Information Package / Course Catalogue
Digital Communications
Course Code: EEE535
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Second Cycle (Master's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 3
Prt.: 0
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

The objective of this course is to introduce the theoretical aspects of digital communication, to realize a complete digital communications system and to evaluate its performance

Course Content

Basic elements of a digital communication system, digital modulation techniques including Phase Shift Keying, Frequency Shift Keying and Quadrature Amplitude Modulation, Performance of Digital communication in AWGN and fading channels, diversity and coding in digital communication systems

Name of Lecturer(s)
Lec. Mümtaz YILMAZ
Learning Outcomes
1.To acquire knowledge about fundamental blocks of a digital communication system
2.To be able to realize various digital modulation and demodulation techniques
3.To evaluate the performance of a digital communication system in both AWGN and fading channels
4.To be able to design optimum receivers for fading channels
5.To be able to apply coding and diversity techniques in digital communication systems
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Digital Communications, J, G. Proakis, M. Salehi, Mcgraw Hill
2.Digital Communications Over Fading Channels, M.K. Simon and M.S. Alouini; Wiley
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
Digital Modulation Techniques
Week 2 - Theoretical
Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channels
Week 3 - Theoretical
Carrier and Symbol Synchronization
Week 4 - Theoretical
Phase-Shift-Keying, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Week 5 - Theoretical
Minimum-Shift-Keying
Week 6 - Theoretical
Continuous Phase Modulation
Week 7 - Theoretical
Error probability calculations for digital modulation in Gaussian channels
Week 8 - Theoretical
Digital Communication over Fading Channels
Week 9 - Theoretical
Optimum Receivers for Fading Channels
Week 10 - Theoretical
Error probability calculations for digital signals in fading channels
Week 11 - Theoretical
Performance of multichannel receivers, diversity combining
Week 12 - Theoretical
Coded communication over fading channels
Week 13 - Theoretical
Capacity of fading channels
Week 14 - Theoretical
Project Presentations
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%20
Final Examination1%70
Project2%10
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory143384
Project220040
Individual Work143042
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)200
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
OÇ-1
4
4
3
3
4
3
3
OÇ-2
5
3
4
3
3
3
5
OÇ-3
4
4
5
4
3
3
4
OÇ-4
5
4
5
3
3
3
5
OÇ-5
4
4
5
3
3
3
4
Adnan Menderes University - Information Package / Course Catalogue
2026