Fundamentals in Digital Communications B1a

Overview

Credits points: 3

Workload:
45 hours course attendance; 45 hours self-study

Semester:
summer and winter

Language: English

Module type: compulsory

Module usability: M.Sc. Electrical Communication Engineering

Module duration: one semester

Required qualifications:
undergraduate math (linear algebra, calculus, probability, random variables)

Competences to be acquired

Development in the area of digital transmission systems

Design of hardware and software components in digital transmission systems

Assessment of analog front-ends

Courses

Content

  • Mathematical Models for Communication Channels
  • Complex Baseband Representation of Bandpass Signals
  • Orthogonal Expansions of Signals
  • Linear Digital Modulation Schemes
  • Optimum Receivers for the AWGN Channel

Learning outcomes

  • Understanding fundamentals in digital communications and statistical signal processing

Details

  • Lecturer: Dirk Dahlhaus, Nour Mansour
  • Teaching method: lecture and exercises
  • SWS: 2
  • Credit points: 2
  • Examination: oral exam (30 minutes)
  • Course identifier: FB16-4933

Content

  • Mathematical Models for Communication Channels
  • Complex Baseband Representation of Bandpass Signals
  • Orthogonal Expansions of Signals
  • Linear Digital Modulation Schemes
  • Optimum Receivers for the AWGN Channel

Learning outcomes

  • Understanding fundamentals in digital communications and statistical signal processing

Details

  • Lecturer: Dirk Dahlhaus, Nour Mansour
  • Teaching method: lab training
  • SWS: 1
  • Credit points: 1
  • Examination: lab attendance
  • Course identifier: FB16-5112