EECS 664: Introduction to Digital Communication Systems
  Spring 2013



Schedule:
Lecture period: TR 9:30-10:45, 1131 Learned Hall

Instructor: Prof. Erik Perrins
Office: 2020 Eaton Hall
Office hours: TR 2:00-4:00. Drop-ins at other times are always welcome but
are best scheduled via e-mail.
Office phone: 864-7370/864-7770
E-mail: e s p "a t" k u . e d u



Text: Digital Communications: A Discrete-Time Approach,  by M. Rice, Prentice Hall, 2009.
 
Syllabus
Day
 Date
 Topic
 Assignment
Tues
 		01/22
 		Course introduction
Thur 01/24
 		Review of Signals & Systems (Ch. 2, pp. 23-55) Problems 2.2, 2.23, 2.45, 2.46 [due 01/31]
Tues 01/29 Review of Signals & Systems (Ch. 2, pp. 55-70)
Thur 01/31 Signal spaces (Ch. 5, pp. 214-223) Problems 2.52, 2.67, 2.68 [due 02/07]
Tues 02/05 Modulation & Demodulation (Ch. 5, pp. 226-238) Simulink Exercise: Binary PAM
Thur 02/07 Modulation & Demodulation (Ch. 5, pp. 226-238)
Tues 02/12
 		Modulation & Demodulation (Ch. 5, pp. 226-238) Simulink Exercise: 8-ary PAM
Thur 02/14 Pulse shapes (Appendix A) Problems 5.2, 5.8, 5.12, 5.23 [due 02/21]
Tues 02/19 M-QAM (Ch. 5, pp. 238-256)
Thur 02/21 SNOW DAY
Tues 02/26 SNOW DAY
Thur 02/28 M-QAM (Ch. 5, pp. 238-256)
Tues 03/05 M-QAM Example (Ch. 5) Problems 5.30, 5.43, 5.46 [due 03/12]
Thur 03/07 M-QAM wrap-up
Tues 03/12 Performance Analysis (Ch. 6, pp. 306-313)
Thur 03/14 MIDTERM EXAM


SPRING BREAK
Tues 03/26 Performance Analysis (Ch. 6, pp. 306-313)
Thur 03/28 Performance Analysis (Ch. 6, pp. 313-331) Problems 6.2, 6.8, and 6.16 [due 04/04]
Tues 04/02 Carrier Phase Synchronization (Ch. 7, pp. 359-370)
Thur 04/04 Phase Locked Loops (Appx. C, pp. 718-732)
Tues 04/09 Phase Locked Loops (Appx. C, pp. 732-747)
Thur 04/11 Carrier Phase Synchronization (Ch. 7, pp. 370-382, 394-405) Problems 7.6, 7.15, 7.20, and C.6 [due 04/18]
Tues 04/16 Carrier Phase Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 434-445)
Thur 04/18 Symbol Timing Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 434-462)
Tues 04/23 Symbol Timing Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 462-475)
Thur 04/25 Symbol Timing Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 475-478) Problems 8.1, 8.5, 8.11 [due 05/02]
Tues 04/30 Symbol Timing Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 478-494)
Thur 05/02 Symbol Timing Synchronization (Ch. 8, pp. 494-497)
Downconversion signal processing "trick" (pp. 614-616)
Tues 05/07 Course review
Thur 05/09 MIDTERM EXAM