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

Advanced Digital Communication

ECE 243B - Spring 2008

Instructor: Prof. U Madhow

Schedule:Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5-6:50 pm, South Hall 1431

Homework

Exams

Projects

Handouts

 

INSTRUCTOR

Professor Upamanyu Madhow
Harold Frank Hall, Rm 3111
madhow@ece.ucsb.edu
805-893-5210

PREREQUISITES

ECE 243A, or consent of instructor

TEXTBOOK

Fundamentals of Digital Communication, by Upamanyu Madhow, Cambridge University Press, 2008.

COURSE CONTENT

--Review of AWGN channel model, modulation and demodulation
--Information-theoretic limits (Chapter 6): just enough to be able to compute performance benchmarks
--Channel coding (Chapter 7): convolutional codes, turbo-like codes
--Wireless communication (Chapter 8): fading, diversity, OFDM, space-time (MIMO) communication

GRADING

Homework 15%
Software Project 25%
Presentation Project 25%
Exam 35%

PROJECT INFORMATION

The software project is an individual project, involving a guided
implementation of a turbo code, with results presented in a short
written report. The details of the presentation project are to be determined.

EXAM INFORMATION

This will be a take-home exam to be completed over 2 days.

 

 

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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
Assigned: Tuesday April 8
Due: Tuesday April 15
Reading: Chapter 6
Problems: 6.3, 6.7, 6.8, 6.9, 6.1
 

Problem Set 2
Assigned: Monday April 14
Due: Tuesday April 22
Reading: Chapters 6 and 7 (Section 7.1)
Problems: 6.12, 6.15, 6.16, 7.1, 7.3, 7.6
   
 

Problem Set 3
Assigned: Thursday April 24
Due: Thursday May 1
Reading: Chapter 7
Problems: 7.9, 7.11, 7.12
   
  Problem Set 4
Assigned: Thursday May 1
Due: Thursday May 15 (in course homewok box)
Reading: Chapter 7
Problems: 7.20, 7.21, 7.22
   
 

Problem Set 5
Assigned: Tuesday May 20
Due: Tuesday May 27 (in course homework box)
Reading: Chapter 8
Problems: 8.3, 8.11, 8.15, 8.34(a)(b)(d), 8.36

Homework 5 solutions

 

 

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EXAMS

 

 

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PROJECTS

 

  • Software Project, Part 1--BCJR algorithm (due May 8): Problem 7.13
  • Software Project, Part 2--Parallel concatenated turbo code (due May 22): Problem 7.15

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HANDOUTS/CLASS NOTES

pdf files

bcjr_projectreport

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