Electrical Communications Systems

Course No. ECE.09.433 (Section 3)

Fall 2021


Course Organization

Tentative Course Schedule*

 

Week
(Start date)

Topic

Chapter 

   Assignment 

Week 1
(Sep 1)

Introduction 
Shannons Theorem

1

Assignment 1

Due Sep 21

Week 2 
(Sep 7)

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

Signals and Spectra II

2

Week 3
(Sep 14)

Quiz 1

Wednesday, Sep 15, 5:00 - 6:00 pm

CLOSED Book, Notes & Web

Amplitude Modulation I
Amplitude Modulation II 

5

Assignment 2
Due Oct 5

Week 4
(Sep 21)

Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier Modulation I

Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier Modulation II

5

Week 5
(Sep 28)

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

Angle Modulation

5

Week 6 
(Oct 5)

Quiz 2

Wednesday, Oct 5, 5:00 - 6:00 pm

CLOSED Book, Notes & Web

Frequency Modulation I

Frequency Modulation II

5

Assignment 3

Due Oct 26

Week 7
(Oct 12)

Introduction to Digital Communications
Huffman Coding

3

Week 8
(Oct 19)

Midterm Examination

Wednesday, Oct 20, 5:00 - 7:00 pm

Open Book & Notes, Closed Web

Hamming Encoding

3

Week 9
(Oct 26)

Pulse Amplitude Modulation

TDMA Hierarchy

3

Assignment 4

Due Nov 16

Week 10
(Nov 2)

Lab Project 3: Frequency Modulation and Detection
Packet Switching

Digital Bandpass Communications

8

5

Week 11
(Nov 9)

Quiz 3

Wednesday, Nov 10, 5:00 - 6:00 pm

Meet by the Rowan Engineering Pond

QAM Systems

Noise I

7

Week 12
(Nov 16)

Noise II

Broadcast TX and TX

7

4

Assignment 5

(Extra Credit)

Week 13
(Nov 23)

Catch up

 

Week 14
(Nov 30)

Quiz 4

Wednesday, Dec 1, 5:00 - 6:00 pm

CLOSED Book, Notes & Web

Lab Project 4: Digital Baseband Communications

Catch up

 

Week 15
(Dec 7)

Course Review

 

 

Finals Week

Final Exam

Wednesday, Dec 15, 5:00 - 7:00 pm EH 341

Open Book & Notes, Closed Web

After Finals Week

Dec 17 Midnight: All course material is due

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