Electrical Communications Systems

Course No. ECE.09.433 (Section 2)

Fall 2019

Course Organization

Tentative Course Schedule*

 

Week
(Start date)

Topic

Chapter 

   Assignment 

Week 1
(Sep 3)

Introduction 
Shannons Theorem

1

Assignment 1

Due Sep 19

Week 2 
(Sep 10)

Lab Project 1: Waveform Synthesis and Spectral Analysis
Signals and Spectra I

Signals and Spectra II

2

Week 3
(Sep 17)

Quiz 1

Amplitude Modulation I
Amplitude Modulation II 

5

Assignment 2
Due Oct 10

Week 4
(Sep 24)

Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier Modulation I

Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier Modulation II

5

Week 5
(Oct 1)

Lab Project 2: AM and DSB-SC Modulation and Detection
Single Side Band Modulation

Angle Modulation

5

Week 6 
(Oct 8)

Quiz 2

Frequency Modulation I

Frequency Modulation II

5

Assignment 3

Due Nov 1

Week 7
(Oct 15)

Introduction to Digital Communications
Huffman Coding

3

Week 8
(Oct 22)

Hamming Encoding

Pulse Amplitude Modulation

3

Week 9
(Oct 29)

Midterm Examination

Wednesday, Oct 30, 12:30 - 2:30 PM

Open Book & Notes, Closed Web

See previous midterms: 2019 and 2011

TDMA Hierarchy

3

Assignment 4

Due Dec 4

Week 10
(Nov 5)

Lab Project 3: Frequency Modulation and Detection
Packet Switching

Digital Bandpass Communications

5

Week 11
(Nov 12)

QAM Systems

Noise I

7

Week 12
(Nov 19)

Nov 19: Mr. Michael Muhlbaier Guest Lecture

Nov 21: Dr. John Schmalzel Guest Lecture

4

Assignment 5

(Extra Credit)

Week 13
(Nov 26)

Quiz 3

Noise II

Broadcast TX and TX

 

Week 14
(Dec 3)

Lab Project 4: Digital Baseband Communications

Catch up

 

Week 15
(Dec 10)

Quiz 4

Course Review

 

 

Finals Week

Final Exam

Tuesday, Dec 17, 10:15 - 12:15 Engineering 319

Open Book & Notes, Closed Web

See previous finals: 2019 and 2011

 After Finals Week

Dec 20, Midnight: All course material is due

*Please check frequently for updates.
 

 

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