1. COMM 1001: Modulation & Coding
Course Instructor : Tallal Elshabrawy
Instructor Office : C3.321
Lecture Time & Loc. : Mon. 1st Slot (08:30 AM - 10:00AM) H8,
Thurs. 4th Slot (12:15 PM - 1:45PM) H8
Instructor

2. 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

3. Course Pre-Requisites
Signals & Systems
Communication Theory
Channel Coding
Modulation II

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Course Assessment Assignments (Theoretical) 10%
Assignments (Practical) 5%
Quiz (Theoretical) 10%
Project (Theoretical) 10%
Mid-Term Exam (Theoretical) 20%
Final Exam (Theoretical) 45%

8. Course Contents Previously on IET Modulation & Coding (Introduction)
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