EECS 862: Principles of Digital Communication Systems
  Spring 2016



Schedule:
Lecture period: MWF 8:00-8:50, 3150 Learned Hall (and at Garmin)

Instructor: Prof. Erik Perrins
Office: 2054 Eaton Hall
Office hours: MWF 9:00-9:50. 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
Wed
 		01/20
 		Course introduction
Fri 01/22
 		Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Mon 01/25 Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Wed 01/27 Complex baseband representation (Ch. 2, pp. 8-43)
Fri 01/29 Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 43-45) P1Ex1 (due Mon 02/08)
Mon 02/01 NO CLASS  
Wed 02/03
 		Signal spaces
Fri 02/05 Signal spaces
Mon 02/08 Power spectral density of linear modulation
Wed 02/10 Linear modulation (Ch. 2, pp. 48-55)
Fri 02/12 Project #1, Exercise #2 P1Ex2 (due Fri 02/19)
Mon 02/15 Nyquist No-ISI (Ch. 2, pp. 48-55) 2.6, 2.8, 2.15, 2.18, 2.20, 2.22 (abc), and below* [due 02/24]
Wed 02/17 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 74-94)
Fri 02/19 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 74-94)
Mon 02/22 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 94-102)
Wed 02/24 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 102-110)
Fri 02/26 NO CLASS (Engineering EXPO)
Mon 02/29 Project 1: All exercises P1 Exercises 1-5 (due Wed 03/09)
Wed 03/02 Demodulation (Ch. 3, pp. 102-110) 3.6, 3.7, and 3.12 [due 03/09]
Fri 03/04 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118)
Mon 03/07 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118)
Wed 03/09 Performance Analysis (Ch. 3, pp. 110-118)
Chapter 3 wrap up
Fri 03/11 Case study: Modulation power efficiency


SPRING BREAK
Mon 03/21 Continuous phase modulation
Wed 03/23 CPM
Fri 03/25 CPM
Mon 03/28 CPM
Wed 03/30 CPM
Fri 04/01 CPM P2: CPM [due 04/15]
Mon 04/04 CPM
Wed 04/06 CPM
Fri 04/08 Linear Equalizers
Mon 04/11 Linear Equalizers
Wed 04/13 Linear Equalizers
Fri 04/15 Linear Equalizers
Mon 04/18 Linear Equalizers Problems 5.10, 5.11, and 5.12 [due 04/27]
Wed 04/20 Linear Equalizers P3: Adaptive Equalizers [due 04/29]
Fri 04/22 Linear Equalizers
Mon 04/25 OFDM
Wed 04/27 OFDM
Fri 04/29 OFDM
Mon 05/02 OFDM
Wed 05/04 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.