EE3150 - Communication Science, Fall/2000

EE 3150 Communication Sciences

Fall 2000

Lecture notes

Homework & solutions

Announcements

Instructor:

Dr. Gerry Tian

Office: EERC 824

Tel: 906-487-2515

Email: ztian@mtu.edu

Classes:

Time: Mon/Wed/Fri 13:05pm-13: 55pm; Location: EERC 227; Office hours: Mon and Wed. 10:30am-11: 30am, or by appointment; Email list: ee3150-0a@mtu.edu; Web page: http://www.ee.mtu.edu/faculty/ztian/ee3150

Course Description/Objectives:

This course provides an introduction to analog and digital communications, with emphasis on digital transmission of analog sources. It covers baseband pulse and digital signaling, bandpass signaling, and digital data transmission and reception principles. The main goals of the course are:

to teach the fundamentals in bansband and bandpass signaling and modulation;
to provide an understanding of the key performance and design issues in a basic communication system.

Textbook:

B. P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3^rd Edition, Oxford University Press, Inc., 1998.

Prerequisites:

Linear system theory, Fourier transforms and Fourier series, probability theory, random variables.

Grading:

Homework and quizzes (25%), Midterm Exam I (20%), Midterm Exam II (20%), Final Exam (35%)

Tentative Class Schedule: (updated 10/11/00)

# of lectures	Dates	Topics	Chapters
		Introduction to communication systems; Review of signals and linear systems	1, 2
		Signal representation and transmission through a linear system	3, 14.1
		Amplitude modulation	4.1- 4.4
		Carrier acquisition: phase-locked loop	4.7
		Angle modulation: FM and PM	5
2	10/31-10/16	PCM, TDMA	6
5	10/18-10/27	Digital Communications: inter-symbol interference, pulse shaping, detection error probability, digital passband transmission (PSK)	7
2	10/30, 11/1	Take-home problems (no classes)	7
1	11/3	Problem solving session	7
2	11/6-11/8	Applications of digital communications	7, 8, 9
1	11/10	Midterm II
3	11/13-11/17	Review: probability and random processes	10, 11
6	11/29-12/11	Effects of noise on digital communication systems; Signal detection and optimal receiver principles	13.2, 14.3
2	12/13-12/15	Review for the final exam

Course Policies:

A class email list is available at ee3150-0a@mtu.edu. All registered students have been added to this list. Class announcements such as schedule changes and problem discussions will be posted via the listserver. Each student is responsible for keeping up with the posted announcements.
Homework will be assigned in each class and collected every Monday by 14:00pm EST. Please hand in homework on time. No late homework will be accepted.
Attendance of students to all classes is highly recommended. Each student is responsible for his/her missed classes. You need to talk to the instructor for permission if absenting from classes more than 10% of the course.
Discussions on class work are allowed, but all class work must be independent work. Any forms of cheating may cause penalties, from getting F in the course to academic actions by the university regulations.

MTU Schedule for Fall 2000:

8/28	First day of classes
9/01	Financial aid full-time status established
9/01	Last day to add fall semester courses or change a section
9/01	Refund period ends for courses dropped affecting fee, bracket or lab and special course fees
9/04 12:00pm	Labor Day recess - one day only
9/08 12:00pm	K-Day recess at noon
9/15	Last day to drop fall semester courses without a grade appearing on the academic record
9/18	Courses dropped between September 18 and October 20 will appear on academic record as a grade of W
10/05	Spring Semester Registration
10/06 3:00pm	Homecoming Recess Begins
10/09-10/12	Mid Term Reporting Period
10/16	Mid Term Grades Available
10/20	Last Day to drop fall semester courses
11/17 8:00pm	Thanksgiving recess begins
11/20-11/25	Thanksgiving Break Week
11/27 8:00pm	Classes Resume
12/18-12/21	Final Exam Week
12/22 10:00pm	Final Exam Week ends - fall semester ends
	Christmas-New Year's recess begins