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 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