CALIFORNIA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, POMONA

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

SYLLABUS

ECE 544 Communication Theory (4)

Selected advanced topics in communication systems such as information theory for continuous and discrete channels; signal detection and recognition; coding for optimal communication nets. 4 lectures/problem-solving. Prerequisite: Upper-division course in communications systems (ECE 405)

Instructor:  Dr.  James S. Kang

Office:   9 - 321

Office Telephone:   (909) 869 - 2532  

Office Hours:

Text:  John G. Proakis, Digital Communications, 4^th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Grading:  Midterm – 45%, Final – 45%, Homework and Computer Assignments – 10%.

Topic                                                                                                   Reading

Introduction Ch 1

Probability and Stochastic Processes Ch 2 (Skip)

Source Coding Ch 3

Characterization of Communication Signals and Systems                  Ch 4

Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channel                                           Ch 5

Carrier and Symbol Synchronization                                            Ch 6

Channel Capacity and Coding                                                 Ch 7 (Skip)

Block and Convolutional Channel Codes                                         Ch 8 (Skip)

Signal Design for Band-Limited Channels                                        Ch 9

Communication through Band-Limited Linear Filter Channels Ch 10

Adaptive Equalization Ch 11

Multichannel and Multicarrier Systems Ch 12

Spread Spectrum Signals for Digital Communications Ch 13

Digital Communications through Fading Multipath Channels Ch 14 (Skip)

Multiuser Communications Ch 15 (Skip)

COMPUTER ASSIGNMENTS

• Computer Assignment #1
• Computer Assignment #2
• Computer Assignment #3
• Computer Assignment #4
• Computer Assignment #5
• Computer Assignment #6
• Computer Assignment #7
• Computer Assignment #8

REFERENCES

John B. Anderson, Digital Transmission Engineering, IEEE Press and Wiley, 2005. ISBN 0-471-69464-9

John R. Barry, Edward A. Lee, David G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communications, 3^rd ed., Kluwar Academic Publishers, 2004. ISBN 0-7923-7548-3

Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, 2/E, Prentice Hall, 2001. ISBN 0-13-084788-7

Simon Haykin, Digital Communication, Wiley, 1988. ISBN 0-471-62947-2

Wozencraft and Jacobs, Principles of Communication Engineering, Wiley, 1965. ISBN 0-471-96240-6