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AEEE 422 -  Communication Systems II

Introduction

In this web space you may find lecture notes and other relevant material for the Spring 2012 semester on Communication Systems II.

It is highly recommended for students to have the following lecture notes with them in hard copies in each and every lecture. In this respect, notes are provided in portable document format (pdf) and can be downloaded by right-clicking on each link. Not all lecture notes are currently available but they will become available in due time as the course progresses.

The notes provided must not be considered as a replacement of either attendance of lectures or study of the suggested textbooks. Their purpose is to assist you in your studying and provide you with guidelines on what you should be focusing on. You are encouraged to enhance notes with study from the recommended literature and web links.

Subject Information
Course outline
Prerequisite course  AEEE321
 
LECTURE NOTES
Right click on the following links to save the lecture notes on your PC, then print them.
Week # Lecture # Topics covered                                               Homework
Week 1 Lecture 1 Introduction   
      hw1
Week 2 Lecture 2  

Data Transmission (Book pages 1-29)

 
     
Week 3 Lecture 3 

 

 Sampling and Nyquist Theorem (Book pages 86-100)

  

 hw2

Exercises from book  1-13,1-15,2-82

 

  
Week 4

 

Lecture 4

 		 Pulse Code Modulation (Book pages 128-143) hw3 
  Test (8/3/2012)   ASSIGNMENT 422 Submit on (20/3/2012)
Week 5 Test 1      
      
Week 6  

Lecture 5

 

 

 PCM Noise and Companding (Book pages 143-152) NOTES ON 422

 

   

 

    
Week 7

Lecture 6

 
 
Digital Signaling and Line codes (Book pages 152-169)
 		 hw4 

Exercises from book  3-19,3-20

   
Week 8  

Lecture 7

 		 Intersymbol interference (Book pages 180-188) hw5

Exercises from book  3-35,3-45,3-47

        
Week 9  

Lecture 8

 		 
 
Binary Bandpass Signalling Techniques (Book pages 339-346,488-500)
 		 hw6 
 

Test (15/5/2012)  

    
Week 10 Test 2   ASSIGNMENT 422 Submit before final
       
Week 11 Lecture 9    
       
Week 13  

Revision  
 
Assignments/TESTS
 
Assessments

According to the Institute’s regulations, 60% of a student’s grade corresponds to the result of his/her final examination. The remaining 40% is the student’s coursework grade, which will be calculated as follows:

Evaluation Type After completion of Weight
Test 1 Week 5 50%
Test 2 Week 9 50%
 
Bibliography 
Lectures will be given in every class session and they will be based on the main textbook. The assignments and examinations will be based on the material covered in class. Students are advised to purchase the main textbook on which many topics of the course are covered. Students are also advised to review the extensive list of books offered at the FU library on the subject.  

Main textbook  
  • S. Haykin, M Moher Analog and Digital Communications, 2nd edition, John Willey and Sons, 2007.

Additional reading and other learning recourses  

  • 1. John Proakis and Masoud Salehi, Communication Systems Engineering, Second edition, Prentice Hall, 2002.
  • 2. B. P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 1998.
  • Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • 4. R. Ziemer R. Peterson, Introduction to Digital Communication, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2001.
  • 5. J. Kurzweil, An Introduction to Digital Communications, J. Willey and Sons, 2000.