COURSE NAME DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS CREDITS 4 units (3 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory) CONTACT HOURS 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory INSTRUCTOR Dennis Jefferson Amora Faculty Member, Electronics Engineering Department TEXTBOOK Mesiya, M. (2013). Contemporary Communication Systems. New York: Mc Graw-Hill. Other Supplemental Ha, T. (2011) Theory and design of digital communication systems. Materials Cambridge: Cambridge University Press Carlson, B. (2010). Communication system. New York: McGraw-Hill Haykin, S. & Moher, M. (2010). Communication Systems (5th ed). New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Frenzel, L. (2009). CPrinciples of electronic communication systems (3rd ed). New York: McGraw-Hill. Rice, M. (2009). Digital communications: A discrete-time approach. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION a. Course Description This course deals with the theory and applications of the various techniques used in digital communications. It covers topics such as information measures and channel capacity, random variables, error detection and correction schemes, digital transmission and modulation techniques, multiplexing and multiple accessing techniques. b. Prerequisites ECE 004 (Principles of Communications) Co-requisites None c. Course Classification Required (Required/elective/ selected elective) SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE COURSE a. Course Objective The course aims to equip students with analytical understanding about the concepts of digital communication system. It also aims to provide students with the knowledge needed in designing simple digital communication systems and to develop skills necessary in industry, research and/or professional work. b. Course Outcomes By the end of the course, the students will be able to: 1. Interpret concepts of information theory. 2. Analyze how error control is implemented in various digital communications schemes 3. Analyze the processes involved in pulse modulation as fundamental to digital transmission. 4. Differentiate the various digital modulation schemes in terms of generation, detection, BER, state-space diagram. 5. Differentiate the various multiplexing techniques and multiple accessing techniques. 6. Design a simple digital communication system in accordance to standards. 7. Reflect on personal transformation along the TIP Graduate Attributes. 8. Submit the compilation of all requirements such as the TLA’s and SO. c. Student Outcomes Addressed by the Course Students will be able to: b. identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems; d. design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze, and interpret data, and synthesize information to provide valid conclusions for investigating complex problems. COURSE TOPICS Prelim Period (Weeks 1-6) I. Introduction; TIP Vision and Mission; TIP Graduate Attributes/ Institutional Intended Learning Outcomes; Program Educational Objectives/Student Outcomes; Course Objectives/Course Intended Learning Outcomes; Course Policies; II. Introduction to Digital Communication; Concept of Digital Communication; Information Theory; Entropy III. Error Control; Error Correction; Error Detection; Linear Block Codes; Cyclic Codes; Convolutional Codes; Turbo Codes IV. Digital Transmission; Line Coding; Pulse Modulation; Sampling Process; Quantization; Noise Considerations; PCM; DM; ADM; DPCM
Midterm Period (Weeks 7-12)
V. Digital Signal Transmission through time dispersive channels; ISI; Equalization; Eye Diagrams; Adaptive Equalization; VI. Passband Data Transmission; Passband Transmission Model; ASK, FSK, MSK, PSK, QAM, (Generation, Detection, Signal Space Diagram, BER and Power Spectra); DPSK.
Final Period (Weeks 13-18)
VII. Multiplexing; FDM; TDM; WDM; other types VIII. Multiple Accessing Schemes; CSMA; FDMA; TDMA; CDMA IX. Other Related Topics; OFDM, Wavelets.