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Informationstheorie
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Abstract
The course covers the fundamental concepts of (Shannon's) information theory. Specific topics include:Introduction and fundamentals, stochastic processes, entropy,information sources, coding of discrete sources, discrete, noisychannels, Shannon's channel coding theorem, channel coding,linear and cyclic codes, Lempel-Ziv data compression, case studies.
Objective
Learn the fundamental concepts of information theory.
Content
Einführung und Grundlagen, Stochastische Prozesse, Entropie, Informationsquellen, Codierung diskreter Quellen, Diskrete, gestörte Kanäle, Shannon'sches Kanalcodierungstheorem, Kanalcodierung, Lineare und zyklische Codes, Faltungscodes, Fallstudie Datenkompression.
Resources
Lecture Notes
U. Maurer: Skript zur Vorlesung Information undKommunikation, WS 2003/2004.
Literature
- H. Klimant, R. Piotraschke, D. Schönfeld: Informations- und Kommunikationstheorie, 2.Auflage, Teubner, 2003. - T. Cover, J. Thomas: Elements of Information Theory, John Wiley, 1991. - F. Reza: An introduction to Information Theory, Dover Publications, 1994. - H.D. Lüke: Signalübertragung, Springer, 6. Auflage, 1995. - T. Bell, J. Cleary, I. Witten: Text Compression, Prentice Hall, 1990. - A. Oppenheim, R. Schafer, J. Buck: Zeitdiskrete Signalverarbeitung, 2. Auflage Pearson, 2004.
General Information
- Language
- German
- Frequency
- Yearly recurring
Examination
- Type
- session examination
- Mode
- written 120 minutes
- Aids
- Keine Hilfsmittel
Course Components
| Type | Title | Time & Place | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| lecture | Informationstheorie |
|
2 h weekly |
| exercise | Informationstheorie |
|
1 h weekly |