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EE 5501: "Digital Communications"

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Prerequisite:

Linear algebra, probability, signals and systems, elementary communication systems

Time and Place

11:15am--12:30pm Tuesday, Thursday. MechE 102

Required Text

Digital Communications, 4th Ed., J. G. Proakis, McGraw-Hill, 2000

Supplementary books

Digital Modulation and Coding, S. G. Wilson, Prentice-Hall, 1996.

Principles of Digital Transmission with Wireless Applications, S. Benedetto and E. Biglieri, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, 1999.


Instructor

Dr. Shengli Zhou
Office: 6-161 EE/CSci building
Phone: 612-625-3537     Fax: 612-625-4583
Email: szhou@ece.umn.edu
WWW: http://www.ece.umn.edu/users/szhou

Office Hours

3:30--4:30pm Monday, Wednsday; 6-161 EE/CSci building

Homework

Homework is assigned weekly and due in class one
week after the assignment. Late homeworks are not acceptable, except
in rare cases.

Midterm and Final Exams

Midterm Exam: 11:15am--12:30pm, Oct. 22, Tuesday
Final Exam:         10:30am--12:30pm, Dec. 17, Tuesday
Two pages of notes are allowed in each exam.

Grading

Homework: 20%;   Midterm Exam: 30%;    Final Exam: 50%

Course Outline

  1. Introduction to Digital Communications (ch. 1)
  2. Review of Probability and Stochastic Processes (ch. 2)
  3. Characterization of Communication Signals and Systems (ch. 4)
  4. Modulation schemes, optimum receiver, and performance for AWGN channel (ch. 5)
  5. Concepts of information theory and channel coding  (brief summary)
  6. Carrier and symbol synchronization (ch. 6)
  7. Transmitter and receiver design for band-limited channel (ch. 9)
  8. ISI channel equalization (ch. 10)
  9. Multicarrier communications (ch. 12)
  10. Digital communication through fading channel (ch.14)