References:
1. J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, Communication Systems Engineering, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2002.
2. S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 4th Ed., Wiley, 2001.
3. R. E. Ziemer and R. L. Peterson, Introduction to Digital Communication, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, 2001.

Grading: Four quizzes: 20% each; participation and homeworks: 20%.
Prerequisites: Signals and systems, principles of communications.

Topics to cover
1. Introduction and Overview of Elements of Digital Communication Systems (1 week, 陳光禎、許大山、蘇炫榮、葉丙成教授).
2. Digital Transmission through the Additive White Gaussian Noise Channel (3 weeks, 陳光禎教授).
3. Digital Transmission through Bandlimited Additive White Gaussian Noise Channels with Inter-Symbol Interference (4 weeks, 許大山教授).
4. Wireline Communications and Line Coding, Source Coding (4 weeks, 蘇炫榮教授).
5. Channel Capacity and Error Control Coding (4 weeks, 葉丙成教授).