Postgraduate Course: Digital Communication Fundamentals (MSc) (PGEE10019)
Course Outline
| School | School of Engineering |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to provide students with a thorough understanding of how information theory relates to the design of digital communications systems and to provide the knowledge and skills to perform design calculations on these systems. Students will use standard mathematical methods to model and analyse digital communication systems and predict performance metrics such as received SNR and expected bit error ratio. |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2024/25, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 1 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 11,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Summative Assessment Hours 3,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
74 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
80 %,
Coursework
20 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
80% Examination
20% Coursework |
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| Exam Information |
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| Main Exam Diet S1 (December) | | 2:00 | |
Learning Outcomes
| Calculate the limits of a digital communication system defined by information theory; Apply sampling theorem and analyse quantisation noise of an analogue to digital convertor ; Design basic source coding techniques such as Huffman code; Perform encoding and decoding for several block and convolutional coding techniques to correct received errors; Compare and contrast ASK, FSK, PSK modulations schemes in terms of occupied bandwidth, complexity etc. and extend these into QPSK, MPSK, QAM for improved spectral efficiency; Perform bit error rate calculations with the use of decision criteria and noise levels; Derive receiver noise performance, free space link path loss and perform receiver noise predictions on terrestrial and satellite receiver systems; Explain the basic concepts of mobile wireless communication networks, such as frequency reuse, fading, and multiuser techniques such as TDMA, CDMA, etc.
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Reading List
| The course textbook is "Digital Communications" by I A Glover and P M Grant, 3rd edition, published by Pearson Education, ISBN 978-0-273-71830-7. Other Textbooks recommended are ¿Communication Systems¿ by Simon Haykin (4th Edition) and ¿Digital Communications¿ by John G, Proakis and Masoud Salehi (5th Edition). |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Majid Safari
Tel: (0131 6)51 3569
Email: Majid.Safari@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Brunori Viola
Tel: (0131 6)50 5687
Email: vbrunori@ed.ac.uk |
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