EL E 447 - Modulation, Noise, and Communications

2001 Catalog Data: ELE 447. MODULATION, NOISE, AND COMMUNICATIONS. Spectral analysis, sampling theory, analog and digital modulation techniques, information, communication systems, and noise. Prerequisite: EL. E 331, EL. E 352. (3).

Textbook: Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd Ed., by B.P. Lathi

References: Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 5th Ed., by Leon W. Couch II, Information Transmission, Modulation, and Noise by M. Schwartz, and Communication Systems, 4th Ed., by S. Haykin

Coordinator: Dr. Allen W. Glisson, Professor of Electrical Engineering

Goals: This course is designed to provide students with a background in the principles underlying the processing and transmission of information. The core of the course material comprises the development and use of fundamental tools for the analysis of analog and digital signals and systems. Simple electronic-circuit examples for communications systems are presented and discussed. The major emphasis of the course, however, is placed on the concepts of time and frequency domain analysis, analog and digital modulation methods, the design process, and noise. The design process at a systems level is incorporated in the course material on analog and digital communications systems. Students are expected to apply the design process to obtain systems-level designs for communications systems subject to specified constraints.

As illustrative examples of communication systems, some electronic circuits will be presented and discussed. However, major emphasis is placed upon the concepts of time and frequency domain analysis, modulation (both analog and digital), and noise.

Prerequisites by Topic:

1. Systems Theory, Fourier Analysis

2. Models and Circuits, Electronic Devices, Signals

Topics:

1. Introduction to information transmission (2 classes)

2. Frequency response of linear systems (7 classes)

3. Sampling theorem (3 classes)

4. Digital communication systems (12 classes)

5. Modulation techniques (12 classes)

6. Noise (3 classes)

7. Exams (3 classes)

Estimated ABET Category Content: Engineering Science: 2 credits or 67%