Program Overview

ELEC4505: Digital Communication Systems

Overview

The lecture starts with an overview of major components of a digital communication system and current technology. Then the following knowledge will be covered: efficient coding/representation of information source, channel coding of information to combat noise and interference, optimal received design, principles of incoherent systems, error probability calculations, solutions to problems caused by transmitting a signal through a bandlimited channel and caused by multipath, and spread spectrum systems. The lecture concludes with a discussion of future directions of digital communication systems.

Unit Details and Rules

Managing Faculty or University School

The managing faculty for this unit is the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, which is part of the Faculty of Engineering.

Details

• Study level: Undergraduate
• Academic unit: School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
• Credit points: 6

Enrolment Rules

• Prerequisites: ELEC3505
• Corequisites: None
• Prohibitions: None
• Assumed knowledge: None

Learning Outcomes

At the completion of this unit, students should be able to:

• Describe the concepts and techniques in the design of digital communications systems to the extent of the material presented in the course
• Conduct lab experiments applying knowledge and principles and ensuring quality control in taking measurements to understand the influence of various factors on digital communications
• Demonstrate an understanding of modern modulation and equalization techniques
• Demonstrate an understanding of coding concepts, including both source and channel coding
• Recognise the limits of existing information and undertake knowledge development by drawing upon a range of sources and media formats to synthesise the information most relevant
• Demonstrate proficiency in scoring system design tradeoff issues, by using the various principles, techniques and materials as the drivers for particular case assessment

Unit Availability

This section lists the session, attendance modes, and locations the unit is available in. There is a unit outline for each of the unit availabilities, which gives information about the unit including assessment details and a schedule of weekly activities.

Sessions and Locations

• Semester 1 2025: Normal day, Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
• Semester 1 2026: Normal day, Camperdown / Darlington, Sydney
• Previous years: Various sessions and locations, including remote attendance options.