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Catalog Data:
467x Introduction to Communication Systems (3) Analog and digital communication systems. Modulation (AM, FM) coding, multi-plexing, noise, error rates, spectral analysis and power. Review of satellite, HDTV, mobile and fiber-optic systems. Not available for degree credit to students in the Communication Theory track in the Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering program. Prerequisite: EE 301a.
Text book:
Analog and Digital Communication Systems, 4th Ed., M. S. Roden, Prentice Hall, 2000
Course Coordinators:
Alan E. Willner, Professor of Electrical Engineering-Systems
Topics:
1. Transform theory, spectral transfer functions, and probability theory.
2. Introduction to the concepts and techniques for analog data transmission, including modulation and demodulation techniques.
3. Introduction to digital transmission systems, digital data modulation techniques, and methods to monitor received signal quality in a digital system.
4. Review of techniques to encode and decode information, multiplex many channels together, and to increase the spectral efficiency of a communications system.
5. In-depth look at modern communication systems, including telephony, cellular, satellite, fiber-optic, HDTV, the Internet, and more (via student presentations and research).
Course Objectives:
To introduce students to many basic concepts pertaining to analog and digital transmission of information.
Course Outcomes:
The students will be able to:
1. Understand the basic concepts of communication systems.
2. Apply transform theory to time-domain waveforms.
3. Understand the role of probability theory in communication systems and apply such theory to concepts such as white noise in a transmission link.
4. Understand the concept of analog signal modulation, and analyze the benefits (and limitations) of amplitude, frequency, phase, and pulse modulation of analog signals.
5. Apply de-modulation techniques to analog signals.
6. Understand the concepts and importance of information encoding and decoding in analog and digital systems.
7. Analyze digital transmission systems and understand digital signal modulation and transmission.
8. Understand the role of signal quality monitoring techniques (such as the signal-to-noise ratio and bit-error-rates) to digital communication systems.
9. Understand the effects of a signal’s spectrum and signal power on a communications system.
10. Understand the role of modern communication systems (telephony, wireless, satellite, fiber-optic, FAX, Internet, ATM, and more) in today’s networks.
11. Research, understand, and present information on a specific topic related to modern communication systems to groups (via the course project presentation).
12. Write a concise paper summarizing a unique topic related to modern communication systems.
Projects:
Each student is assigned a unique topic related to modern communication systems and is required to perform in-depth research and present their findings to the class, as well as write a research paper on their topic. The final exam material is drawn directly from the project presentations.
Prepared by: John McGeehan Date: November 21st, 2002
