EE 646 Digital Communications I

This is the second course in the communications sequence. After a short review of the material covered in the first course, signal formatting and bandpass digital modulation/demodulation techniques are covered. The core concept of a communication link budget is then introduced and error control techniques are studied. Trade-offs in modulation and coding methods are also discussed.

Number of credits:	3
Pre-requisites:	EE 645 - Introduction to Communications (or equivalent)
Textbook:	“Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications,” Bernard Sklar, Prentice-Hall, 1988, ISBN# 0-13-211939-0 025
Coordinator: Email WWW Phone Efax	Jeffrey N. Denenberg jeffrey.denenberg@ieee.org DoctorD.dyn.dhs.org:8000 (203) 268-1021 (978) 359-7977

Topics:

1.	Review: Modulation and Noise	(2 weeks)
2.	Formatting and Baseband Transmission Sampling Analog Signals, Quantization, and Detection	(2 weeks)
3.	Bandpass Modulation and Demodulation Band Limited Noise, “Digital” Modulation, Detection in Noise, and Error Rates	(2 weeks)
	Exam
4.	Communication Link Analysis The Link Budget, Signal/Noise Ratio, Noise Figure, and Noise Temperature	(2 weeks)
5.	Channel Coding I Waveform Coding, Error Control, Block Codes, Cyclic Codes	(3 weeks)
6.	Review	(1 week)
	Final Exam

Estimated ABET category content as estimated by faculty member who prepared this course description:

Engineering Science: 2 credits or 67%

Engineering Practice: 1 credit or 33%

Prepared by: Jeffrey N. Denenberg Date: April 3, 2000