EENG 3810/CSCE 3020 Communication Systems

1. EENG 3810/CSCE 3020Communication Systems Oluwayomi Adamo

2. Outline • Instructor Information • Course Motivation • Course Information • Description • Objectives • Required and Reference Textbooks • Homework, Projects and Exams • Grade and Attendance policies • Tentative Schedule • Chapter 1

3. Instructor Information Name: Oluwayomi Adamo Email: oluwayomi.adamo@unt.edu Phone: 940-891-6874 Office : B208 Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 4 – 5 PM Course Website: www.ee.unt.edu/public/adamo/EENG3810_F09 TA: TBD

4. Course Motivations • Rapid Expansion of digital communication technologies – Internet • Influence of communication technologies such as cell phones, bluetooth etc • Improvement of productivity and energy conservation e.g teleconferencing saves time and energy – travel not required • Promotes globalization • There is need to design better communication systems for the future

5. Course Description • What is a communication system? • What are the major types? • Analog or Digital • Satellite, Fiber, Wireless… • What are the theorems? • What are the major components? • How is the information transmitted?

6. Textbooks • Required B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN: 9780195331455 • Reference Leon W. Couch, II, Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 7th edition, Pearson, Prentice Hall, 2007 ISBN: 0131424920 R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, Principles of Communications, Systems, Modulation and Noise 6th Edition, Wiley, 2009 ISBN: 9780470252543

7. Assignments, Project and Exam (Tentative) • Assignments • Every week except if labs are due • Project • 2 labs and 1 project • Exams • Quizzes every week • 3 exams • Test 1 : Sept. 30, 2009 • Test 2 : Nov. 2, 2009 • Test 3 : Dec. 14, 2009

8. Course Grading • 3 Tests – 60% • (Test 1 – Sept. 30, Test 2 – Nov. 2, Test 3 – Dec. 14) • Assignments – 20% • Labs – 5% • Quizzes – 5% • Project – 10% • Attendance is Mandatory

9. Course Policies • Class attendance is mandatory. You will need to sign attendance sheet every class • It is strongly encouraged to get to know each other in the class. Discussions on course materials are allowed! • Everyone must turn in her/his own individual work. Simply copying other’s homework will be treated as a violation of academic honesty

10. Course Policies (CNTD) • It is the responsibility of students with certified disabilities to provide the instructor with appropriate documentation from the Dean of Students Office (see http://www.unt.edu/oda) • Please visit http://www.unt.edu/csrr/ for your rights and responsibilities

11. Teaching Styles • Slides and White board • Slides can convey more information in an organized way • Blackboard is better for equations and prevents you from not coming. • Course Website • Print handouts with 3 slides per page before you come • Homework assignment and solutions • Project descriptions and preliminary codes

12. Tentative Topics • Introduction to communication Systems • Review of Signals • Amplitude modulation and Demodulation • Angle modulation/frequency modulation • Sampling and pulse code modulation • Principles of digital data transmission • Overview of probability • Performance Analysis of Modulated and digital Communications Systems • Spread Spectrum Communications

13. Questions