Advanced Digital Communications
| Instructor | Hamed Hassani |
| Office | INR 116 |
| Phone | +41 21 69 37692 |
| hamed@inf.ethz.ch | |
| Office Hours | By appointment |
| Instructor | Ruediger Urbanke |
| Office | INR 116 |
| Phone | +41 21 69 37692 |
| ruediger.urbanke@epfl.ch | |
| Office Hours | By appointment |
| Teaching Assistant | Mani Bastani Parizi |
| Office | INR 032 |
| mani.bastaniparizi@epfl.ch | |
| Office Hours | By appointment |
| Student Assistant | Aswin Suresh |
| aswin.suresh@epfl.ch | |
| Student Assistant | Burak Hasircioglu |
| burak.hasircioglu@epfl.ch | |
| Lectures | Monday | 8:15 - 10:00 (Room: INM10) |
| Wednesday | 13:15 - 15:00 (Room: INR113) | |
| Exercises | Monday | 10:15 - 12:00 (Room: INM10) |
| Language: | English | |
| Credits : | 7 ECTS |
See the course 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 |
| 26/9 | what | what | what | what |
| 28/9 | what | what | what | what |
| 03/10 | what | what | what | what |
| 05/10 | what | what | what | what |
| 10/10 | what | what | what | what |
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| 17/10 | what | what | what | what |
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| 24/10 | what | what | what | what |
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| 31/10 | what | what | what | what |
| 02/10 | what | what | what | what |
| 07/11 | what | what | what | what |
| 09/11 | midterm | what | what | what |
| 14/11 | what | what | what | what |
| 16/11 | what | what | what | what |
| 21/11 | what | what | what | what |
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| 28/11 | what | what | what | what |
| 30/11 | what | what | what | what |
| 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 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, Principles of digital communication: a top-down approach. Cambridge University Press, 2016. ISBN: 9781107116450