| Week (Start date) |
Topic |
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| Week 1 (Jan 18) |
Introduction Measures of Information and Channel Capacity, Shannon's Law |
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Lecture 1a Lecture 1b Assignment 1 |
| Week 2 (Jan 24) |
ECOMMS Readiness QUIZ:
Tuesday, Jan 25,3:15 PM, Room 204/206 CLOSED Book & Notes Topics: Complex algebra, Phasors, Fourier Series, AC circuits Want to see previous Readiness Quiz? Click here. Lab Project 1: Waveform Synthesis and Spectral Analysis Signals and Spectra |
2 |
Lab 1: Pre-Lab Lecture Lecture 2a |
| Week 3 (Jan 31) |
Signals and Spectra (contd.) |
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Lecture 3a Lecture 3b Assignment 2 |
| Week 4 (Feb 7) |
Bandpass Signalling Amplitude Modulation |
5 |
Lecture 4a Lecture 4b |
| Week 5 (Feb 14) |
Lab Project 2: AM and
DSB-SC
Modulation and Detection Quiz 1 (on Wednesday) Check out previous Quiz 1 here Amplitude Modulation (contd.) DSB-SC |
Lab 2: Pre-Lab Lecture Lecture 5a |
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| Week 6 (Feb 21) |
(Dr. Mandayam is on conference travel. Lab work on Mon, Tue and Wed) |
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| Week 7 (Feb 28) |
DSB-SC (contd.), Complex envelope notation SSB Phase and Frequency Modulation |
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Assignment 3 Lecture 7a Lecture 7b |
| Week 8 (March 7) |
Quiz 2 (on Wednesday) Check out previous Quiz 2 here Frequency Modulation |
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Lecture 8a |
| Mar 14-18 | Spring Break - No Class | ||
| Week 9 (Mar 21) |
Revise Lab 1 report FM (conclude) |
3 |
Lecture 9a |
| Week 10 (Mar 28) |
Midterm Examination
on
Monday, March 28
Digital Communications: Introduction OPEN BOOK & NOTES Want to see previous midterms? Click for 2010 and 2009 Baseband Signaling, Source Encoding |
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Lecture 10a Lecture 10b |
| Week 11 (Apr 4) |
Lab Project 3: Frequency
Modulation and Detection Error Control Coding Digital Bandpass Modulation |
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Lab 3: Pre-Lab Lecture Assignment 4 Lecture 11a Lecture 11b |
| Week 12 (Apr 11) |
No Quiz 3 (Pop Quiz on Apr 4 will be counted) Digital Bandpass Modulation Communications Networking |
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Lecture 12a Finish Part 3 of Lab 3 |
| Week 13
(Apr 18) |
Lab Project 4: Digital
Baseband
Communications Quiz 4 (on Wednesday) Assignment 4 help session |
5 |
Lab 4: Pre-Lab Lecture |
| Week 14 (Apr 25) |
Power Spectral Density Noise performance of Analog and Digital communications systems Commercial broadcast TX and RX |
7 |
Assignment 5 Lecture 14a |
| Week 15 (May 2) |
Finish Lab 4 |
Lecture 15a | |
| Finals Week | Comprehensive OPEN Book & Notes |
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| May
8 |
Sunday, May 8,
24:00 hrs - All course material is due |
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