Course Number
525.793
Course Format
Online

This course provides a basic introduction to the various building blocks of a modern digital communications system, focusing on the physical layer (PHY). We will first review basic concepts in digital communications, including Shannon theory, Nyquist sampling theory, optimal detection under Gaussian white noise, and basic modulations. We will then treat several building blocks of a digital receiver, including time and frequency synchronization, adaptive equalization and precoding, and error-correction coding/decoding. We will also introduce some advanced communication technologies such as Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO). Finally we will apply the knowledge to some practical wireless and wired systems.

Course Prerequisite(s)

EN.525.614 Probability and Stochastic Processes for Engineers; EN.525.616 Communication Systems Engineering.

Course Offerings

There are no sections currently offered, however you can view a sample syllabus from a prior section of this course.