ECE4253 Digital Communications Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering - University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, NB, Canada
Formerly CMPE4833 or EE4253 - Links and references refer interchangeably to these course numbers.

 Course Information - January 2013

• Instructor: Prof. Richard Tervo, Ph.D., P.Eng.
• E-Mail: tervo@unb.ca
• Course Requirements
• Prerequisites: (CMPE 3221 or ECE 3221) and (EE 3511 or ECE 3511)
• Class Times: MWF 12:30-1:20
• Important Dates

 Course Notes and Online Tools

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

 Useful Links

• Reference Tools
• MATLAB Communications System Toolbox

• 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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