| Lectures and exercises |
hours |
| Topics |
Specific contents |
|
| Passband signals and representation |
Passband signals and random processes characterization. |
8
|
| Theory of analog modulation |
Baseband equivalent schemes for the analysis of linear modulation (DSB, SSB, VSB), and non-linear modulation (AM, FM). Performance and signal-to-noise-ratio evaluation. Power budget and design of telecommunication systems. |
10
|
| Non-uniform quantization |
Non-uniform quantization. Lloyd-Max optimum quantizer. Asymptotic performance of a quantizer. |
4
|
| Theory of digital communication |
Signal space. Maximum-likelihood optimum receiver. Irrelevance. Digital modulation techniques (FSK, PSK, PAM, QAM). Performance evaluation, symbol error reate and bounds. |
10
|
| Equalization |
Optimal receiver in dispersive channels. Sequence detection and Viterbi algorithm. Linear equalization. Zero forcing and MMSE equalizer. Channel estimation |
10
|
| Exercizes and problems |
Exercises and problems about the course topics and discussion on more in-depth topics. |
8
|
| Total hours for lectures and exercises |
50 |
| for exercises only |
|
|
Further educational activities
|
hours
|
| Labs |
0 |
| Tutorials / Seminars |
4 |
| Workshops |
|
| Guided tours |
|
| |
|
| Total hours for further educational activities |
4 |
| Total hours |
54
|