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:
Office: 9 - 321
Office Telephone: (909) 869 - 2532
Office Hours:
Text: John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi, Digital Communications, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill, 2008. ISBN: 978-0-07-295716-7
Grading: Midterm – 30%, Final – 30%, Quizzes - 30%, Homework and Computer Assignments – 10%.
Topic
Introduction
Deterministic and Random Signal Analysis
Digital Modulation Schemes
Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channels
Carrier and Symbol Synchronization
Introduction to Information Theory
Coding Theory
Digital Communication Through Band-Limited Channels
Adaptive Equalization
Multichannel and Multicarrier System
Spread Spectrum Signals
Fading Channels
Multiple Antenna Systems
Multiuser Communications
COMPUTER ASSIGNMENTS
REFERENCES
Jack Kurzweil, An Introduction to Digital Communications, Wiley, 2000. ISBN 0-471-15772-4
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, 3rd 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