• NOTE: Chapter questions in the text are NOT the same between editions of the text. The edition used in this course is the 4th edition. Also, the library's edition of the text is NOT the most recent edition.
• Assignment 1 posted in Assignments and Labs.
• Date for Quiz 1 changed to September 27.
• Class cancelled on Thursday, September 13 (All classes cancelled for Rosh Hashanah).

Digital communications has become a key enabling technology in the realisation of efficient multimedia systems, wireless and wired telephony, computer networks, digital subscriber loop technology and other communication and storage devices of the information age. The course provides an introduction to the theory of digital communications and its application to the real world. Emphasis will be placed on covering design and analysis techniques used in source and channel coding, modulation and demodulation, detection of signal in the presence of noise, error detection and correction, synchronisation, and spread spectrum. An introduction to information theory and recent development in the area will also be covered.

• Tuesday/Thursday, 1000-1130, CB 120

Prof. Andrew Eckford

• Email: aeckford at cse …
• Office location: CSEB 2022
• Office hours: Tuesday/Thursday, 1130-1230
• Office phone: (416) 736-2100 ext 70152

Email contact is preferred. I endeavor to respond to all queries within 24 hours.

S. Haykin, Communication Systems (4th ed.), Wiley.