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Sampling Analog to Digital Conversion
(i) sampling theorem, (ii) pulse code modulation (PCM), (iii) PCM in Carrier Systems (iv) digital multiplexing (v) differential pulse code modulation (DPCM) and adaptive differential PCM (ADPCM), (vi) Vocoders and Video Compression.
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Data Transmission Principles
(i) digital communication systems (ii) line coding (iii) pulse shaping (iv) scrambling (v) digital receivers (vi) eye diagrams.
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Information Theory
(i) Measure of information, (ii) source encoding (iii) Binary Symmetric Channels (BSC) (iv) channel capacity (v) Shannon’s equation (vi) frequency selective channel capacity (vii) Multiple-Input-Multiple-Output (MIMO) systems.
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Error Correction Codes
(i) Redundancy (ii) linear block codes (iii) cyclic codes (iv) effects of error correcting (v) convolutional codes (vi) trellis diagrams (vii) code combining and interleaving (viii) soft decoding and Soft-Output Viterbi Algorithm (SOVA) (ix) Turbo Codes (x) Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes.
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Multichannel and Multicarrier Communication Systems
(i) Multichannel communications in AWGN (ii) single carrier Vs multicarrier modulation (iii) capacity of a non-ideal linear filter (iv) Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) – modulation and demodulation (v) an FFT Implementation of an OFDM system (vi) spectral characteristics of multicarrier signals (vii) bit and power allocation and peak to average ratio in multicarrier modulation (viii) channel coding considerations for multicarrier modulation.
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Spread Spectrum Communication Systems
(i) Model of Spread Spectrum Communication System (ii) Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (DSSS) (iii) frequency hopped spread spectrum signals (iv) Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) (v) other types of spread spectrum (vi) synchronisation of spread spectrum systems.
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Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
(i) technical details of the radio interface (ii) hardware implementation (iii) security (iv) end applications.
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Module Resources
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Recommended Book Resources |
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B. P. Lathi and Zhi Ding. (2009), Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th. Oxford University Press, [ISBN: 978-019533145].
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John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi. (2007), Digital Communications, 5th. McGraw-Hill Education, [ISBN: 978-007295716].
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Supplementary Book Resources |
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Behrouz Forouzan. (2014), Data Communications and Networking, 5th. McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, p.1264, [ISBN: 0073376221].
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