EE354 Modern Communication Systems with Cyber Applications
Catalog Data & Credits (Recitation-Lab-Total)
EE354 Modern Communication Systems with Cyber Applications (3-2-4): An introduction to communication systems that focuses on the analysis and design of analog and digital communication systems in a cyber context. Topics include power and energy spectral density, quantization of analog signals, line coding, basic analog and digital modulation techniques, and transmitter and receiver design concepts. Modulation will be analyzed both on the basis of spectral characteristics and performance in AWGN channels. Application of these techniques to practical communication systems will be presented. The course ends with a brief introduction to spread spectrum and wireless communications.
Pre-requisites
EE322 Signals and Systems EE353 Probability and Stocastic Analysis for ECE
Course Objectives
- Identify the major components of a communication system (modulator, channel, demodulator) and describe the unique implementations, benefits, and tradeoffs of each one.
- Explain the relationship between frequency and bandwidth; calculate the signal bandwidth and frequency spectrum of a signal at the input and output of a filter.
- Calculate the modulation index, bandwidth, power efficiency, and frequency spectrum of an amplitude or frequency modulated signal.
- Given a bandlimited analog signal in the time and frequency domain, compute the minimum sampling frequency and output of an analog-to-digital converter.
- Explain the differences between baseband and bandpass digital communication; describe the generation of digital bandpass communication signals.
- Describe the basic operational concepts, benefits, and tradeoffs of wired and wireless networks and networking techniques in terms of data transmission, multiple access, bandwidth, users supported, and throughput.
- Demonstrate the ability to use MATLAB and GNU Radio to observe communication signals.
