S05 Network IT
F04 Info Theory
S04 Turbo Codes
F03 CDMA
S03 Turbo Codes
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ECE
450 - Network Information Theory
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Class Hour: TuTh 2:35-3:50pm, PA 208 (may change)
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Office Hour: TuTh
4:00-5:00pm, Packard Lab 406a; or by appointment.
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Class Plan: A combined lecture and seminar class. Lots of reading. Paper presentation. Class project and term paper. No final.
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Grading Policy: Class participation: 15%, Paper summary and presentation: 25%, Final Project & Term Paper:
60%
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Textbook:
Elements of Information Theory, Thomas M. Cover and Joy A. Thomas, Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc, ISBN: 0-471-06259-6
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Reference books: Network Flows, R. K. Ahuja, T. L. Magnanti, and J. B. Orlin, ISBN: 0-13-617549-x
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Course outline:
This advanced graduate course covers several topics in network information theory and multi-terminal communications. The topics include: Maximum entropy and Burg's Theorem. Information theory and statistics. Method of types. Stein's Lemma. Distributed source coding. Broadcast channel. Multiple access channel. Relay channel and cooperative networks. Network coding.
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Prerequisite: Knowledge on statistics and random processes, basic concepts and knowledge
on digital communications (AWGN channel model, modulation, detection, coding,
etc), Information Theory (ECE411).
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