Academic Year:
2025/26
30318 - Digital Communications
Teaching Plan Information
Academic year:
2025/26
Subject:
30318 - Digital Communications
Faculty / School:
110 - Escuela de Ingeniería y Arquitectura
Degree:
438 - Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering
581 - Bachelor's Degree in Telecommunications Technology and Services Engineering
656 - Degree in Telecommunications Technology Engineering
Ambit:
Electrical engineering, electronic engineering and telecommunications engineering
Tipo de enseñanza:
In person
ECTS:
6.0
Year:
3
Semester:
First semester
Subject type:
Compulsory
Module:
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1. General information
The Digital Communications subject aims at the knowledge and understanding of the different blocks that integrate a digital communications system, completing the concepts that have been acquired in the subject of Communication Theory. The main objectives of the course are to achieve the learning outcomes in this guide.
2. Learning results
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Understand the basics of information theory.
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Know the basic techniques for coding sources of both analog and discrete nature.
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Master the basics of channel coding. Know the techniques of block-type channel coding and of convolutional type. Understand the principles underlying the Viterbi algorithm.
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Understand the need for proper frequency, phase, symbol, and frame synchronization for proper operation of a digital communications system.
3. Syllabus
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1. SYNCHRONIZATION AND CHANNEL EQUALIZATION IN DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS
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2. INFORMATION THEORY: CAPACITY AND SOURCE CODING
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3. CHANNEL CODING
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4. ADVANCED MODULATION TECHNIQUES
4. Academic activities
Presentation by the teacher of the main contents of the subject.
Problem solving and case studies of the fundamentals presented in the lectures.
Carrying out a set of laboratory practices to consolidate the theoretical concepts developed in the lectures. The planning includes 5 sessions of two-hour duration.
5. Assessment system
The subject will be assessed in the global assessment modality by means of the following activities:
E1: Laboratory practicals (30% of the grade, minimum grade 4 out of 10)
The laboratory practices of the course represent 30% of the final grade. Its assessment will be based on the reports provided by the students and on the attitude and performance in the laboratory.
If the student has not passed any of the evaluation activity E1 during the semester, she will have the opportunity of a global test in the two official exams.
E2: Final exam (70% of the grade, minimum grade of 4.5 out of 10)
The final exam will consist of a written test divided into two parts (Theory and Problems), requiring at least 3 out of 10 points in each part to average both . Otherwise, E2 will be the worst of both parts.
6. Sustainable Development Goals
8 - Decent Work and Economic Growth
9 - Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure