Teaching information theory using a wireless optical transceiver platform

Author

Kho, Yau Hee ; Wong, M. L Dennis

Author_Institution

Sch. of Eng., Comput. & Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Kuching, Malaysia

fYear

2012

fDate

20-23 Aug. 2012

Abstract

Information theory is important in many applications but many students find its ideas highly abstract and theoretical, making it a difficult and boring subject. Practical hands-on demonstrations can be used to complement computer simulation and modeling to enhance students´ understanding of the underlying concepts. This paper presents a prototype platform for teaching information theory using a wireless optical transceiver system and MATLAB graphical user interface. Source coding and channel error-correction coding, in particular Huffman and Hamming codes, were studied.

Keywords

Hamming codes; Huffman codes; graphical user interfaces; optical transceivers; source coding; Hamming codes; Huffman codes; MATLAB graphical user interface; channel error-correction coding; computer simulation; hands-on demonstrations; prototype platform; source coding; teaching information theory; wireless optical transceiver platform; Education; Encoding; Graphical user interfaces; MATLAB; Receivers; Transceivers; channel coding; information theory; source coding;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Teaching, Assessment and Learning for Engineering (TALE), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hong Kong

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2417-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-2416-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TALE.2012.6360290

Filename

6360290