2009 Course Handbook
ELEC321: Communication Systems
Fourier theory; the frequency-time duality. Analogue amplitude and frequency modulation. Digital communication systems: layered architectures; information theory; sampling; modulation and demodulation methods; source and line coding; multisymbol signalling. Communication networks: circuit and packet switching; LAN networks and standards. Noise and its effects: noise types and spectrum; information capacity; noise measures; noise performance of AM, FM, optical detectors; error-control coding and decoding; Shannon capacity.
| Credit Points: | 3 |
| Contact Hours: | 7 |
| When Offered: | D2 - Day; Offered in the second half-year |
| Staff Contact: | Professor Karu Esselle |
| Prerequisites: | (ELEC240(P) or INFO240(P) or MATH232(P) or MATH235(P)) and ELEC166(P) |
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| Unit Designations: |
Technology
Science |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: |
Department of Physics and Engineering |
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