Topics Covered

Challenges in modern communications technology, baseband and broadband signal transmission, first and second Nyquists criteria for zero intersymbol interference; robust signal compression and detection techniques, optimum receivers, design of frequency-  and time-domain equalizers and echo cancellers; wired and wireless channel characteristics, AWGN channels, time-varying multipath faded channels, channel modeling; advanced source and channel coding techniques, high bit rate digital modulation schemes and MODEMs; SS7 and HDLC protocols, H.323, H.26x, RTP and SCTP; modern high speed communication networks and emerging technologies, access and backbone networks, intelligent networks, NGN; advanced switching and routing principles, complex multiplexing and multiple access techniques, orthogonal signals, OFDM, DWDM; broadband wireless communication, spread spectrum techniques, CDMA2000 and WCDMA, multi-carrier systems; 3G and 3GPP mobile communications and WiMAX technology, UMTS, VoIP, IP TV, HDTV.