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Communication Theory Research Group


Overview

    The field of communication theory is devoted to the design of digital communications systems. At its core is the mathematics that underlies the traditional physical-layer functions of modulation, coding, equalization and syncrhonization. As such, it involves a mix of information theory, digital signal processing, and applied mathematics. In recent years, the scope of communication theory has broadened to encompass multiple users as well; thus modern communication theory provides a physical-layer view of many seemingly network-related concepts such as interference, multiple-access, contention, relaying, and cooperation. Although a relatively young field, its impact is already widespread; advances in communication theory have made possible deep-space telemetry, high-speed wireless local-area networks, and cellular telephony.

    The Communication Theory Research Group is working on a variety of exciting projects in this important area.

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