Description

This course is an introduction to digital communication systems :

• Introduction to Shannon paradigm


• Introduction to information theory : entropy concept of a source, mutual information.


• Fundamental theorems of source and channel coding, channel capacity.


• Source coding : Huffman and Lempel Ziv algorithms.


• Bit error rate evaluation and application examples.


• Channel coding  – introduction to error correcting codes


• Linear binary block codes : properties, generator and parity check matrices, technique of syndrome decoding, cyclic codes


• Convolutional codes and Viterbi algorithm  

Finalité

This course introduces the basis digital communications. The student will get an introduction to digital communications, to the information theory and the main techniques of source and channel coding.  

Compétences visées

To have good skills in information theory and coding

Description des modalités d'évaluation

Grade higher than  10

Public

Having followed  ELE102, ELE103 and MAA104