EECS 862: Principles of Digital Communication Systems
  Spring 2014



Schedule:
Lecture period: TR 8:00-9:15, 2111 Learned Hall

Instructor: Prof. Erik Perrins
Office: 2020 Eaton Hall
Office hours: TR 9:30-11:30. 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: Fundamentals of Digital Communication,  by U. Madhow, 2008.
 
Syllabus
Day
 Date
 Topic
 Assignment
Tues
 		01/21
 		Course introduction
Thur 01/23
 		Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Tues 01/28 Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Thur 01/30 Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 43-48)
Tues 02/04 SNOW DAY
Thur 02/06 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 Thu 02/20]
Tues 02/11
 		Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 74-94)
Thur 02/13 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 94-102)
Tues 02/18 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 102-110) P1: Ex 1-2 [due Thu 02/27]
Thur 02/20 NO CLASS, ENGINEERING EXPO
Tues 02/25 Project 1: MATLAB code P1: Ex 2-5, report [due Fri 03/07]
Thur 02/27 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118) 3.6, 3.7, and 3.12 [due Tues 03/11]
Tues 03/04 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118)
Chapter 3 wrap up
Thur 03/06 Project 1 review
Tues 03/11 Midterm review
Thur 03/13 MIDTERM EXAM


SPRING BREAK
Tues 03/25 Continuous phase modulation
Thur 03/27 Continuous phase modulation
Tues 04/01 Continuous phase modulation Project 2: CPM [due 04/15]
Thur 04/03

Tues 04/08 Continuous phase modulation
Thur 04/10 Equalizers (Ch. 5, pp. 199-216)
Tues 04/15 ZF Eq (Ch. 5, pp. 216-220)
Thur 04/17 Adaptive ZF Eq, MMSE Eq (Ch. 5, pp. 220-226) Problems 5.10, 5.11, and 5.12 [due 04/24]
Tues 04/22 Adaptive MMSE Eq, DFE Eq (Ch. 5, pp. 228-231)
Thur 04/24 Project 3: Adaptive Equalizers, Equalizer Review
Tues 04/29 OFDM
Thur 05/01 OFDM
Tues 05/06 OFDM
Thur 05/08 OFDM


* Additional HW problem: Verify that the 99% BW of the NRZ pulse is 10.29*Rs, and the 90% BW is 0.85*Rs.