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Informations- und Kommunikationstechnik (Master of Science) >>

  Information Theory (IT-EN)

Lecturer
Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Johannes Huber

Details
Vorlesung
3 cred.h, ECTS studies, ECTS credits: 5
nur Fachstudium, Sprache Deutsch, Vorlesung wird auf Englisch gehalten. Eine deutschsprachige Vorlesung folgt im Sommersemester.
Time and place: Tue, Thu 14:15 - 15:45, R4.15

Fields of study
WF CE-BA-TW ab 5
WF CE-MA-TA-IT 1
WF EEI-BA 5-6
PF EEI-MA-INT 1-4
PF EEI-BA-INT 5-6
WF IuK-BA 5
WF WING-BA-IKS-ING-MG1 3-6
PF CME-MA 1

Contents
Basic definitions: information, entropy, mutual information. Coding for data compression: source coding theorem, lossless compressing codes: Huffman-, Tunstall-, Lempel-Ziv-codes, entropy and coding for sources with memory, Markovian sources. Channel coding for reliable communications over noisy channels: channel models, capacity, channel coding theorem, bounding techniques for decoding, error probability, cut-off-rate, random coding error exponent.

Recommended literature
Huber, J.: Lecture manuscript; Gallager, R. G.: Information Theory and Reliable Communication, John Wiley & Sons 1968; Cover T., Thomas J.: Elements of Information Theory, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 1991

ECTS information:
Credits: 5

Additional information
Expected participants: 58
www: http://www.lit.lnt.de/Courses/V-ITe.shtml

Assigned lectures
UE: Tutorial for Information Theory
Lecturer: Arno Stefani, M. Sc.
Time and place: Tue, room tbd

Verwendung in folgenden UnivIS-Modulen
Startsemester WS 2012/2013:
Information Theory (IT-EN)

Department: Chair of Information Transmission (Prof. Dr. Huber)
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