| Day |
Date |
Topic |
Assignment |
| Tues |
01/22 |
Course
introduction |
|
| Thur | 01/24 |
Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43) | |
| Tues | 01/29 | Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 43-48) | |
| Thur | 01/31 | Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 48-55) | 2.6, 2.8, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22 (abc), and below* [due 02/07] |
| Tues | 02/05 | Demodulation
(Ch. 3, pp.
74-94) |
|
| Thur | 02/07 | Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 94-102) | |
| Tues | 02/12 |
Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 102-110) | P1: Ex 1 [due Fri 02/15] |
| Thur | 02/14 | Project
1: MATLAB code |
P1:
Ex 2-4
[due Fri
02/22] 3.6, 3.7, and 3.12 [due 02/21] |
| Tues | 02/19 | Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118) |
|
| Thur | 02/21 | SNOW DAY | |
| Tues | 02/26 | SNOW DAY | |
| Thur | 02/28 | Performance
Analysis (Ch.
3, pp. 110-118) Chapter 3 wrap up |
P1: Ex
1-5 final
draft [due
03/07] Problem 3.16 [due 03/07] |
| Tues | 03/05 | Case
study:
Modulation
power efficiency |
|
| Thur | 03/07 | Continuous phase modulation | |
| Tues | 03/12 | MIDTERM EXAM | |
| Thur | 03/14 | Continuous phase modulation | |
|
|
|
SPRING BREAK | |
| Tues | 03/26 | Continuous phase modulation | |
| Thur | 03/28 | Continuous phase modulation | P2: CPM [due 04/09] |
| Tues | 04/02 | Equalizers (Ch. 5, pp. 199-216) | |
| Thur | 04/04 | ZF Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 216-220) | |
| Tues | 04/09 | MMSE Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 220-226) | P3: Adaptive Equalizers [due 04/23 |
| Thur | 04/11 | DFE Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 228-231) | |
| Tues | 04/16 | Equalizer Review (Problem 5.10) | Problems 5.10, 5.11, and 5.12 [due 04/23] |
| Thur | 04/18 | OFDM (Ch. 8, pp. 397-399) | |
| Tues | 04/23 | OFDM (Ch. 8, pp. 399-402) | |
| Thur | 04/25 | OFDM (Ch. 8, pp. 402-405) | |
| Tues | 04/30 | Waterfilling | |
| Thur | 05/02 | OFDM Bit and Power Allocation | P4: OFDM [due 05/17, 5:00 pm] |
| Tues | 05/07 | Course review | |
| Thur | 05/09 | MIDTERM EXAM |