Electrical Communications Systems

Course No. ECE.09.331

Spring 2009

Course Organization

Tuesday and Wednesday meeting times will primarily be used for lectures and demos.
Monday meeting times will be used for lab projects, quizzes & recitation.
POP Quizzes may show up at any time!

Tentative Course Schedule*


Week (Start date)	Topic	Chapter	Information
Week 1 (Jan 20)	Introduction Measures of Information and Channel Capacity, Shannon's Law	1	Lecture 1a Lecture 1b Assignment 1: New Due Date: Feb 10
Week 2 (Jan 26)	ECOMMS Readiness QUIZ: Tuesday, Jan 27, 9:25 AM, 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 (Feb 2)	Signals and Spectra (contd.)	2	Lecture 3a Lecture 3b
Week 4 (Feb 9)	Bandpass Signalling Amplitude Modulation	4 5	Assignment 2: Due Mar 3 4 (extra day) Lecture 4a Lecture 4b
Week 5 (Feb 16)	Quiz 1 on Tuesday Feb 17 Check out previous Quiz 1 here (Wed - finish Lab 1: Dr. Mandayam is on conference travel)
Week 6 (Feb 23)	Amplitude Modulation (contd.) DSB-SC Lab Project 2: AM and DSB-SC Modulation and Detection	5	Lab 2: Pre-Lab Lecture Lecture 6a Lecture 6b
Week 7 (Mar 2)	Quiz 2 (postponed) DSB-SC (contd.), SSB	5	Assignment 3: Due Mar 31 Lecture 7a Lecture 7b
Week 8 (March 9)	Phase and Frequency Modulation (contd.)	5	Lecture 8a
Wednesday, Mar 11	10:50 AM Room 204/206 Midterm Examination OPEN BOOK & NOTES Want to see previous midterms? Click for 2008 and 2007
Mar 16-20	Spring Break - No Class
Week 9 (Mar 23)	Phase and Frequency Modulation (contd.) Digital Communications: Introduction	3	Lecture 9a Lecture 9b
Week 10 (Mar 30)	Quiz 2 on Wed, Apr 1 Check out previous Quiz 2 here Baseband Signaling Lab Project 3: Frequency Modulation and Detection	3	Assignment 4: Due Apr 21 Lab 3: Pre-Lab Lecture Lecture 10a
Week 11 (Apr 6)	Digital Modulation	5	Lecture 11a Lecture 11b
Week 12 (Apr 13)	Digital Modulation (contd.)	6	Lecture 12a Lecture 12b
Week 13 (Apr 20)	Power Spectral Density Noise Lab Project 4: Digital Baseband Communications	6 7	Assignment 5: Extra Credit, Due May 4 (via e-mail) Lab 4: Pre-Lab Lecture Lecture 13a Lecture 13b
Week 14 (Apr 27)	Quiz 3 on Monday, Apr 27 Broadcast TX and RX	6 7	Lecture 14a Lecture 14b
Week 15 (May 4)	Final Examination: OPEN BOOK & NOTES Room 204/206 1:00 PM Previous Finals: Spring '08 and Spring '07	Comprehensive OPEN Book & Notes
Finals Week Thu, May 7, 10:15-12:15	Finish Lab Project 4

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