Digital and Data Communications Course – UCLA Extension

Digital and Data Communications

EC ENGR X 422.20

Digital and data communications are creating broad new technical and business opportunities, and this comprehensive, applications-oriented course provides a rigorous introduction to digital communications principles.

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Spring

Online

Starting at $999.00

As few as 11 weeks

4.0

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What you can learn.

  • Identify internet communications, TCP/IP protocol, routers, and switches
  • Define wireless cellular telephone communications
  • Describe satellite vs. fiber-optic communications
  • Distinguish Internet access via ADSL, cable modems, and wireless communications
  • Distinguish the difference and relationship among LANs, MANs, and WANs
  • Analyze digital signal processing methods for communications, signals, and noise

About this course:

Digital and data communications are creating broad new technical and business opportunities, and this comprehensive, applications-oriented course provides a rigorous introduction to digital communications principles. Students examine protocols and communications standards, including ISDN, FDDI, Ethernet, X.25, SONET, and frame relay, as well as ATM cell structure, headers, payload, and ATM for broadband systems. The course also investigates communications concepts that include modulation (PSK, ASK, FSK, QAM.GMSK, etc.), channel coding (convolutional, turbo, etc.), encryption, TV compression, HDTV, and spread-spectrum. Topics include Internet communications, TCP/IP protocol, routers, and switches; wireless cellular telephone communications; satellite vs. fiber-optic communications; Internet access via ADSL, cable modems, and wireless communications; LANs, MANs, and WANs; utilization of digital signal processing methods for communications, signals, and noise; sampling; information content; channel capacity; BER; link closure; synchronization; and multiplexing/demultiplexing; as well as communications simulation techniques/software to analyze communications systems. The instructor in this course will demonstrate the use of Matlab and other software tools for analysis, simulation, and problem solving. These tools are provided as part of the course fee as an option for student use and will not be part of the course grading criteria. 

Spring 2023 Schedule

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Instructor: David Taggart

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No refunds after April 16, 2023

Course Requirements

Internet access required to retrieve course materials.

A reliable internet connection and Google Chrome browser are required to access the optional Matlab software provided in this course.

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This course includes optional live zoom sessions with the instructor.

Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications
by BERNARD SKLAR

©2021
Pearson

ISBN 9780134588568

Understanding Data Communications
by Gilbert Held

AddisonWesley Professional

ISBN 0672322161

Digital & Analog Communication Systems
by Leon W. Couch

©2012
Pearson Education

ISBN 0273774212

Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems
by Lathi, B. P., Ding, Zhi

©2018
Oxford University Press

ISBN 9780190686840

This course applies towards the following certificates & specializations…

Communications Systems

Communication Systems

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