| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | Schniter | 2/05 |
| | 702 | Communications Systems |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | A study of communications systems with emphasis on signal-to-noise characteristics of various modulation and coding |
| | techniques. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Sp Qtr. | 3 | U G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq: 501. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Fourier transforms, analog modulation, linear systems, elementary random processes, bandpass signals, bandpass noise. |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | none |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Fundamentals of Communications Systems | Fitz, M | McGraw-Hill |
| | ISBN-10: 0071482806 |
| | ISBN-13: 978-0071482806 |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] Communication System Engineering, Proakis and Salehi, Prentice-Hall, 1994. |
| | [2] Contemporary Communication Systems Using Matlab, Proakis and Salehi, PWS Publishing, 1998 |
| | [3] Digital Communication Techniques, Simon, Hinedi, and Lindsey, Prentice-Hall, 1994 |
| | [4] Principles of Digital and Analog Communications, Jerry Gibson, Macmillan, 1989 |
| | [5] Communications Systems, S. Haykin, Wiley, 1994 |
| | 5. | COURSE OBJECTIVES |
| | 1. Students learn the foundations of optimal digital communication systems. (Criterion 3(a)) |
| | 2. Students engage in engineering design of data communications system components. (Criterion 3(c),(k)) |
| | 3. Students learn to analyze the performance, spectral efficiency and cost of the various options for transmitting data |
| | message signals. (Criterion 3(e),(k)) |
| | 6. | TOPICS AND (# OF LECTURES) |
| | Bandpass signals and noise (5) |
| | Optimal detectors (6) |
| | Special cases, M-ary signals, linear modulation, stream modulation (8) |
| | Spectral characteristics of digital modulations (3) |
| | Modulations with memory (6) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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