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Lecture Notes

The course notes provided below are written by Prof. David Forney, and are organized by chapter.

LEC # CHAPTERS TOPICS
1 1-3 Introduction (PDF)

Discrete-time and Continuous-time AWGN Channels (PDF)

Capacity of AWGN Channels (PDF)
2 4 The Gap between Uncoded Performance and the Shannon Limit (PDF)
3-4 5 Performance of Small Signal Sets (PDF)
5-6 6 Introduction to Binary Block Codes (PDF)
7-9 7 Introduction to Finite Fields (PDF)
10-12 8 Reed-Solomon Codes (PDF)
8 Review Session
Midterm Exam
13-14 9 Introduction to Convolutional Codes (PDF)
15-16 10 Trellis Representations of Binary Linear Block Codes (PDF)
17-18 11 Codes on Graphs (PDF)
19 12 The Sum-Product Algorithm (PDF)
20-21 13 Capacity-approaching Codes (PDF)
22-23 14 Introduction to Lattice and Trellis Codes (PDF)
24-25 15 Linear Gaussian Channels (PDF)
Final Exam Period