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EE151. Communication Systems.  An introduction to communication
systems. Analysis and design of communication systems based on radio,
transmission lines, and fiber optics. Topics include fundamentals of
analog and digital signal transmission in the context of baseband
communications, including concepts such as modulation and demodulation
techniques, multiplexing and multiple access, channel loss,
distortion, bandwidth, signal-to-noise ratios and error
control. Digital communication concepts include an introduction to
sampling and quantization, transmission coding and error
control. Students are billed for a materials fee. Prerequisite(s):
courses 103 or 17, 70/L, and Computer Engineering 107 or equivalent
background on probability theory and random variables.

Explanation of prerequisites 
EE103 or EE17,EE70, and CE107: Students need to be familiar with the
Fourier Series and the Fourier Transform, convolution, linear
time-invariant systems, frequency response and filtering,

Required skills to pass the course.
1. Signals and Systems
   a. Mathematical representation of signals
   b. Mathematical characterization of linear time-invariant systems
   c. Fourier Series and Fourier Transform, and how to use them to
      solve problems
   d. Filtering in the time-domain (convolution) and the frequency domain
      (frequency response)

Core topics (must be taught)
1.  Amplitude (Linear) Modulation
   a. Baseband and carrier communications
   b. Double Sideband (DSB)
   c.  Single Sideband (SSB)
   d. Vestigial Sideband (VSB)
   e. Superhetrodyne AM Receiver
   f. Carrier Acquisition
   g. Television

2.  Angle (Exponential) Modulation
   a. Instantaneous frequency
   b. Bandwidth of FM/PM
   c. Generation of FM/PM
   d. Demodulation of FM/PM

3.  Sampling and Pulse Code Modulation
   a. Sampling theorem
   b. Pulse code modulation (PCM)
   c. Differential PCM
   d. Delta modulation

4. Principles of Digital Data Transmission
a. Pulse Shaping
b. M-ary communications
c. Digital multiplexing


Comments on follow-on courses
EE251 <Digital Communications> is a graduate course which continues
and expands the discussion of digital transmission techniques taught
at the end of this course.


Text
B. P. Lathi, "Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems,"
Third Edition, 1998.

Possible Alternative Texts
Leon W. Couch, "Digital and Analog Communication Systems," 6th Edition
Simon Haykin, An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications
There are a number of good texts covering essentially the same topic.
The choice of text is somewhat a matter of taste.

Prepared by Benjamin Friedlander, 10/02