Advanced Digital

Communication

Course Outline

Course Information
Advanced Digital Communication
Semester:

Fall 2015

Course Code:

EE-851

Credit Hours:

Instructor:

Dr. Rizwan Ahmad

Discipline:

MSEE 7 (TCN), MSEE 6

(RFMW) and
MSEE 7 (DSP)

Office:

SEECS

Telephone:

+92 (0)51 9085 2118

Lecture Days:

Monday and Thursday

Class Room:

Monday, IAEC Seminar Hall (1800

-1950)

Prerequisite
Codes:

E-mail:
Consulting
Hours:

Signals & Systems, Digital

Communications, Data
Communications

rizwan.ahmad@seecs.edu.pk
Thursday after lecture
Appointment by email

Thursday, IAEC Seminar Hall (1700

-1750)
Knowledge
Group:

Telecommunication and Networking

Updates on
LMS:

After lecture and every Friday

Course Objectives
The objective of this course is to introduce graduate students to
the advanced concepts in digital communications.

The course will start with an introduction/ review to elementary

concepts of digital communication. This introduction will be
followed by in-depth lectures on discrete and continuous-time
modulation techniques and their working with standard
communication channels in the presence of noise.

Students would be introduced to mathematical tools for analysis of

capacity of both the communication channels as well as
source/channel codes vital for analyzing end-to-end performance of
a communication system.

Starting from a basic communication system foundation, we would

gradually increase students comfort level culminating with latest
advances in digital communications arena. The course will conclude
with coverage of advanced topics in design of codes used for digital
communication systems.

Course Objectives

The concepts learnt in this course will allow the students to

identify and employ appropriate analytical tools for design of
complex communication systems for their MS and PhD theses.

Learning Outcomes
On the completion of the course, the student
will be able to demonstrate the following:

Comprehensive understanding on design of a

digital communication system and underlying
concepts

Recommended Text Books

John G. Proakis, Digital Communications,
4th Edition
Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications:
Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd Edition
B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog
Communication Systems, 3rd Edition.
Simon S. Haykin, Digital Communications,
4th Edition, Wiley.

Other Resources

Robert G. Gallager, Principles of Digital

Communication, Cambridge University Press
Robert Gallager, Digital Communications-I
Text Notes, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
David Forney, Digital Communications-II
Text Notes, Massachusetts Institute of
Technology (MIT)
Andrea Goldsmith, Digital Communications
Undergraduate Text Notes, Stanford
University
Other internet sources and tutorials

Course Outline

Introduction: Digital Communications (Review of Typical

Undergraduate Digital Communications concepts)
Basic Communication System: Components
Source and Channel Waveforms
Vector Spaces and Signal Space
Channels, Digital Modulation and Demodulation
Random Processes and Noise
Detection in the Presence of Noise
SNR vs. BER performance
Equalization
Interference Cancellation
Introduction to coding
Gap between Uncoded Performance & Shannon Limit

Course Outline

Multiuser Communications
Advanced Topics in Modulations: Adaptive Modulation and
Hierarchical Modulation
Diversity

Cooperative Communications, Cognitive Radios and LTE

Assignments

Most of the assignments will include

implementation of studied concepts in Matlab

Course Policy

Quizzes may be announced or unannounced

Independent Matlab assignments

SEECS maintains a zero tolerance policy towards

plagiarism. While collaboration in this course
is highly encouraged, you must ensure that you do not
claim other peoples work/ ideas as
your own.

Research Papers

Future Courses

Information and Coding Theory

Advanced Wireless Communication
Detection and Estimation

Help on The Web

http://www.wiki.org
http://www.google.com
Tutorials
Matlab