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.

Thursday, August 14, 2008 09:22 AM

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