Digital communications overview -- Signals and systems theory ; Periodic and transient signals ; Random signals and noise ; Linear systems -- Digital communications principles ; Sampling, multiplexing and PCM ; Baseband transmission and line coding ; Decision theory ; Optimum filtering for transmission and reception ; Information theory and source coding ; Error control coding ; Bandpass modulation of a carrier signal ; System noise and communications link budgets ; Communication systems simulation -- Applications ; Fixed point microwave communications ; Mobile and cellular radio ; Video transmission and storage -- Networks ; Queuing theory for packet networks ; Network topology and protocols ; Public networks and the integrated services digital network (ISDN).