5681 (v.5) Digital Communications 603
| Area: | School of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
| Contact Hours: | 4.0 |
| Credits: | 25.0 |
| Lecture: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Laboratory: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Selected topics in communications from the fields of information theory and coding - vector communication systems - error detection and error correcting codes, linear and convolution codes, Viterbi decoding - advanced modulation techniques, generalised theory of modulation - communication network design - network traffic characterisation and management - switching theory - ATM networking - optical comminications, devices and networks. |