=====  Advanced Digital Communications =====
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|Instructor|**Hamed Hassani**|
|Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR116|INR 116]]|
|Phone|**+41 21 69 37692**|
|Email|**hamed@inf.ethz.ch**|
|Office Hours|**By appointment**|
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|Instructor|**Ruediger Urbanke**|
|Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR116|INR 116]]|
|Phone|**+41 21 69 37692**|
|Email|**ruediger.urbanke@epfl.ch**|
|Office Hours|**By appointment**|
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|Teaching Assistant |**Mani Bastani Parizi**|   
|Office|[[http://plan.epfl.ch/?room=INR032|INR 032]]|
|Email|**mani.bastaniparizi@epfl.ch**|
|Office Hours|**By appointment**|
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|Student Assistant |**Aswin Suresh**|   
|Email|**aswin.suresh@epfl.ch**|
|Student Assistant |**Burak Hasircioglu**|   
|Email|**burak.hasircioglu@epfl.ch**|
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|Lectures|**Monday**  |**8:15 - 10:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=en&room=INM%2010|INM10]])|
|        |**Wednesday** |**13:15 - 15:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=en&room=INR%20113|INR113]])|
|Exercises|**Monday** |**10:15 - 12:00** (Room: [[http://plan.epfl.ch/?lang=en&room=INM%2010|INM10]])|
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|**Language**:|  |English|
|**Credits **:|  |7 ECTS|
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See the course [[http://edu.epfl.ch/coursebook/en/advanced-digital-communications-COM-510|information]].  \\
Grading  \\
Homework -- 10 (5 graded homework) \\
Midterm  -- 30 (November 9th) \\
Final    -- 60 \\
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Total      100 \\

==== Special Announcements ====
  

==== Detailed Schedule ====
^ Date ^ Topics Covered ^ Reading Assignment ^ Exercises  ^ Solutions ^
| 21/9| introduction | what | what | what |
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| 09/11 | midterm | what | what | what |
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| 05/12 | introduction to coding | what | what | what |
| 07/12 | polar codes | what | what | what |
| 12/12 | polar codes | what | what | what |
| 14/12 | LDPC codes | what | what | what |
| 19/12 | LDPC codes | what | what | what |
| 21/12 | summary | what | what | what |
==== Textbook ====
We will use {{ :en:courses:2016-2017:adc:adcmg2015.pdf |lecture notes}} by M. Gastpar. 

In case you have to brush up on basic concepts of digital communications we recommend the book by 
B. Rimoldi, //[[http://www.cambridge.org/us/academic/subjects/engineering/communications-and-signal-processing/principles-digital-communication-top-down-approach?format=HB|Principles of digital communication: a top-down approach]]//. Cambridge University Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781107116450\\