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ECEN 4242 - Communication Theory

Elective - 3 credit hours
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Catalog Description: Covers modern digital and analog communication systems; Fourier analysis of signals and systems; signal transmission; amplitude modulation; angle modulation; digital communication systems, the behavior of communication systems in the presence of noise, including both analog and digital systems.

Prerequisites: ECEN 3300, Linear Systems, and ECEN 3810, Introduction to Probability Theory or equivalent

Textbook: J.D. Gibson, Principles of Digital and Analog Communications, 2nd ed., Macmillan, 1992.

Course Objectives: Learn about the basic principles and building blocks that are used in modern communication systems. Apply the tools and methods learned in Linear Systems and Probability Theory.

Topics:

  1. Fourier transforms, linear systems (review)
  2. Amplitude, phase and frequency modulation
  3. Sampling theorem, pulse amplitude modulation
  4. Amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying
  5. Channel characterization, ISI, noise
  6. Channel equalization, Viterbi decoding
  7. Information and coding theory (introduction)
Class Schedule:3 hours of lecture per week

Contribution of course to meeting Criterion 4, the professional component: This course provides 3 semester hours of electrical engineering topics consisting of engineering sciences and engineering design.

Relationship of course to program outcomes: This course is not required and is not included in outcomes assessment.

Prepared by: DSP/Comm. Group and V. Heuring
May 16, 2005