09734 - Digital Communications

Main Goals

To explain the main architecture characteristics of a digital communications system (DCS).
To explain source and channel coding algorithms.
To explain the transmission and reception process in DCS.
To design and to simulate a DCS and measure its efficiency, quality, and data integrity.

Units	Topics and Materials
Unit 1	Introduction to DCS
	Group Presentation - TV - Analog vs Digital
Unit 2	Source Coding; Sources of Information and Entropy; Instantenous Codes
	Compact Codes; Huffman Coding; LZW coding; Run-Length; Multimedia Coding
Unit 3	Channel Coding; Binary Lineal Coding
	Hamming Code; Checksums and CRC; Convolutional Codes
Unit 4	Base Band Transmission - Quality Metrics: Channel Capacity, S/N
	Modulation: ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM, M-PSK, M-QAM; AWGN, OFDM

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