Communication and Signal and Information

Processing Laboratory
Detection Theory Institut für Signal- und
Informationsverarbeitung
Spring Semester 2020
Prof. Dr. A. Lapidoth

Course Information

http://www.isi.ee.ethz.ch/teaching/courses/cdt

Introduction
This is an introductory course to the principles of digital communication. The emphasis is on
a solid and deep understanding of the basics rather than on covering a lot of ground. You may
have seen some of the topics before, but perhaps not in the depth for which we aim. Resist the
temptation to merely glance over these topics!

Course Contents

• Baseband representation of passband signals

• Bandwidth and inner products in baseband and passband

• The geometry of the space of energy-limited signals

• The Sampling Theorem as an orthonormal expansion

• Sampling passband signals

• Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM): energy, power, and power spectral density

• Nyquist Pulses

• Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM)

• Hypothesis testing

• The Bhattacharyya Bound

• Gaussian stochastic processes

• Detection in white Gaussian noise

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Addresses Lecturer Secretary
Prof. Dr. Amos Lapidoth Ms. Silvia Tempel
ETF E107 ETF E106
Tel: +41 44 632 51 92 Tel: +41 44 632 51 93
E-mail: lapidoth@isi.ee.ethz.ch E-mail: tempel@isi.ee.ethz.ch

Assistant
Mr. Robert Graczyk
ETF E105
Tel: +41 44 632 28 99
E-mail: graczyk@isi.ee.ethz.ch

Lectures Tuesday, 13:15 - 15:00, ETZ E8

Tutorials Tuesday, 15:15 - 17:00, ETZ E8

Prerequisites

• Solid foundation in probability, calculus, and linear algebra

• Pleasure with mathematics

• English (lectures will be in English)

Textbook
Amos Lapidoth, A Foundation in Digital Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2nd edition
(2017).

Tutorials
It is highly recommended to attend the tutorials. Some tutorials may cover new material.

Testat
No formal “Testat” requirements. Students are highly encouraged to solve the homework problems.

Exam
Written exam (3 hours). Hardcopies of the course textbook, course handouts, and personal notes
are allowed. No electronic devices.

Supplementary Literature

1) A. J. Viterbi and J. K. Omura, Principles of Digital Communication and Coding, McGraw

Hill, 1979.

2) S. G. Wilson, Digital Modulation and Coding, Prentice Hall, 1996.

3) J. M. Wozencraft and I. M. Jacobs, Principles of Communication Engineering, Waveland

Press Inc., 1965.

4) R. G. Gallager, Principles of Digital Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

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