EE151

Communication Systems

Winter 2012

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA CRUZ Department of Electrical Engineering COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Description An introduction to analog and digital communication systems. Topics include: Amplitude and angle modulation and demodulation; The eects of noise on the performance of analog communication systems. Pulse Code Modulation (PCM); Digital data transmission in baseband and passband; pulse shaping; PAM and QAM; M-ary communications; Course Outline (tentative) Introduction to communication systems [Chapter 4.1] Amplitude modulation: DSB-SC, DSB, QAM, SSB, VSB [Chapter 4.2 - 4.7] Angle modulation: Instantaneous frequency, FM bandwidth, FM generation, FM demodulation, FM receiver, superhetrodyne [Chapter 5] Random processes: power spectral density, ltering random processes, bandpass processes [Parts of chapter 9] Eect of noise on analog communication systems: AM, FM/PM [Chapter 10.1 - 10.3] Pulse code modulation: Sampling, PCM [Chapter 6.1 - 6.2] Digital communication: PAM, QAM, M-ary communications [Parts of chapter 7]

Class Time and Location Lecture room: TBD Lecture times: Monday/Wednesday 5:00PM - 6:45PM. First lecture: Monday, January 9; Last lecture: Wednesday, March 14. Holidays: Monday January 16, Monday February 20 Text Book B. P. Lathi and Zhi-Ding, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th ed., The Oxford Series in Electrical and Computer Engineering, ISBN#978-0-19-533145-5.

Required Background Students are expected to be up-to-date on the material learned in Signals and Systems (EE103 or equivalent). In particular, the Fourier transform and its properties and the concepts of frequency response and ltering are heavily used throughout the course. Without a solid knowledge of these topics it is unlikely that the student will be able to comprehend the material presented in this course. Some background in random variables (CE107 or equivalent) will also be needed. In particular, the mean and variance of random variables and notions of independence and correlation will be used. Grading Policy Course grade will be based on weekly homework assignments (15% of the nal grade), midterm examination (35% of the nal grade) and a nal examination (50% of the nal grade). However, you must get a passing grade on the nal to pass the course. Academic Dishonesty Any conrmed academic dishonesty including but not limited to copying homeworks or cheating on exams, will result in a no-pass or failing grade. You are encouraged to read the campus policies regarding academic integrity. Examples of cheating include (but are not limited to): Sharing results or other information during an examination. Working on an exam before or after the ocial time allowed. Submitting homework that is not your own work. Reading another students homework solution before it is due. Allowing someone else to read your homework solution before the assignment is due. For more details see the Ocial UCSC Guideline on Academic Integrity.