This course consists of two parts.
Part I: Wireless OFDM Systems (Prof. Matz)
Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) is a multicarrier communications technique that is used in numerous modern radio systems and standards. In this course, students will obtain
* mastery of fundamental aspects of multicarrier (OFDM) systems
* knowledge of state of the art methods in wireless communications
* overview of current radio communication standards
* capability of extracting and presenting information from scientific publications
Part II: Source Coding (Prof. Goertz)
Source coding is a key technology for mobile calls, mp3, jpg and video. We will deal with the theoretical foundations of lossy source coding, i.e., rate-distortion theory and asymptotic quantisation theory, as well as basic and advanced practical coding schemes, including vector quantisation. Theoretical performance limits are compared with the performances achieved in practice. For correlated source signals, the theory is further developed and again practical schemes are discussed, which structurally rely on concepts from information theory. Those include predictive coding used in speech transmission in GSM mobile radio and subband coding used, e.g., in mp3 audio transmission.
Part I: OFDM Systems
Transceivers for OFDM, channel estimation, synchronization, peak-to-average-power-ratio (PAPR) reduction, MIMO-OFDM, applications and standards
Part II: Source Coding
Scalar and vector quantization, rate-distortion theory, model based source coding, linear prediction, transmission over noisy channels
IMPORTANT: This lecture course consists of the TWO lecture courses "Wireless OFDM Systems" (2SWS) given by Prof. Gerald Matz and "Source Coding" (2SWS) given by Prof. Norbert Goertz. In order to combine both courses to form the course 389.102 "Übertragungstechnik, Vertiefung" / "Telecommunications Engineering, advanced course" (4 SWS) students must indicate that they intend to do so when sitting the first of the two exams.
CAUTION: If students do NOT indicate that they intend to combine both courses when sitting their first exam, the default assumption is that the courses are taken as separate modules. It is NOT possible to change this decision retrospectively.
Time: Monday 1pm-3pm (Part I) and Tuesday 14:00-16:00 (Part II)
Place: Sem.-Room CG0118 of the Institute of Communications and Radio-Frequency Engineering.
Course start: Oct. 1, 2012 (Part I), Oct. 9, 2012 (Part II)
