Course details
Communication Theory
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Time span
- 39 hrs lectures
- 13 hrs exercises
- 13 hrs laboratories
- 13 hrs pc labs
Department
Study literature
- Žalud, V.: Moderní radioelektronika, Nakladatelství BEN, 2000. ISBN 80-86056-47-3.
- Šebesta, V.: Teorie sdělování, Studijní opora, VUTIUM, Brno, 1999.
- Hsu, H.P.: Analog and Digital Communications, Schaum's Outlines, McGraw-Hill, USA, 1993, ISBN 0-07-030636-2.
Syllabus of lectures
- Basic terms of the theory of communication and data transmission.
- Communication systems focused on digital modulations. Classification of modulating techniques.
- Base-band discrete coded modulations.
- Signal formats for digital data representation. Intersymbol interference (ISI) and its reduction.
- Digital data filtering. SNR maximization.
- Two-stage and more-stage discrete modulations with harmonic carriers.
- Geometric representation of modulated signals. Main groups of digital modulations.
- BFSK, BPSK, D-BPSK modulations.
- MPSK, QPSK, D-QPSK, O-QPSK, pi/4 - QPSK modulations.
- CPM (CPFSK, MSK, GMSK) modulation. M-QAM modulations.
- Modulating formats with multiple carriers MCM, orthogonal frequency multiplex OFDM.
- Techniques of reconstruction of reference carrier and time raster for digital modulations.
- Techniques of signal visualization for discrete modulations. Comparison of the individual techniques.
Syllabus of numerical exercises
- Transmission and modulating rate. Signals and their spectrum.
- PCM, DPCM, DM.
- Formats of digital signals. Their parameters in the time and frequency domains.
- ASK, BFSK, DPSK.
- Test. Shift keying I.
- Shift keying II.
Syllabus of computer exercises
- Base-band data transmission.
- BPSK.
- QPSK.
- MSK and GMSK.
- Data communication by means of modem.
- Testing and credit hour.
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