluetooth, Zigbee, Digital TV, and many others! Digital communication is the backbone course of our telecommunication studies.

Different text books are used in this course but the main one is:

B. Sklar, Digital Communication Fundamentals and Applications, 2^nd Ed., Prentice Hall 2001

Course Contents

• Signals and Spectra

• Introduction to Random signal analysis

• Formatting and Baseband Modulation

• Baseband Demodulation/Detection

• Bandpass Modulation and Demodulation/Detection

• Diversity Techniques

• Communication Link Analysis

• Channel Coding

• Multiplexing and Multiple Access

• Information Theory

Evaluation method: Final Exam