How do you build a tunnel 32 miles long -- under water? This video segment adapted from Building Big, follows the construction of the Channel Tunnel (nicknamed "Chunnel"), the engineering wonder that connects England to France.
Shannon derived the maximum datarate of a source coder's output that can be transmitted through a bandlimited additive white noise channel with no error.
A discussion of channels and how much information can be sent through a channel reliably.
This module elaborates on the specific channel characteristics that were taken into consideration when building the string can system.
Both wireline and wireless channels share characteristics, allowing us to use a common model for how the channel affects transmitted signals.
Explains what happens in the channel for our DMT project.
An introduction to the concept of data transmission and reception, first through bandlimited baseband channels and passband channels.
Simulation and visualization enhance understanding of communication system behavior and performance. In this project, develop a simple model for a transmitter, channel, and receiver, and study the performance of the system in terms of bit error rate (BER). Channel errors are visualized as images and "auralized" as sound to further develop insight into the relationships between bit error rate and message length.
An overview of information theory, beginning with a quantifiable definition of information using entropy and leading to ideas in reliable transmission of information using source coding and channel coding.
A description of mutual information between two random variables with examples.
Describes the Noisy Channel Coding Theorem.
A statement of Shannon's noisy channel coding theorem.
An introduction to the fundamental model of communication, from the generation of the signal at the source through a noisy channel to reception of the signal at the sink.
This module introduces circuit switching states both its advantages and disadvantages.
