Ethiopian Institute of Technology – Mekelle (EiT-M)

School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

M.Sc in Communication Engineering

Information theory and Coding techniques

Course Projects (45%)

1. Performance measurment and comparison of Block codes and cyclic codes with some
specific modulation techniques
 Consider modulation techniques spécifique modulation type
 Consider frequency dispersive channel(flat fading or frequency selective fading)
 Consider a communication technology-LTE,LTEA and 5G
 Compare the performance of the linear block codes(e.g. Hamming code) and cyclic
codes in terms of channel reliability/Probability of Error as a function of code
length, SNR
 Measure the performance of the two coding scheme’s channel capacity, bit rate ,
spectral Efficiency, power efficiency In terms of code length, code rate,…
2. Performance measurements and comparison of Turbo codes and convolutional codes in
frequency selective channel
 Consider specific modulation techniques type
 Consider frequency selective fading
 Consider a communication technology-LTE,LTEA and 5G, consider working
frequency and bandwidth of the technology
 Put clear Analyze, modeling of and measure Turbo codes and convolutional codes
 Consider different iteration scales and measure the complexity vs reliability trade
off.
 Use any types of simulation software(MATLAB is recommended)
 Compare the performance of the above code in terms of
Message code length
Code length, iteration number
Structure of each coding technique
Code rate , spectral efficiency, complexity and Reliablity (Error rate and
BER)
3. Improvement of Communication Channel reliability, capacity and throughput: a comparison
in channel reliability and capacity of using codding vs MIMO System in fading Channel
  Consider specific modulation techniques type
 Consider frequency dispersive channel(flat fading or frequency selective fading)
 Consider a communication technology-LTE,LTEA and 5G, consider working
frequency and bandwidth of the technology
 Consider Types of MIMO (consider special diversity, special multiplexing,
cooperative MIMO and Massive MIMO)
 Performance of MIMO in terms of reliability ,channel capacity, spectral
efficiency and throughput
 comparison the Channel capacity vs complexity of using coding vs MIMO
System in fading Channel
 comparison the Channel reliability vs complexity of using coding vs MIMO
System in fading Channel
4. Channel capacity and Reliability Trade-off in wireless communication using High order
modulations and Codding
 Consider higher order modulation techniques type(MPSK,MQAM)
 Consider frequency dispersive channel(flat fading or frequency selective fading)
 Consider a communication technology-LTE,LTEA and 5G, consider working
frequency and bandwidth of the technology
 Performance of Higher order modulation in terms of channel capacity, spectral
efficiency and throughput as well as probability of error
 Comparison the Channel capacity vs complexity vs Reliability of the Higher order
modulation vs convolutional-Turbo coding in fading Channel
 Use any type of simulating and modelling software

N.B: for each of the project work

i. Progress report (10%)

ii. Simulation or/practical demonstration (5%)
iii. Individual Presentation (10 %)
iv. Well organized paper with the following format is also expected (20%)
 Introduction(background)
 Literature review
 Problem statement and/or motivation
 Objective
 Methodology followed
 System model(diagrammatical and mathematical model)
 System analysis
 Results and discussion
 Conclusion

Project No. Student Name Remark

Q1 Betelihem Tefera
Q2 Birhanu Abreha
Q3 Freweyni Hagezom
Q4 WeldeAbreha