Digital Transmission Systems II

ELEC 6841/4, Winter 2003

Course:

Pre-Requisite: ENCS 6161 and ELEC 6831

Class Location: H401

Class Time: Wednesdays 20:30-23:00

Instructor:

· Dr. Yousef R. Shayan

· Office: H961-27, Phone: (514) 848-3076, email: yshayan@ece.concordia.ca

· Office Hours: Fridays 10:00 to 12:00 AM

Text:

· J.G. Proakis, Digital Communications , 4th. Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

· Bernard Sklar, “Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications “, Prentice Hall,

2 nd Edition, 2001.

· T.S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications : Principles and Practice, 2nd. Edition, 2002

Outline:

· Convolutional Codes; Viterbi Algorithm; Turbo codes, Trellis Coded Modulation.

· Synchronization: Carrier recovery, symbol timing recovery.

· Communication over Fading channels: characterization of fading channels, diversity

techniques, equalization.

· Spread-Spectrum Techniques

· Multiplexing Techniques: FDM/FDMA, TDM/TDMA, CDMA

Exams:

Midterm and Final exams are open book

Grading Scheme:

Midterm #1 10% Saturday, March 8, 2003, 9-11 AM, H435

Midterm #2 10% Wednesday, April 2 nd , 2003, 20:30-22-30, H401

Project 15% Due April 7 th at 11:00

Assignments 5%

Final 60% April 23rd from 19:00-22:00: to be confirmed

Passing Grade:

In order to pass the course, you should get at least 60% in total and at least 60% in the final exam.