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- 436 Communication Systems. I, II; 3 cr. Amplitude, frequency, pulse, and pulse-code modulation. Narrow-band noise representation and signal-to-noise ratios for various modulation schemes. Pulse shaping, timing recovery, carrier synchronization, and equalization. Sampling, quantization, and coding. P: ECE 331.
- Course Prerequisite(s)
- Prerequisite knowledge and/or skills
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Fourier series; complex notation.
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Fourier transform and properties.
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Linear time-invariant systems; convolution.
- Textbook(s) and/or other required material
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Ferrel G. Stremler, Introduction to Communication Systems, Third ed., Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., 1990.
- Course objectives
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Apply methods developed in ECE 330 to communication systems, introduce topics of modulation, pulse-code
techniques, and signal detection in noise, and learn about some practical operating systems using these methods and
systems design tradeoffs.
- Topics covered
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Review of Fourier methods of signal and system analysis; introduction to the FFT (4)
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Power spectral density, thermal noise, correlation (5)
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Amplitude modulation and detection (5)
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Amplitude modulation and detection (5)
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Pulse modulation and matched-filter detection (6)
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Probability, random variables, random processes (5)
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Information, quantization, probability of error (5)
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Digital modulation (FSK, PSK) (2)
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Introduction, reviews, exams, summary and evaluations (4)
- Class/laboratory schedule
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Three 50-minute or two 75-minute lectures per week.
- Contribution of course to meeting the professional component
- This course contributes primarily to the students' knowledge of engineering topics, and does provide design experience.
The following statement indicates which of the following considerations are included in this course: economic, environmental, ethical, political, societal, health and safety, manufacturability, sustainability.
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This course provides considerable design experience by the building of a software "radio" receiver. By discussing a variety of methods of modulation, synchronization, and (elementary) coding, students see all parts of a modern communication system: from digital input, though analog transmission, and back to digital output.
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Students are required to consider several "trade-offs" in course of their radio project, including reliability vs. cost and complexity vs. resource use. These have direct bearing on economic, environmental, safety and manufacturability issues.
- Relationship of course to undergraduate degree program objectives and outcomes
- This course primarily serves students in the department. The information below describes how the course contributes to the undergraduate program objectives.
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knowledge in the basic techniques of mathematics and the physical sciences
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basic skill in methods of design and analysis across a broad range of electrical and computer engineering areas
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advanced expertise in design, analysis, and fabrication techniques within a student-selected electrical and computer engineering concentration area
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the ability to make thoughtful, well-informed career choices
- Assessment of student progress toward course objectives
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Students' progress is measured in homeworks, a midterm exam, and the final project, which exercises the analytical and design skills developed through the semester.
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