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DIGITAL TRANSMISSION

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Academic year
2012/2013
Teacher
VELIO TRALLI
Credits
6
Didactic period
Primo Semestre
SSD
ING-INF/02

Training objectives

The aim of this course is to make the student learning the basic principles for the realization of a digital transmission system: detection theory, digital signals with memory and their receivers, equalization techniques and synchronization techniques.

Prerequisites

None

Course programme

- Introduction to the principles of binary transmission and detection
- Signal space and geometrical representation of signals, transmission with M waveforms, maximum likelihood and minimum distance estimation, probability of error
- Digital modulated signals with memory, CPM signals, MLSE receivers and their application to
CPM signals and to linearly modulated signals with intersymbol interference or coding.
- MSK signals and their receivers, receivers for signals with unknown phase and application to MPSK
- Receivers for frequency selective channels, linear equalizers, ZF and MMSE criteria, LMS algorithm, fractionally-spaced equalizers, DFE equalizers, RLS algorithm, channel estimation in MLSE receivers
- Synchronization in coherent and noncoherent receivers, carrier frequency synchronization, open-loop and closed-loop estimation, phase synchronization, Costas loop, timing synchronization, early-late scheme, performace evaluation
- Advanced transmission techniques and applications

Didactic methods

Theoretical/practical lessons.

Learning assessment procedures

Written/oral examination.

Reference texts

Wilson, Digital Modulation and Coding, Wiley
J.G.Proakis, Digital Communications, McGraw Hill
U.Mengali, M.Morelli, Trasmissione numerica, McGraw Hill
G.M.Vitetta, Fondamenti di trasmissione numerica con applicazioni alle radiocomunicazioni - Parte I: Le modulazioni numeriche, Pitagora