EPOKA UNIVERSITY
FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER ENGINEERING
COURSE SYLLABUS
2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR
COURSE INFORMATIONCourse Title: DIGITAL DATA COMMUNICATION |
Code | Course Type | Regular Semester | Theory | Practice | Lab | Credits | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CEN 366 | C | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
Academic staff member responsible for the design of the course syllabus (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) | Assoc.Prof.Dr. Blerina Zanaj bzanaj@epoka.edu.al |
Main Course Lecturer (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | Assoc.Prof.Dr. Blerina Zanaj bzanaj@epoka.edu.al , Wednesday 8:40-12:30 |
Second Course Lecturer(s) (name, surname, academic title/scientific degree, email address and signature) and Office Hours: | NA |
Language: | English |
Compulsory/Elective: | Elective |
Study program: (the study for which this course is offered) | Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years) |
Classroom and Meeting Time: | A131 |
Teaching Assistant(s) and Office Hours: | NA |
Code of Ethics: |
Code of Ethics of EPOKA University Regulation of EPOKA University "On Student Discipline" |
Attendance Requirement: | Yes |
Course Description: | - |
Course Objectives: | The course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice behind many of today's communications systems. Topics covered include: digital communications at the block diagram level, data compression, Lempel-Ziv algorithm, scalar and vector quantization, sampling and aliasing, the Nyquist criterion, digital modulations, channel coding technique of Hamming for error detection and correction. Data security and the encryption applied for secure data transmission. |
BASIC CONCEPTS OF THE COURSE
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1 | Components that makes a digital communication systems. |
2 | Different media and the information exchange in a network. |
3 | Definition of the different types of systems. |
4 | The noise and the signal deterioration. |
5 | The analog to digital conversion of the signal. |
6 | Basic signal and their spectrum through the usage of Fourier transform. |
7 | The calculation about the bandwidth of the channel. |
8 | Signal modulation. |
9 | Channel coding for error detection and correction. |
10 | Encryption algorithm application for data security. |
COURSE OUTLINE
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Week | Topics |
1 | Fundamental Aspects of Digital Communications, Advantages of Digital |
2 | Digital Communication Signal Processing |
3 | Formatting and Baseband Modulation |
4 | Baseband Demodulation/Detection |
5 | Detection of Binary Signals in Gaussian Noise ,Intersymbol Interference |
6 | The Channel, Received Signal Power and Noise Power, Link Budget Analysis |
7 | Waveform Coding and Structured Sequences, Linear Block Codes |
8 | Error-Detecting and Error-Correcting Capability, Cyclic Codes |
9 | Turbo Codes, Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) Codes |
10 | Goals of the Communication System Designer, Shannon–Hartley Capacity Theorem |
11 | Modulation and Coding Trade-Offs, Bandwidth-Efficient Modulation |
12 | Quadrature Amplitude Modulation |
13 | Allocation of the Communications Resource, Frequency-Division Multiplexing/Multiple Access |
14 | Spread-Spectrum Overview |
Prerequisite(s): | No |
Textbook(s): | Bernard Sklar,Fred Harris. Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications.3rd ed. 2021 Pearson Education, Inc.,ISBN-13: 978-0-13-458856-8, ISBN-10: 0-13-458856-8. Ali Grami. Introduction to Digital Communications. 2016 Elsevier. ISBN: 978-0-12-407682-2 Proakis, John G,Masoud Salehi. Digital Communications. 5th ed. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN 978–0–07–295716–7, MHID 0–07–295716–6 |
Additional Literature: | |
Laboratory Work: | Analog modulation AM and FM |
Computer Usage: | Usage of Matlab. |
Others: | No |
COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
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1 | Components that makes a digital systems. |
2 | Different type of media and the information exchange. |
3 | Modulation and channel encoding for error detection and correction. |
4 | Data encryption for secure data transmission. |
COURSE CONTRIBUTION TO... PROGRAM COMPETENCIES
(Blank : no contribution, 1: least contribution ... 5: highest contribution) |
No | Program Competencies | Cont. |
Bachelor in Software Engineering (3 years) Program | ||
1 | Engineering graduates with sufficient theoretical and practical background for a successful profession and with application skills of fundamental scientific knowledge in the engineering practice. | 5 |
2 | Engineering graduates with skills and professional background in describing, formulating, modeling and analyzing the engineering problem, with a consideration for appropriate analytical solutions in all necessary situations | 5 |
3 | Engineering graduates with the necessary technical, academic and practical knowledge and application confidence in the design and assessment of machines or mechanical systems or industrial processes with considerations of productivity, feasibility and environmental and social aspects. | 3 |
4 | Engineering graduates with the practice of selecting and using appropriate technical and engineering tools in engineering problems, and ability of effective usage of information science technologies. | 5 |
5 | Ability of designing and conducting experiments, conduction data acquisition and analysis and making conclusions. | 5 |
6 | Ability of identifying the potential resources for information or knowledge regarding a given engineering issue. | 5 |
7 | The abilities and performance to participate multi-disciplinary groups together with the effective oral and official communication skills and personal confidence. | 3 |
8 | Ability for effective oral and official communication skills in foreign language. | 1 |
9 | Engineering graduates with motivation to life-long learning and having known significance of continuous education beyond undergraduate studies for science and technology. | 3 |
10 | Engineering graduates with well-structured responsibilities in profession and ethics. | 4 |
11 | Engineering graduates who are aware of the importance of safety and healthiness in the project management, workshop environment as well as related legal issues. | 1 |
12 | Consciousness for the results and effects of engineering solutions on the society and universe, awareness for the developmental considerations with contemporary problems of humanity. | 1 |
COURSE EVALUATION METHOD
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Method | Quantity | Percentage |
Homework |
2
|
5
|
Midterm Exam(s) |
1
|
35
|
Quiz |
1
|
5
|
Final Exam |
1
|
50
|
Total Percent: | 100% |
ECTS (ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD)
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Activities | Quantity | Duration(Hours) | Total Workload(Hours) |
Course Duration (Including the exam week: 16x Total course hours) | 16 | 4 | 64 |
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice) | 0 | ||
Mid-terms | 1 | 21 | 21 |
Assignments | 2 | 16 | 32 |
Final examination | 1 | 25 | 25 |
Other | 1 | 8 | 8 |
Total Work Load:
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150 | ||
Total Work Load/25(h):
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6 | ||
ECTS Credit of the Course:
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6 |
CONCLUDING REMARKS BY THE COURSE LECTURER
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Within the course the student will gain good knowledge of coding as part of information theory. |