Digital Communications Receivers

This course explains how digital communications signals are received and sampled, focusing on matched-filter detection and its relationship to zero-forcing, MMSE, decision-feedback, Viterbi, and OFDM equalization.

Syllabus

What is a Matched Filter?.
What Does a Digital Detector Do?.
How are Channel Inversion and the Matched Filter (MF) Related?.
How are Matched Filter (MF), Zero Forcing (ZF), and MMSE Related?.
How are sigma^2, SNR, and BER Related for the Matched Filter?.
How are Analog Filters and Digital Equalization Related?.
What is a Decision Feedback Equalizer (DFE)?.
How are Different Equalization Methods Related? (DFE, ZF, MMSE, Viterbi, OFDM).