L2. Efficiency and Reliability of a Digital Communication System

In this lecture, we shall Distinguish between bit error and block error probabilities in a digital communication system Define the efficiency of a digital communication system Explain the difference between fixed and variable length codes Define the reliability of a digital communication system References: S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001 (Chapters 9 and 10) T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, John Wiley & Sons, 2006. G. A. Jones and J. M. Jones, “Information and Coding Theory,” Springer ISBN 1-85233-622-6, 3rd Edition. R. W. Hamming, Coding and Information Theory, 2nd Ed., Prentice-Hall Inc.,1986 R. B. Wells, Applied Coding & Information Theory for Engineers, Prentice Hall, NJ 1999. R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation, and Noise, 6th Edition, Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2009. S. M. Moser and P.-N. Chen, A Student’s Guide to Coding and Information Theory, Cambridge, 2012. Information Theory Class Notes: at http://apal.naist.jp/~kaji/lecture/