Prerequisites: Linear algebra, signals and systems, probability, elementary communication systems.
Time and place: 2:00 pm -3:20 pm, Tuesday-Thursday, NH 229
Textbook: J. Proakis and M. Salehi, Digital Communications, Fifth Edition, Mc Graw-Hill, 2008.
Additional Reading:
[1] U. Madhow, Fundamentals of Digital
Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
[2] S. G. Wilson, Digital Modulation and Coding, Prentice-Hall, 1996.
Instructor: Dr. Ioannis Schizas, Office: NH 534, Email: schizas@uta.edu
Office Hours: 3:30pm-4:30pm, Tuesday-Thursday
GTA: Ji Wu E-mail: ji.wu@mavs.uta.edu
GTA Office Hours: 2:00pm-4:30pm, Monday-Wednesday
Exams: Midterm Exam: March 8th, 2012 Final Exam: May 8th, 2012
Grading: Homework 20% Midterm 35 % Final 45%
Course Material:
-Introduction to digital communication systems
(Lecture notes #1)
-Review of probability and stochastic processes
(Lecture notes #1,#2)
-Digital modulation and vector space representations
(Lecture notes #1, #2,#3)
-Optimum receivers and performance for AWGN channels (Lecture
notes #1, #2,
#3, #4,
#5,#6,
#7)
-Carrier and symbol synchronization (Lecture
notes # 1, # 2)
-Digital communication over bandlimited channels (Lecture
notes # 1, # 2, # 3)
-Inter-symbol interference and channel equalization (Lecture
notes # 1, # 2)
-Basic information theory concepts and channel coding (Lecture
notes # 1, # 2, #3)
-Multicarrier and digital transmission over fading channels (if time allows)
Homework Assignments:
| Homework Assignment | Assigned | Due date |
| Hw # 1: Problems 2.3, 2.10, 2.11, 2.15, 2.22, 2.24, 2.45 from textbook (Scanned pdf) | January 24th, 2012 | January 31st, 2012 |
| Hw # 2: (pdf file)(Scanned pdf) | Feb 7th, 2012 | Feb 17th, 2012 |
| Hw # 3: Problems 4.4, 4.13, 4.20, 4.24, 4.27(Scanned pdf) | Feb 28th, 2012 | Mar 6th, 2012 |
| Hw # 4: (pdf file) | Mar 20th, 2012 | Mar 30th, 2012 |
| Hw # 5: Problems 5.3 (a), 5.17, 9.10, 9.14, 9.20, 9.28, 9.31 from textbook | April 3rd, 2012 | April 12th, 2012 |
| Hw # 6: Problems 9.13, 9.34, 9.41, 9.44, 9.46, 9.49, 9.52 (a), (b), (c) from textbook | April 12th, 2012 | April 20th, 2012 |
| Hw # 7: (pdf file) | April 19th, 2012 | May 4th, 2012 |