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ECE 390 Introduction to Communication Systems. Welcome Class !. Who am I ? Wayne D. Grover. 10 years BNR R&D (now Nortel Networks) involved in start-up of TR Labs consortium, ~1987 B.Sc. - Carleton U, Ottawa M.Sc. - U. Essex, U.K. Ph.D. - U. Alberta (‘89) - “Self-healing Networks”
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ECE 390 Introduction to Communication Systems Welcome Class !
Who am I ? Wayne D. Grover • 10 years BNR R&D (now Nortel Networks) • involved in start-up of TRLabs consortium, ~1987 • B.Sc. - Carleton U, Ottawa • M.Sc. - U. Essex, U.K. • Ph.D. - U. Alberta (‘89) - “Self-healing Networks” • research and management roles at TRLabs since inception • 1992 on Faculty U. of Alberta (ECE) • 1995 Full Professor • 2002 IEEE Fellow • >100 papers, ~26 Patents • Instructor web site: http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~grover
ECE 390 : Educational Objective • Graduates of ECE 390 will have a basic preparation in analog and digital communications. • They will have basic knowledge and analysis skills applying to AM, FM, and digital communications. This prepares them to: • Take EE 488: performance of these systems in the presence of noise. This can be a path leading to graduate studies in Wireless Communications. • Function as computer engineers and system designers: • Prepare for careers in Telecommunications Industry
ECE 390 : “Classical” Careers in Telecom ? • Not a “sure thing” like it used to be: The Telecom “Boom” of ~1997-2001created ~350,000 High Tech Jobs The “Bust” of ~2002-03Wiped Out ~500,000 Jobs !! jobs ? ?
ECE 390 : Careers in ECE and CompE ! • On the other almost every computer or other electronic system nowadays involves communications technology and theory • My car has a remote keyless entry • Your keyboard may be wireless • My printer has an InfraRed port • Soon my ‘fridge will have an IP address ! • There’s a LAN in your family car. And on the power lines in my house. • I can play radio channels on my computer • All images, sounds, movies are digital • The I/O channel to a hard drive uses line coding and adaptive equalization... • etc. etc. etc.
The message is …. • System Designers, Computer Engineers, Electronics Designers (not just “Communication engineers”) all need a grounding in Communication Systems. • This is probably the best real reason to take ECE 390 (and the reason it is now a “core course” for ECE degrees.)
But isn’t AM and FM pretty “old stuff ” ….? • Digital is hot (and elegant !) • But why FM and AM ? Aren’t they really old and only for our radios? Not really... • Today we use AM and FM (PM) to carry digital signals. • AM is also the basis of all digital “lightwave” transmission today • and FDM is the basis of “DWDM” optical networking • FM (PM) is the basis of many other high performance communication systems, including when the payload is digital. And remember…..Everything is actually ANALOG ANALOG & “Linear” = High performance !
Relationship to Other Courses • EE 488 Communication in Noise • EE 486 Optical Fiber Communication • EE 489 Telecom. Systems Engineering and at the Grad Level: Digital Communication systems Data & Computer Networks Survivable Transport Network Design Multi-Media Systems
Course Web site • Bookmark it at: www.ece.ualberta.ca/~grover/EE390/ Lets go there now...