Credits: 3 (3-0-0)
Description
Measure of information, Source coding, Communication channel models, Channel Capacity and coding, Linear Block codes, Low Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes, Bounds on minimum distance, Cyclic codes, BCH codes, Reed Solomon Codes, Convolutional codes, Trellis coded Modulation, Viterbi decoding, Turbo codes, Introduction to Space-Time Codes and Introduction to Cryptography. If time permits, LDPC/Turbo codes in the wireless standards. There are no laboratory or design activities involved with this course.