B.E. IV Sem Information Technology

IV SEMESTER

4IT2. Information Theory & Communication

 

I Elements Of Information Theory: Measure of information, average information, entropy, information rate. Communication channel, discrete and continuous channel


II Shannon-Hartley theorem and its implications. Channel capacity, Gaussian channel and bandwidth-S/N tradeoff.


III Introduction of Coding: types of efforts, types of codes, error control coding, methods of controlling errors


IV Linear Block and Binary Cyclic Codes: matrix decryption of linear block codes, error detection and error correction capabilities of linear block codes. Hamming codes, structure of cyclic codes, encoding using an (n-k) bit shift register syndrome calculation, its error detection & correction, special classes of cyclic codes bch.


V Burst and Convolution Codes: burst and random error correcting codes, encoders for convolution codes. Decoders for convolution codes