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Course
EE 6352 501: Digital Communications Systems
Professor
Hlaing Minn
Term
Spring 2007
Meetings
MW 7:00-8:15 PM, ECSN 2.110
Professor’s Contact Information
Office Phone
972 883 2889
Office Location
ECSN 4.204
Email Address
hlaing.minn@utdallas.edu
Office Hours
MW 8:20-9:20 PM or by appointment
Other Information
"I don't read WebCT mail" TA: TBA TA Office Hours: TBA TA Office: TBA
General Course Information
 
Pre-requisites
EE 6349
Course Description
This course is intended for first year graduate students in Electrical and Telecommunications Engineering Programs. This course discusses the basic principles that underline the analysis and design of digital communication systems. Main topics to be covered are the representations of digitally modulated signals, the characterization of narrowband signals, noise and systems, the spectral characteristics, the design of modulation, optimum demodulation and detection methods in AWGN channel, the evaluation of the error rate performance, the channel bandwidth requirements, signal design for band-limited channels, optimum receiver for channels with ISI and AWGN, and introduction to error correcting codes. Brief discussions on multi-carrier communications, spread spectrum communications, digital communications through multipath fading channels, and introduction to equalization methods will be included, if time permits.
 
Learning Outcomes
1) Ability to utilize the signal space concept in representing digitally modulated signals 2) Ability to apply characterization of narrowband signals, noise, and systems in analyzing communications systems 3) Ability to derive spectral characteristics of digitally modulated signals 4) Ability to design M-ary PAM, PSK, QAM, CAP, Multi-resolution QAM, FSK, CPM, OQPSK, pi/4 shifted QPSK, MSK, Differential and Non-coherent modulation schemes 5) Ability to analyze and design optimum demodulators 6) Ability to analyze and design optimum detectors 7) Ability to evaluate error rate performance 8) Ability to choose proper modulation schemes 9) Ability to apply bandlimited signal designs 10) Ability to design communication link budget
 
Required Texts & Materials
“Digital Communications” (4-th Edition), John G. Proakis,
 McGraw-Hill
, 2001. ISBN 0-07-232111-3 To be covered: Chapters 2, 4, 5, parts of 8 and 9, and related topics.
Suggested Texts, Readings, & Materials
References
:
[1] “Digital Communication Techniques-Signal Design and Detection”, M. K. Simon, S. M. Hinedi and W. C. Lindsey,
Prentice Hall PTR
, 1995. ISBN: 0-13-200610-3. [2] “Digital Communication” (3
rd
Edition), J. R. Barry, E.A. Lee and D.G. Messerschmitt,
Kluwer Academic Publishers
, 2004. ISBN: 0-7923-7548-3. [3] “Lecture Notes from Digital Communications and Advanced Digital Communications” by Prof. John Ciofi,
Stanford University
.
 
[4] “Principles of Communication Engineering”, J. M. Wozencraft and I. M. Jacobs, (Reprint 1990),
Waveland Press Inc.,
ISBN: 0881335541. [5] “Fundamentals of Communication Systems” J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, Pearson Prentice Hall, 2005, ISBN 0-13-147135-X. [6] “Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications” (2-nd Edition), B. Sklar,
Prentice Hall
, 2001, ISBN 0-13-084788-7. [7] “Coded Modulation Systems”, J.B. Anderson and A. Svensson,
Kluwer  Academic/Plenum Publishers
, 2003. ISBN: 0-306-47279-1. [8] “Communication Systems” (4-th Edition), S. Haykin,
 John Wiley & Sons,  Inc
., 2001. ISBN 0-471-17869-1. [9] “Digital Transmission Engineering” John B. Anderson, Wiley Inter-Science, 2005, ISBN 0-471-69464-9. [10] “Probability and Random Processes with Applications to Signal Processing” (3
rd
Edition), H. Stark and J.W. Woods,
Prentice Hall
, 2002. ISBN 0-13-020071-9.
Assignments & Academic Calendar
 
Week Number Lists of Topics 1
Introduction and review of probability and random process
2
Representation of bandpass signals, systems and noise; Signal space concept
3
Representation of digitally modulated signals (M-PAM, PSK, QAM, CAP, Multi-resolution QAM, FSK, OQPSK, pi/4 shifted QPSK)
4
Modulation with memory (line codes, CPFSK, CPM, MSK, GMSK)
5
Power density spectrum calculation
6
Optimum demodulators
7
Optimum detectors (memoryless signals)
8
Optimum detectors (signals with memory)
9
Probability of error calculation
10
Optimum receivers for signals with random phase
11
Link budget
12
Signal designs for bandlimited channels
13
Linear block codes and convolutional codes
Computer Project Due
Apr. 16, 2007
1st Mid-term Exam 2nd Mid-term Exam Final Exam
Wed. Feb. 21, 2007, 7:00-8:15 PM Wed. Mar. 21, 2007, 7:00-8:15 PM
Mon. April 30, 2007, Monday 7:00-9:00 PM
 
Course Policies
Grading (credit) Criteria
Final grades in this course will be based on several homework assignments,
 
project, two examinations given throughout the semester and a final examination. No makeup examinations will be offered in this course. In the event of an excused absence (illness, job-related travel, holy day absence, etc.; Proper documents should be provided.), the weight of the exam will be shifted to the final exam. All exams are closed-book, closed-note. No electronic devices except a basic calculator are allowed. Any graded work can be disputed in writing
within one week 
 of the return of that work or grade. Complete work will be re-graded. All announcements and homework assignments will be posted on the webCT. It is the responsibility of each student to check this web page at least once a week for new announcements and homeworks.
 
The grading policy is: Assignments: 15 % Computer Project: 5 % Two Mid-Term Exams: 40 % Final Exam: 40 %
Student Conduct and Discipline
The University of Texas System and The University of Texas at Dallas have rules and regulations for the orderly and efficient conduct of their business. It is the responsibility of each student and each student organization to be knowledgeable about the rules and regulations which govern student conduct and activities. General information on student conduct and discipline is contained in the UTD publication,
 A to Z Guide
, which is provided to all registered students each academic year. The University of Texas at Dallas administers student discipline within the procedures of recognized and established due process. Procedures are defined and described in the
 Rules and Regulations, Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Part 1, Chapter VI, Section 3
, and in Title V, Rules on Student Services and Activities of the university’s
 Handbook of Operating Procedures
. Copies of these rules and regulations are available to students in the Office of the Dean of Students, where staff members are available to assist students in interpreting the rules and regulations (SU 1.602, 972/883-6391). A student at the university neither loses the rights nor escapes the responsibilities of citizenship. He or she is expected to obey federal, state, and local laws as well as the Regents’ Rules, university regulations, and administrative rules. Students are subject to discipline for violating the standards of conduct whether such conduct takes place on or off campus, or whether civil or criminal penalties are also imposed for such conduct.
 Academic Integrity
The faculty expects from its students a high level of responsibility and academic honesty. Because the value of an academic degree depends upon the absolute integrity of the work done by the student for that degree, it is imperative that a student demonstrate a high standard of individual honor in his or her scholastic work. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, statements, acts or omissions related to applications for enrollment or the award of a degree, and/or the submission as one’s own work or material that is not one’s own. As a general rule, scholastic dishonesty involves one of the following acts: cheating, plagiarism, collusion and/or falsifying academic records. Students suspected of academic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary proceedings.

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