Institut für Telekommunikationssysteme: Module: Information Theory and Applications

Module: Information Theory and Applications (40981)

Definition and main properties of entropy, cross-entropy (information divergence) and mutual information
Fundamental Limits of data compression;
Fundamental Limits of Data Transmission and Channel capacity;
Fundamental limits of source compression (rate-distortion theory);
Multiple Access Channel and Broadcast Channels as models for the uplink and downlink of wireless networks
Coping with interference
Relaying networks
Project work


Module Components:	Two courses: VL - Information Theory and Applications (3 LP) UE - Information Theory and Applications (3 LP)
Duration of Module:	One semester
LP:	6
This module is used in the following module lists:	Computer Engineering (Master of Science) Computer Science (Informatik) (Master of Science) Elektrotechnik (Master of Science) Informatik (Master of Science) Technomathematik (Bachelor of Science) Technomathematik (Master of Science) Wirtschaftsinformatik / Information Systems Management (Master of Science) Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen (Master of Science)
Prerequisites:	Students must have taken the module Foundations of Stochastic Processes (40256). Special permission can be granted on a case by case basis. In this case, students should contact directly Prof. Caire.

LP = Leistungspunkte/Credits

T. Cover and J. Thomas, Elements of Information Theory, 2nd Ed., Wiley Interscience, 2006.
El Gamal, Abbas, and Young-Han Kim. Network information theory. Cambridge University Press, 2011.