TE-303 Digital Communications

Course: TE-303 Credits: 3+1 Contact Hrs: 3 Course Outline:

This course addresses the basic principles of digital communication systems (DCS). The course also focuses on the different stages in a digital transmitter and receiver, as well as also studying some aspects of channel and noise. This course can form the basis of further studies in Digital Communications, Wireless Communications and Information Theory. The main topics covered in the course are:

Revision of Signals, Spectra, Fourier Series & Transforms Source Coding Line Coding Channel Coding Modulation Multiplexing/Multiple Access Synchronization Noise & Error

Text Books:
1) Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, Bernard Sklar, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall 2) Communication Systems, Simon Haykin, 3rd Edition, John Wiley & Sons

References:
1) 2) 3) 4) Introduction to Digital Communications, Michael B. Pursley, Pearson, Prentice Hall Modern Digital & Analog Communication Systems, B. P. Lathi, Oxford University Press Principles of Communication Systems, Taub & Schilling, McGraw-Hill Data Communications and Networking, Behrouz A Forouzan, 4th Edition

Pre-requisites:
Communication Systems, Signals & Systems, Probability & Statistics, Random Signals and Noise