| | Standard Course Syllabus | Course Supervisor | Date of Approval |
| | Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering | El-Gamal | November 07, 2001 |
| | 809 | Digital Communication Theory |
| | 2. | CATALOG DESCRIPTION |
| | A study of digital communications theory with emphasis on performance, spectral characteristics, and complexity. |
| | Statistical decision theory is applied to digital communications problems. |
| | Quarters of Offering | Credits | | Level | Class Meeting |
| | Sp Qtr. | 3 | G | 3 cl. |
| | Course Prerequisites |
| | Prereq or concur: 806. |
| | 3. | PREREQUISITES BY TOPIC |
| | Fourier transforms, analog modulation, linear systems, random processes, bandpass signals. |
| | Courses that require this as a direct prerequisite |
| | 807 |
| | 4. | Text(s) and Other Course Materials | Author(s) | Publisher |
| | Principals of Digital Transmission Theory | Benedeto | Kluwer |
| | (Text change being considered for next offering.) |
| | References (supplemental reading) |
| | [1] Communication System Engineering, Proakis and Salehi, Prentice-Hall, 1994. |
| | [2] Digital Communication Techniques, Simon, Hinedi and Lindsey, Prentice-Hall, 1994. |
| | [3] Digital Communication, Lee and Messerschmidt, Klewer, 1990. |
| | [4] Digital Communication, Proakis, 1989. |
| | 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 (3) |
| | Optimal detectors (6) |
| | Special cases, M-ary signals, linear modulation, stream modulation (8) |
| | Spectral characteristics of digital modulations (3) |
| | Modulations with memory (9) |
| | 7. | CLASS MEETING PATTERN | (For example, "3cl." means 3 48-min classes per week.) |
| | 3 cl. |
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