UNIK4180 ¨C Digital communications, part II

Course description

• Course content
• Learning outcome
• Admission
• Prerequisites

• Overlapping courses
• Teaching
• Examination

Course content

Basic communication principles, deterministic and stochastic signal processing, pulse-amplitude modulation, advanced modulation, probabilistic detection, equalization, Viterbi algorithm, MIMO communications, fading and diversity, synhcronization, topics suggested by the students.

Learning outcome

This course, together with other courses within communication studies, should give a solid background for working with modern wireless communications systems at Norwegian telecommunication companies and for further Ph.D. studies.

The goal of this course can be divided into three areas:

• Knowledge goal: The students should understand the functions of the various parts of a modern communication system.

• Skill goal: The students should have the ability to analyze theoretically the performance of various parts of a communication system. They should also be able to run Monte Carlo simulations for communication systems in matlab in order to estimate the performance of such systems.

• Attitude goal: The students should be aware of some of the most promising technologies for the future communication systems, such as for example MIMO techniques.

Admission

Students who are admitted to study programmes at UiO must each semester register which courses and exams they wish to sign up for in Studentweb.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures.

Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

No requirements

Recommended previous knowledge

UNIK4170 - Digital communications, part 1, INF3440 Signal processing, INF4440 - Signal processing, INF5400 Statistical signal processing

Overlapping courses

None

Teaching

The course comprises 2 hours of lectures and 1 - 2 hours of exercises per week. The students must hand in and pass 2 obligatory tasks before they are admitted to take the exam. Student presentations.

Examination

Written exam will be given if the number of candidates is high, otherwise the exam is oral. Normal grades (A - F).