EECS 862: Principles of Digital Communication Systems
  Spring 2015



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

Instructor: Prof. Erik Perrins
Office: 2054 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
 		01/20
 		Course introduction
Thur 01/22
 		Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Tues 01/27 Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Thur 01/29 Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 43-45)
Tues 02/03 Project 1, Exercise 1
 P1, E1 [due Thur, 02/05]
Thur 02/05 Project 1, Exercises 2 and 3 P1, E2 and E3 [due Thur, 02/12]
Tues 02/10
 		Power Spectral Density (Ch. 2, pp. 45-48)
Thur 02/12 Nyquist No-ISI Criterion (Ch. 2, pp. 48-55) 2.6, 2.8, 2.13, 2.15, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22 (abc), and below* [due Tues 02/24]
Tues 02/17 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 74-88)
Thur 02/19 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 88-93)
Tues 02/24 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 93-102) 3.6, 3.7, 3.12, and 3.16 [due 03/10]
Thur 02/26 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 102-109)
Tues 03/03 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118) Project 1 Report Due
Thur 03/05 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118)
Tues 03/10 Chapter 3 wrap up
Thur 03/12 MIDTERM EXAM




Tues 03/24 Continuous phase modulation
Thur 03/26 Continuous phase modulation
Tues 03/31 Continuous phase modulation
Thur 04/02 Continuous phase modulation P2: CPM [due 04/16]
Tues 04/07 Equalizers (Ch. 5, pp. 199-216)
Thur 04/09 ZF Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 216-220)
Tues 04/14 ZF Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 216-220)
Thur 04/16 MMSE Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 220-226) P3: Adaptive Equalizers [due 04/30]
Tues 04/21 DFE Equalizer (Ch. 5, pp. 228-231) Problems 5.10, 5.11, and 5.12 [due 05/05]
Thur 04/23 OFDM (Ch. 8, pp. 397-399)
Tues 04/28 NO CLASS
Thur 04/30 OFDM (Ch. 8, pp. 399-405)
Tues 05/05 Waterfilling/OFDM Bit and Power Allocation P4: OFDM [due 05/15, 5:00 pm]
Thur 05/07 Review/Course wrap up


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