The course Digital Communication Technology is a practical course on digital signal processing. Attention is paid to the realisation and function of fibre optic transmission systems with emphasis on applications of PCM technology, for example the transmission of voice and signals with real telephones, sound cards and CD players.
Learning objectives
- Learning physical basic principles
- Knowledge of various transmission methods
Topics
The course covers the following topics:
- Characteristics of pulse carriers
- Generation of PAM
- PAM (natural)
- PAM (S&H)
- PAM spectrum
- Over sampling / under sampling
- Aliasing
- Shannon theorem
- Pulse code modulation (PCM)
- Quantisation linear & non-linear
- Compression / expansion
- Code errors
- Time division multiplexing (TDM)
- Sychronisation
- Quantisation noise
- Difference pulse code modulation (DPCM)
- Optical signal transmission
- Signal transmission by wire (coaxial line - two-wire line)
- Simplex / duplex communication
