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 ====== CSE 4214 :: Digital Communications  ======
-This page is under construction.
+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.
+===== Location and Time =====
+Tuesday and Thursday, 1300-1430; Room 120, Chemistry building
+===== Instructor =====
+[[https://wiki.cse.yorku.ca/user/aeckford/|Andrew Eckford]]
+===== Textbook =====
+The recommended textbook for this course is //Communication Systems, 4th ed.//, by Simon Haykin.
+[[http://www.amazon.ca/Communication-Systems-Simon-Haykin/dp/0471178691/|amazon.ca]]
+[[http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Communication-Systems-Simon-Haykin/9780471178699-item.html|chapters.indigo.ca]]