University of California, Santa Barbara
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Digital Communication

ECE 243A - Winter 2008

Instructor: Prof. U Madhow

Schedule:MW 5-6:50 pm, Psych 1802

Homework

Exams

Projects

Handouts

 

INSTRUCTOR

Professor Upamanyu Madhow
Harold Frank Hall, Rm 3111
madhow@ece.ucsb.edu
805-893-5210
Office Hours: 11:30-1:30 Wednesdays, 3111 Harold Frank Hall

 

GRADING

Homework: 15
Midterm Exam: 35
Software Project: 25
(individual project: Matlab simulation and written report)
Standards Project: 25
(team project: study and oral presentation of a digital communication standard)

TEXTBOOK

Fundamentals of Digital Communication, by U. Madhow, Cambridge
University Press, February 2008.
(preprints of relevant chapters will be provided on the course home page
until the book is available for purchase).

OUTLINE

Modulation: complex baseband representation, modulation degrees of freedom, basic forms of modulation

Demodulation: Optimal receiver design and performance analysis for coherent communication over the additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channel; elements of noncoherent communication

Channel Equalization: maximum likelihood sequence estimation; linear equalization; decision feedback equalization

Synchronization (if time permits): elements of parameter estimation, application to basic synchronization problems

Guidelines and Schedule for Team Project

Software Project

 

 

 

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HOMEWORK

Homework must be turned in at the beginning of the lecture on the day that it is due. Late submissions will not be accepted, unless prior permission has been obtained from the instructor. One or more students will be assigned to grade each homework.

 
Problem Set 1 (due Monday January 21)
Reading: Chapter 2
Problems 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.17, 2.21, 2.22, 2.24
 
  Problem Set 2 (due Monday February 4 in course homework box)
Reading: Chapter 3
Problems 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11
 
  Problem Set 3 (due Wednesday February 13 in course homework box)
Reading: Chapter 3
Problems 3.12, 3.18, 3.19, 3.20, 3.22, 3.24, 3.29
 
  Problem Set 4 (due Friday February 29)
Reading: Chapter 5 and Section 4.5.1
Problems: 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.6(a)-(d), 5.8, 5.9, 5.10, 5.12, 5.16
 

 

 

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EXAMS

Midterm Exam: Wednesday March 5 (in class)
Exam Solutions

 

 

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PROJECTS

 

pdf files
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HANDOUTS/CLASS NOTES

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