ECE 462- Communications II

Catalog Description: Modulation and demodulation of information signals; properties of noise and its effect in communication systems. Analog and digital systems.

Prerequisites: Strong background in continuous and discrete-time signals and systems (ECE 351 and ECE 352), basic knowledge of analog communication systems, as well as working knowledge of probability theory and statistics (STAT 314 or STAT 421).

Courses that require this as a prerequisite: ECE 463

Credits: 4 Terms Offered: Winter

Instructors:

Primary: M. Magaña
Secondary: H. Liu

Textbook: Communication Systems, 4th edition, S. Haykin, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2001. ISBN 0-471-17869-1

Course Learning Objectives
Students are expected to demonstrate the ability to:

1. Learn the fundamental concepts of a digital telecommunication system
   (ABET Outcomes i, j, k, l).
2. Characterize sampling and quantization of analog signals to generate pulse modulation (ABET Outcomes a, k, l, m).
3. Analyze baseband transmission of digital signals (ABET Outcomes a, k, l, m).
4. Study the geometric representation of signals (ABET Outcomes a, k, l, m).
5. Analyze and design passband digital communications techniques
   (ABET Outcomes a, k, l, m).

Topics:

• Review of analog communications
• Pulse modulation (Ch. -3.1 - 3.10)
• Baseband pulse transmission (Ch. 4.1 - 4.7)
• Signal-space analysis (Ch. 5)
• Passband digital transmission (Ch. 6.1-6.11)

Structure: Two 110 minute lectures every week.

Original: 1/01
Revised: 9/01