Fundamentals of Data Communication

Objectives

-Relate the fundamental theoretical concepts associated with data communications processes and technologies -Explain the fundamental components of digital or analog communication systems -The ability to analyze the frequency spectrum representation of analog and digital signals -Discuss the fundamental limitations of communications/transmission systems -Understand the concepts associated with multimedia signals digitization and related processing techniques and tools -Understand the basic multiplexing mechanisms underlying current transmission/communications systems -Relate several concepts and definitions from the field of Information Theory with coding algorithms for data communication or storage processes -Describe the underpinning theory and techniques allowing for error detection and correction in digital communications.

Program

Introduction: Elements of a communication system, Fundamental limitations, Modulation techniques Signal Analysis:Time/frequency spectrum domain, Fourier analysis, Average power, Signal bandwidth, Parseval Theorem Transmission Systems: Linear time-invariant systems, Transfer functions, Power gain/loss, Noise, Transmission bandwidth, Nyquist rate, Ideal/real filters/systems Digitization: Analog/digital signals, Sampling theory, Uniform/non-uniform Quantization, PCM, Errors in digitization, other techniques Multiplexing: Historical perspective, Time Division Mult. (TDM), PDH/SDH/SONET hierarchies, Statistical TDM, Queuing and scheduling, Frequency Division Mult. (FDM), Hybrid techniques Information Theory: Information measure, Entropy, Coding of sources with/without memory, Compression, Shannon-fano and other coding techniques, channel information rate limits Error Control Coding: Block codes, Hamming distance, Detection/correction capabilities, systematic codes, error control circuits

Bibliography

  • “Fundamentos das Telecomunicações”, Vasco Freitas, Universidade do Minho, 2003.
  • “Communication Systems”, 5th Edition, A. Bruce Carlson, Paul B. Crilly, McGraw-Hill Education, 2009.
  • “Principles of Communications”, 7th Edition, R. Ziemer, W. Tranter, Wiley, 2014.
  • “Fundamentals of Data Communication Networks”, O. Ibe, Wiley, 2017.

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