EECS 307:

Communication Systems
Syllabus

Week #

Lecture Topic

Introduction to class and

review of
communication systems

Chapter 1

Signal and system: LTI

system, power and
energy signal
Signal and system
(contd)
Fourier series and
transform
Fourier series and
transform (contd)
Amplitude modulation
(AM)

Chapter 2

Angle modulation: FM
and PM.
Mid Term Exam
Random processes
Effect of noise on analog
communications.
Optimal receiver in
AWGN
Analog to digital
conversion, sampling
theorem
Digital modulation:
Baseband transmission
Digital modulation:
Bandpass transmission
Project Week

Chapter 4

5
6
7

9
10

11
15

Reading

Labs

Tutorials/Projects

Tut 1

Chapter 2
Chapter 2

Lab 1

Chapter 2
Chapter 3

Tut 2

Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Lab 2

Chapter 7

Lab 3

Tut 3

Chapter 8
Chapter 9

Tut 4

Lab 4
Tut 5

Textbook
Simon Haykin , Michael Moher,
Communication Systems, John
Wiley and Sons, 5th Edition
Supplementary book:
Edward Lee, Pravin Varaiya,
Structure and Interpretation of
Signals and Systems , second
edition, UC Berkeley,
http://LeeVaraiya.org

Software
MATLAB

Grading
40% Final
20% Midterm
20% Labs
20% Assignments

Assignments
The assignments will be available at Moodle
every week and they will be due to the
following weeks lecture day. They will be
collected via Dropbox.
The late assignments will not be accepted.

Labs
Lab assignments will be posted on Moodle, a
week before the lab.