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Digital Communications II 520.466
Fall 2006

Barton Hall

"The fundamental problem of communication is that of reproducing at one point either exactly or approximately a message selected at another point." Claude E. Shannon (download).  Digital Communications II addresses fundamental bounds on digital communications and how they are achieved through channel coding.   Emphasis will be on performance in a variety of communications applications.

Course time and place: MTW 11:00-11:50, 225 Barton Hall
Prerequisite:  Digital Communications I (520.465)
Texts:
    Proakis, John G., Digital Communications, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-232111-3
    Viterbi & Omura, Principles of Digital Communications and Coding (download) [perfectly legal -- 35 Mbyte PDF]
Other references (optional):
     J.C. Moreira and P.G. Farrell, Essentials of Error-Control Coding, Wiley 2006
     R. McEliece, The Theory of Information and Coding, Student Edition, Cambridge, 2004, ISBN 0-521-83185-7
     J.M. Wozencraft & I.M. Jacob, Principles of Communication Engineering, Wiley 1965
     S.B. Wicker, Error Control Systems for Digital Communication and Storage, Prentice-Hall 1995
     S. Lin & D.J. Costello, Jr.  Error Control Coding, Prentice-Hall 2004.
     T. Cover & J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, Wiley 1991
     R. G. Gallager, Information Theory and Reliable Communication, Wiley, 1968
Homework Assignments (PDF)  (Will be provided in the fall)
Course calendar  (Will be provided in the fall)
Some notes:  Ch 1; Ch2; Ch3;Ch3-Block; Ch3-LBC; Convolutional Codes;  Viterbi; Misc Perf. ; turbo; turbo_supp.

  A. Brinton Cooper III,  210 Barton Hall, 410-516-7014, Office hour: by appointment or when my door is open.

Course philosophy: "If your (communications) system doesn't use coding, it's probably over-designed," Elwyn R. Berlekamp, "The Technology of Error-Correcting Codes," Proceedings of the IEEE, 1980.