Basic Info

This course provides students with the opportunity to understand basic principles and techniques in area of Digital Communications – sub-branch of Communication Theory, which is an application branch of Information Theory. Transmission techniques and coding techniques are explained on the background of particular blocks of a simplex transmission system. Namely basic codes for Translation, Error Control, Compaction Compression, and Capacity of discrete channel are forming the contents. This course provides a theoretical basis for study and understanding of subsequent courses such as: IPv6 & IoT, Architecture of wireless 2G and 3G networks, Wireless Communications, Architecture of wireless 4G and 4G+ networks and Design of telecommunications networks. However the acquired knowledge could be applied also in Computer science, Informatics, automation, robotics and consumer electronics.

• Lectures & labs: Prof. Ing. Peter Farkaš, DrSc. - p.farkas@ieee.org 

• Lecture schedule: Friday 15:00 - Classes start in online-only mode ! TODO link

• Lab schedule: Friday 17:00 - Classes start in online only mode !

• More info and course rules are in also the AIS system: 

Lecture Sylabus

1. Motivating introduction, development of the knowledge branch, its actual setting and importance; Simplex system block scheme;

2. Practical Line codes and their basic properties;

3. Constrained channels and construction of Translation codes;

4. Improving reliability via Error control codes;

5. Cyclic codes and their role in FEC and ARQ error control schemes;

6. No binary block Reed Solomon codes and their exploitation in digital systems;

7. No binary block BCH codes and their exploitation in digital systems;

8. Characterization of sources;

9. Loss less Source coding;

10. Channel capacity;

11. Analysis of particular practical digital system;

12. Development trends in the area of digital technology.

LABS sylabus & assignments HERE:

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Resources

• FARKAŠ, P. Kódovanie a modulácie. Bratislava : STU v Bratislave, 1993. 263 p. ISBN 80-227-0513-6.

• IEEE Standards standards.ieee.org

• Digital communications primer on tutorialspoint.com