6.02
Introduction to EECS II: Digital Communication Systems
Prereq.: 18.03, 6.01
Units: 4-4-4
An introduction to fundamental ideas in electrical engineering and
computer science, using digital communication systems as the
vehicle. The three parts of the course -- bits, signals, and
packets -- cover three corresponding layers of abstraction
relevant to the system: binary representation, compression, and error
correction for messages transmitted across a noisy link; signal
representation of binary messages for transmission across a shared
physical channel subject to distortion and noise; and efficient,
reliable communication across networks made up of multiple links.
Topics include information and entropy, compression,
error-correction codes, Gaussian noise, linear-time invariant channel
models, frequency-domain (Fourier) analysis, spectral content of
signals and filtering, modulation, media access protocols, network
routing, and reliable data transport. The course teaches ideas that
are useful in other parts of EECS: abstraction, probabilistic
analysis, superposition, time- and frequency-domain representations,
system design principles and trade-offs, and centralized and
distributed algorithms.
6 Engineering Design Points.
1/2 Institute Lab