Fundamentals of Telecommunication Systems

EE 4330 001

Summer 2008

Course Syllabus & Course Information

Instructor: R. Stephen Gibbs

Office: NH 504

Phone: 817 272 3470

Fax: 817 272 1509

Email: gibbs@uta.edu

Office Hours: M-W 9:00-10:00 a.m. and 3:00–4:00 p.m. or by appointment

GTA: Ruthuja Gumaste

Office: NH 148A

Email: rgumaste@uta.edu

Office Hours: M,W 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.; Sat 9:00 a.m. – 12 noon

Class Time & Location: NH 106, M-W 1:00 p.m. – 2:50 p.m.

Class Homepage: http://www-ee.uta.edu/Online/gibbs/ EE4330

The web site will have all class handouts, homework assignments, etc.

Course content:

The course examines analog and digital communication techniques including amplitude modulation, frequency modulation, and pulse code modulation. Also covered will be time and frequency domain multiplexing. The big picture will also be emphasized: Design of communications systems. Lab experiments have been incorporated into the schedule to reinforce critical concepts in AM and FM.

Required Text:

Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B. P. Lathi, Oxford University

Press: 1998.

Supplemental Texts:

· Digital and Analog Communication Systems, L.W. Couch, II, Prentice Hall: Seventh Edition, 2007.

· Principles of Analog and Digital Communication Systems, J. D. Gibson, Prentice Hall: 1993

· An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications, S. Haykin and M. Moore, Wiley: 2006

· Fundamentals of Communication Systems, John Proakis and M. Salehi, Prentice Hall: 2005

· Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation, and Noise R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, Wiley: 1995

The first three books cover similar material as the recommended text, and should be used to get alternate interpretation of material covered in the class and to work additional examples. The last two books has more advanced material and should be consulted to get further insight.

Prerequisite: EE3330

Homework Policy:

Homework is due on the date noted in the Schedule. Each student must to do his/her own homework even though students may consult each other. Any homework that is copied will be assigned a grade of zero. Your lowest homework grade will be dropped. You may be asked to go over the homework with the instructor to “check the work.”

Grading:

10%	Homework
20%	Test 1
35%	Labs 1 – 4
35%	Final Exam

All tests and quizzes are closed book. A two-sided 8.5”x11” cheat sheet is allowed.

Final Grade Assignment:

90–100	A
80 – 89	B
70 – 79	C
60 – 69	D
< 60	F

Attendance Policy:

As per UTA policy, it is very important to attend every class and review the material covered in the class expeditiously. The reviewing of the material just before the test does not allow one to understand the material or absorb it. If you have questions, comments, or suggestions about any of the material covered in the class, they must be brought to the attention of the instructor expeditiously so that they can be addressed.

So as to encourage attendance of every class (UTA policy require it), we will have (unscheduled) pop quizzes distributed throughout the semester on material covered in previous weeks. Since the best scores of 6 of the seven quizzes will be counted towards your grade, absence for one of the quizzes will not affect your grade.

Some of you may be under the mistaken impression that the material covered in many of the classes in your BSEE program has no relevance or use in your place of employment or career. Even if some of the concepts covered in some classes may not be directly applicable, the methodology and logic of concepts covered in all courses in the BSEE program have far wider applications and develops your ability to think, analyze and put together engineering concepts in a field of interest not necessarily covered in one of the classes you took at UTA so as to develop you as an engineer for a lifelong and fulfilling career.

Academic Integrity:

It is the policy of UTA to uphold and support standards of personal honesty and integrity for all students consistent with the goals of a community of scholars and students seeking knowledge and truth. Furthermore, it is the policy of the University to enforce these standards through fair and objective procedures governing instances of alleged dishonesty, cheating, and other academic/nonacademic misconduct.

The UTA Academic Integrity and Scholastic Dishonesty policy will be adhered to in this class, including homework, tests, and the final.

The policy may be found at http://www.uta.edu/studetaffairs/academic integrity.php