Digital Communications

Exam Inspection

The exam inspection of the second exam on October 9 will take place on Tuesday, October 24, 16:00 h to 16:30 h, at room 43.2.227 (institute's library).

Exam

The second exam is scheduled for October 9, 13:00h in room 47.2.101

Allowed auxiliaries (see lecture notes or official list of exams in notice board at entrance of room H45.1):

  • pencils, rulers, protractor (Geodreieck); do not use red colored pens!
  • non-programmable calculator

An auxiliary sheet that includes important definitions and formulas will be provided during the exam. The sheet will be collected after the exam.

Exam Inspection

The inspection of the 1st exam (August 14) is scheduled for Wednesday, October 4, 16:00 h - 16:30 h, at room 43.2.227 (institute's library).

Exam

The first exam is scheduled for August 14, 10:00h in room H45.1.

Allowed auxiliaries (see lecture notes or official list of exams in notice board at entrance of room H45.1):

  • pencils, rulers, protractor (Geodreieck); do not use red colored pens!
  • non-programmable calculator

An auxiliary sheet that includes important definitions and formulas will be provided during the exam. The sheet will be collected after the exam.

Lecture

The lecture starts on Thursday, April 20, at 14:00 in room H45.1 ("blauer Hörsaal").
Please attend this lecture if you want / have to take part in the lab couse!

E-Learning Platform

The e-learning platform Moodle (lecturelab) will be used for further lecture & lab announcements and the distribution of the tutorial sheets.
The password for registering for the lecture course will be distributed at the first lecture! For the lab course no password is needed. Just register for the Moodle lab course and follow the instructions.

Description

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.

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.

The lab Digital Communications consists of the following six experiments:

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

Scheduling and Organisation

Depending on the number of participants, There will be 2 groups this year, probably on Wednesday (1pm to 6pm) and on Friday (8am to 1pm) (and/or maybe on Tuesday (1pm to 6am)), each with up to 12 teams of 2 students. These teams will execute the six lab experiments, probably at the following dates. Please note that the dates have been updated:

Project: Calendar Week: Dates (W/F): Supervisor:
M 18 3./5. May 2017 Günther Haas
1 20 17./19. May 2017 Günther Haas
2 21 24./26. May 2017 Günther Haas
3 23 07./09. June 2017 Günther Haas
4 25 21./23. June 2017 Günther Haas
5 27 05./07. July 2017

Günther Haas

E-Learning Platform

The e-learning platform Moodle (lecturelab) will be used for further lecture & lab announcements and the distribution of the tutorial sheets.
The password for registering for the lecture course will be distributed at the first lecture! For the lab course no password is needed. Just register for the Moodle lab course and follow the instructions.

Summer Term 2017
Lecture/Exercise:Tuesday, 08:30 - 12:00, H45.1
Thursday, 14:00 - 15:30, H45.1
Lab: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