Overall objectives:

1 - To know the main techniques of digital modulation, for baseband and pass-band.
2 - To distinguish the various techniques of multiplexing signals.
3 - To know the channel effects for transmission of information
4 - To understand the fundamentals of information theory.
5 - To understandthe techniques for error control.
6 - To develop soft skills important for the engineering context.

Syllabus:

1 - Baseband Modulation: line codes; intersymbol interference; eye diagram; ideal Nyquist channel; raised cosine filter; differential coding.
2 - Band-Pass Modulation: geometric representation of signals; PSK; QAM; FSK; MSK; QPR.
3 - Noise in Digital Modulations: optimal filter and matched filter; coherent reception; calculation of the probability of error
4 - Spread Spectrum Communication Techniques: pseudo-noise sequence; direct sequence; frequency hopping; code division multiplexing.
5 - Multiuser Communications: multiple-access techniques; satellite communications; radio channel characterization; statistical characterization of multipath channels; diversity techniques.
6 - Fundamentals of Information Theory: information measure; source coding theorem; channel coding theorem; continuous sources and channels.
7 - Coding for Error Control: types of codes; block codes; cyclic codes; convolutional codes; concatenated codes and interleaving.

Literature/Sources:

J. A. R. Azevedo , 2011 , Apontamentos de Comunicações Digitais , Universidade da Madeira
S. Haykin , 2001 , Communication Systems , John Wiley & Sons
B. Carlson, P. B. Crilly e J. C. Rutledge, , 2002 , Communication system , McGraw-Hill

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Teaching methodologies: - Lectures; - Solving exercises; - Simulation and laboratory work; Evaluation: - Tests: 30% - Oral examinations: 20%; - Practical work: 30%;