CCE 4102 - Coding for Communications Systems

Credits:   4 
Lectures/Tut.:   28 hrs 
Labs:   14 hrs 
Prerequisite:  CCE 3201

Objective
This unit deals with the efficient transmission of information over insecure and noisy channels.

Detailed Syllabus

• Source coding

Information theory and the source coding theorem
Basic code properties
Run-length coding
Huffman coding
Arithmetic coding
Lepel Ziv coding

• Lossy source coding

Sound (mp3), image (jpeg) and video coding (mpeg)

• Error-Control Coding

The channel coding theorem
Hamming distance
Random error detection and correction capability of linear codes
Syndrome decoding
Cyclic codes
Convolutional codes
Trellis coded modulation

• Cryptography

Shannon’s theory of cryptography
Classical cryptosystems
Types of attacks
Perfect security - the one time pad
Unicity distance
Homophonic coding
Data Encryption Standard (DES)
Public key cryptosystems
Authentication
Digital signatures

Assessment
Coursework - 10% 
Exam - 90%

Reading  List

• Wells R.B., 1999. Applied Coding and Information Theory for Engineers, Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-961327-7.