COMM 1001: Modulation

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COMM 1001 Modulation Coding

• Course Instructor Tallal Elshabrawy
• Instructor Office C3.321
• Lecture Time Loc. Mon. 3rd Slot (1215 PM -
  145PM) H10,
• Thurs. 3rd Slot (1215 PM - 145PM) H11
• Instructor Email tallal.el-shabrawy_at_guc.edu.eg

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References

• Communication Systems, S. Haykin, Wiley 4th
  edition, 2000
• Digital Communications, J. G. Proakis,
  McGraw-Hill, 4 edition, 2000
• Digital Communications Fundamental
  Applications, B. Sklar, Prentice Hall, 2001
• OFDM for Wireless Multimedia Communications,
  Richard D.J. van Nee, Artech House Publishers,
  1999

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Course Pre-Requisites

• Signals Systems
• Communication Theory
• Channel Coding
• Modulation II

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Why Modulation Coding

• Communications
• Modulation Coding constitute two thirds of the
  soul of digital communications
• Networks
• To design an optimal communication network,
  understanding physical layer capabilities of such
  network is of significant importance

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What will you learn from the Course?

• Basics of Modulation Coding
• Tradeoffs of Modulation Coding
• Modulation in latest generations of digital
  communications
• Channel coding techniques in latest generations
  of digital communications
• How modulation coding complement each other in
  latest generations of digital communications

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What do you need to study the Course?

• Understand the physical meaning of things.
  (Digital communications is not just
  equations/derivations)
• Probability
• Problem Solving
• MATLAB Programming

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Course Assessment

• Assignments (Theoretical) 10
• Assignments (Practical) 5
• Quiz (Theoretical) 10
• Project (Theoretical) 10
• Mid-Term Exam (Theoretical) 20
• Final Exam (Theoretical) 45

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Course Contents

• Previously on IET
• Signals Systems
• Communication theory
• Channel coding
• Modulation II
• Modulation Coding (Introduction)
• Tradeoffs
• Trellis Coded Modulation (TCM)
• Modulation Coding Schemes in latest generations
  of digital communications
• Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM)
  (Modulation)
• Turbo Codes (Channel Coding)
• LDPC (Channel Coding)
• Adaptive Modulation Coding
• Hierarchical Modulation