CMPE4833 Digital Communications Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Formerly EE4253 DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS - Links and references refer interchangeably to both course numbers.

 Course Information 2009-10

• Instructor: Prof. Richard Tervo, Ph.D., P.Eng.
• E-Mail: tervo@unb.ca
• Course Requirements
• Reference List
• Prerequisites: (CMPE 3221 or EE 3221) and (EE 3511 or EE 3513)
• Class Times: MWF 1:30-2:20
• Important Dates

 Course Notes and Online Tools

• Introduction to Digital Communications
• The OSI Model
• Online Binary Encoding Tool
• Polynomials in Digital Communications
• Introduction
• Binary Polynomial GF(2) Calculator Tool
• A Table of Polynomial Factors (2..127)
• A Table of Prime Polynomials (2..511)
• Online Polynomial Factoring Tool
• Online Polynomial Hardware Design Tool
• Linear Recursive Sequences
• Online Linear Recursive Sequence Tool
• Online Binary Correlation Tool
• Online Binary Product Tool
• Error Control Coding
• Introduction
• Error Detection and the ISBN
• Online ISBN-10 Checking Tool
• Online ISBN-13 Checking Tool
• Error Detection and the LUHN-10 Algorithm
• Online LUHN-10 Checking Tool
• Error Detection with the CRC
• Error Correction with the Hamming Code
• Online Codeword Generation Tool
• Hamming Code Revisited - A Matrix Approach
• Online Generator Polynomial Tool
• Error Control Codes based on Galois Fields
• Introduction to BCH codes
• Online BCH Code Generator
• Introduction to Reed Solomon Codes
• Galois Field GF(2^m) Calculator Tool
• Introduction to Convolutional Coding
• Error Correction and Convolutional Coding
• Online Convolutional Coding Tool (K=3)
• Online Convolutional Coding Tool (K=4)
• Online Convolutional Coding Tool (R=1/3)
• Error Correction with Viterbi Decoding
• Online Viterbi Decoding Tool (K=3)
• Online Viterbi Decoding Tool (K=4)
• Online Viterbi Decoding Tool (R=1/3)
• Data Compression
• Introduction
• English Dictionary (4/8) Compression
• Online Dictionary Compression Tool
• MNP5 Data Compression
• Online MNP5 Compression Tool
• V.42bis Data Compression (class handout)
• Online V.42bis Compression Tool
• Modulation
• Introduction
• QPSK
• Online QAM Demodulation Tool

 Useful Links

• Lecture Topics
• Asynchronous and Synchronous Transmission

• Standards
• International Telecommunications Union - ITU-T
- Watch Video
• International Standards Organisation - ISO
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers - IEEE
• American National Standards Institute - ANSI

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