ECE 146A -- Digital Communication Theory and Techniques

Winter 2021

Instructor: Dr. Yasamin Mostofi

Time: MW 11:00-12:15

Place: on Zoom (see the email for the Zoom link)

Course description:

This course is on the fundamentals of the analysis and design of communication systems, as relevant to several existing communication systems today such as cellular systems, WLANS, and internet. We begin by reviewing the basics of signals and systems, Fourier transforms, energy and power spectral density. We then focus on different analog modulation techniques, such as AM and FM, and their performance in the presence of noise; digital modulation techniques such as PAM, QAM, and PSK and the associated bit error rate analysis.

Prerequisites:

signals and systems, Probability theory (recommended)

Instructor Information:

Instructor: Professor Yasamin Mostofi
Email: ymostofi[at]ece[dot]ucsb[dot]edu

TA Information:

TA: Anurag Pallaprolu
Email: anurag.pallaprolu@gmail.com HW Office hours: Fridays 11am-12pm (this is in addition to the lab sessions)

Textbook:Introduction to Communication Systems, U. Madhow (see eamil for the pdf)



Supplementary Reading:

  1. Microwave Mobile Communications, W. C. Jakes, Wiley, 1974
  2. Wireless Communications - Principles and Practice by T. Rappaport, 2nd Ed. Prentice Hall, 2001
  3. Principles of Mobile Communications by G. L. Stuber, 2nd Ed, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2001
  4. Digital Communications, J.G. Proakis, 4th Ed., McGraw-Hill, 2001
  5. Digital Communications over Fading Channels, A Unified Approach to Performance Analysis M. K. Simon and M.-S, Alouini, Wiley, 2000

Grading:

Homework -15%, Lab-20%, Midterm-25%, Final-40%, HW grading loses 25% credit per day late. Students can discuss HW problems. However, dividing the problems among themselves is not permitted.