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ECE 8: Communication Systems

Source and channel coding, modulation over real channels, and packets, routing and reliable transport.

Source and channel coding, modulation over real channels, and packets, routing and reliable transport. Free courses and textbooks, a self-check for every unit, and a build you can rerun, confirmed by people. Course 8 of the Varsity Curriculum: Electrical & Computer Engineering.

Part of: Electrical & Computer Eng. · Proves for: UG

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Learn Probability (Harvard Stat 110)

Probability (reused from the Data Science curriculum; optional here).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the course work in public
  2. 2Check a probability puzzle by simulation
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ECE 8: Communication Systems

Course 8: 3 units and a build.

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4 milestones

  1. 1Bits: source coding and error-correcting codes
  2. 2Signals: modulation and channels
  3. 3Packets: MAC, routing and reliable transport
  4. 4Send text over sound and measure the error rate
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Learn How Networks Work (Kurose & Ross)

Computer networking (reused from the Computer Science curriculum; optional practice).

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2 milestones

  1. 1Do the course work in public
  2. 2Build a networked program

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