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16.363 Communication Systems and Networks

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(Subject meets with 16.36)
Prereq: (6.3000 or 16.004) and (6.3700 or 16.09)
Units: 3-0-9
Lecture: TR12.30-2 (33-419) Lab: TBA

Introduces the fundamentals of digital communications and networking, focusing on the study of networks, including protocols, performance analysis, and queuing theory. Topics include elements of information theory, sampling and quantization, coding, modulation, signal detection and system performance in the presence of noise. Study of data networking includes multiple access, reliable packet transmission, routing and protocols of the internet. Concepts discussed in the context of aerospace communication systems: aircraft communications, satellite communications, and deep space communications. Students taking graduate version complete additional assignments.
E. H. Modiano
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