Syllabus academic year 2009/2010
(Created 2009-08-11.)
INFORMATION THEORYEIT080

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G2 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Alternative for: MFOT1. Optional for: C4, C4ks, C4sd, D4, D4ks, D4sst, E3, MWIR1, Pi4, Pi4sbs. Course coordinator: Mats Cedervall,, mats.cedervall@it.lth.se, Inst för elektro- och informationsteknik. Assessment: Written examination (5 h) normally consists of five problems. Home page: http://www.eit.lth.se/course/eit080.

Aim
The aim of this course is to give basic knowledge of principles for storage and transmission of information, and the use of binary representation of information.

This course gives basic knowledge of todays and tomorrows system.

Knowledge and understanding
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Skills and abilities
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Judgement and approach
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Contents
The transmission of information is at the heart of what we call communication. The fundamental idea of information theory is that all communication is essentially digital. This course provides an up-to-date introduction to information theory. The course emphasizes both the formal development of the theory and the engineering implications for the design of communication systems and other information handling systems.

Literature
Johannesson R: Informationsteori - grundvalen för (tele-)kommunikation. Studentlitteratur 1988