Tips: Gratis kurs i datakommunikation

[Porto]

Tänkte tipsa om en pågående (tredje veckan har just börjat) gratis Internetbaserad universitetskurs i datakommunikation.
Kursen hålls på engelska, den går hos HKUSTx - The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology via edX.
Det här är den första delen av tre.

Labbarna är via Matlab, läraren är utbildad på Stanforduniversitetet i USA, kursmaterialet de använder kommer från MIT.
Programmen som man skriver i Matlab, testkörs hos servrarna hos edX.

Text från kurssidan:
Have you ever wondered how information is transmitted using your mobile phone or a WiFi hotspot?
This introductory course seeks to enable you to understand the basic engineering tools used and tradeoffs encountered in the design of these communication systems.

In Part 1, we examine the point-to-point link, which communicates information from a single transmitter to a single receiver.
Part 2 examines how multiple transmitters can share the same physical channel.
Part 3 discusses how information can be transmitted reliably from one station to another over a network that connects multiple stations.

Länk till kursen: HKUSTx: ELEC1200.1x A System View of Communications: From Signals to Packets (Part 1)

Kursinnehåll:
Topic 1: Introduction
1.1 Course Overview
1.2 Basic Communication System
1.3 Encoding Information with Bits
1.4 Lab Overview

Topic 2: Representing Bit Sequences
2.1 Continuous vs Discrete Time Waveforms
2.2 Discrete Time Bit Waveforms
2.3 Representing Bit Waveforms
2.4 Lab 1 - A Communication Example

Topic 3: Discrete Time Channel
3.1 The Discrete Time Channel
3.2 Effects of the Channel
3.3 Linear Time Invariant Systems
3.4 Modeling the Channel
3.5 Lab 2 - Step Response

Topic 4: Data Communication Protocols
4.1 Communication Protocols
4.2 Thresholding
4.3 Asynchronous Serial Communication
4.4 A Simple Protocol
4.5 Lab 3 - Communication Protocol
4.6 Lab 4 - Performance Evaluation

Topic 5: Intersymbol Interference
5.1 Trade-off between Bit Rate and Bit Error Rate (BER)
5.2 Intersymbol Interference
5.3 Eye Diagrams
5.4 Lab 5 - Eye Diagram

Topic 6: Recursive Channel Model
6.1 Equalization
6.2 Developing the Equalizer
6.3 Recursive Channel Model
6.4 Proof of Equivalence

Topic 7: Equalization
7.1 Intuition for Equalizer
7.2 Derivation of Equalizer
7.3 Effect of Equalization on the Eye Diagram
7.4 Lab 6 - Equalization

Topic 8: Noise
8.1 Noise
8.2 Additive Noise and Its Effect
8.3 The Binary Channel and Calculating BER
8.4 Examples

Topic 9: Bit Errors
9.1 Average Power in Signals
9.2 Gaussian Noise Model
9.3 Lab 7 - Additive Noise
9.4 Calculating the BER
9.5 The Effect of Signal to Noise Ratio
9.6 An expression for BER with Gaussian Noise
9.7 Lab 8 - Bit Error Rate

Topic 10: Channel Coding
10.1 Channel Coding
10.2 Block Codes
10.3 Repetition Codes

Topic 11: Parity Bit Codes
11.1 Lab 9 - Repetition Code
11.2 Parity Bit Based Codes
11.3 Lab 10 - Parity Bit Code
11.4 (9,4,4) Code
11.5 Burst Error Correction

Topic 12: Summary and Review
12.1 Communication Protocols
12.2 Equivalent Representations and Models
12.3 Noise and Bit Errors
12.4 Lab Summary

[Greve Hamilton]

Intressant. Kan man ladda ner kursmaterialet någonstans, eller måste man anmäla sig först?

[Porto]

Du får anmäla dig först, kursmaterialet släpps veckovis. Man får hämta en Matlablicens som fungerar under kurstiden.