Course Catalog 2006-2007

TLT-5906 ADVANCED COURSE IN DIGITAL TRANSMISSION, 5-7 cr
Advanced Course in Digital Transmission

Courses persons responsible
Markku Renfors

Implementations
Person responsible: Markku Renfors
Programs: Electrical Engineering, Information Technology, Communications and Electronics
  Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4 Period 5 Summer
Lecture 3 h/week 3 h/week - - - -
Assignment 15 h/per 15 h/per 52 h/per - - -
Exam  
(Timetable for academic year 2006-2007)

Objectives
The goal is to strengthen the communication theoretic basis for advanced wireless system development.

Content
Content Core content Complementary knowledge Specialist knowledge
1. Review of linear digital modulation methods using the signal space concepts.       
2. Basics of statistical signal processing and detection and estimation theory with application in channel estimation and equalization.  Deeper understanding of detection and estimation theory.    
3. Review of fading multipath channel characteristics. Diversity concepts. Multiantenna and MIMO system concepts.  Deeper understanding of MIMO techniques.    
4. Iterative detection and decoding methods and receiver structures; multiuser detection, turbo codes, LDPC codes.  Deeper understanding of advanced detection and decoding methods.    

Requirements for completing the course
5 cr: exam and small project/homework solutions 6 or 7 cr: more extensive project/literature study

Evaluation criteria for the course

  • The assessment is based on the exam, which is targeted to measuring the knowledge gained in the core contents.

  • Used assessment scale is numeric (1-5)

    • Study material
    Type Name Auhor ISBN URL Edition, availability... Exam material Language
    Book Digital Communication J.R. Barry, E. A . Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt 0-7923-7548-3   3rd edition,Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004 No  English 
    Book Digital Communications J.G Proakis 0-07-118183-0   4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001 No  English 

    Prerequisites
    Code Course Credits M/R
    TLT-5400 TLT-5400 Digital Transmission 7 Mandatory
    TLT-6206 TLT-6206 Radio Propagation in Wireless Networks 3 Recommendable

    Prequisite relations (Sign up to TUT Intranet required)

    Remarks

    Lectured every second year.

  • Partial passing of course must be in connection with the same round of implementation.

  • The course is suitable for postgraduate studies.

  • Course will not be lectured in the academic year 2006-2007.

    • Distance learning

  • ITC utilized during the course

    • - In information distribution via homepage, newsgroups or mailing lists, e.g. current issues, timetables
    - In distributing and/or returning exercise work, material etc
    - In the visualization of objects and phenomena, e.g. animations, demonstrations, simulations, video clips

  • Estimate as a percentage of the implementation of the course

    • - Contact teaching: 30 %
    - Distance learning: 10 %
    - Proportion of a student's independent study: 60 %

    Scaling
    Methods of instructionHours
    Lectures 90
    Assignments 88

    Other scaledHours
    Exam/midterm exam 3
    Total sum 181

    Correspondence of content
    83090 Advanced Course in Digital Transmission

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    Last modified 09.03.2006
    Modified byTarja Erälaukko