Course Name: LDPC and Polar Codes in 5G Standard

Course abstract

This course will introduce the error control codes – Low-Density Parity-Check codes and Polar codes - that have been proposed for 5G cellular communication systems. The emphasis will be on implementing decoders for these codes.


Course Instructor

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Prof.Andrew Thangaraj

Andrew Thangaraj received his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, India in 1998 and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA in 2003. He was a post-doctoral researcher at the GTL-CNRS Telecom lab at Georgia Tech Lorraine, Metz, France from August 2003 to May 2004. From June 2004, he has been with the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras, where he is currently a professor. From Jan 2012 to Jan 2018, he served as Editor for the IEEE Transactions on Communications. Since July 2018, he has been serving as an Associate Editor for Coding Techniques for the IEEE Transactions on Information Theory. Since Oct 2011, he has been serving as NPTEL coordinator at IIT Madras. He has played a key role in initiating and running NPTEL online courses and certification. He is currently a National MOOCs Coordinator for NPTEL in the SWAYAM project of the MHRD.
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Teaching Assistant(s)

Parikshit Hegde

Dual Degree(B.Tech. and M.Tech.), Electrical Engineering

 Course Duration : Jan-Feb 2019
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 Syllabus
 Enrollment : 15-Nov-2018 to 28-Jan-2019
 Exam registration : 28-Jan-2019 to 22-Feb-2019
 Exam Date : 31-Mar-2019, 31-Mar-2019

Enrolled

1413

Registered

54

Certificate Eligible

27

Certified Category Count

Gold

1

Silver

7

Elite

5

Successfully completed

14

Participation

7

Success

Elite

Silver

Gold




Legend

>=90 - Elite + Gold
75-89 -Elite + Silver
>=60 - Elite
40-59 - Successfully Completed
<40 - No Certificate

Final Score Calculation Logic

  • Assignment Score = Average of best 3 out of 4 assignments.
  • Final Score(Score on Certificate)= 75% of Exam Score + 25% of Assignment Score.

NOTE : We have taken the average of assignments in a particular week.
Week 1-Avg(A1+A2),Week 2-Avg(A3+A4),Week 3-Avg(A5+A6), Week 4-A7
A2,A4,A5 are Matlab assignment

LDPC and Polar Codes in 5G Standard - Toppers list

DWAIPAYAN GHOSH 96%

GOVT. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING & TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY BERHAMPORE

SANDEEP BHAT 89%

WIRELESS RESEARCH LAB

Enrollment Statistics

Total Enrollment: 1413

Registration Statistics

Total Registration : 54

Assignment Statistics



Assignment

Exam score

Final score

Score Distribution Graph - Legend

Assignment Score: Distribution of average scores garnered by students per assignment.
Exam Score : Distribution of the final exam score of students.
Final Score : Distribution of the combined score of assignments and final exam, based on the score logic.