5533_course_outline

All exams and quizzes are open book, open notes. Late design problems are accepted at a cost of 1 point per working day past the due date.
Students missing an exam or the final without notifying the instructor in advance can expect to get a zero. Students needing to miss an exam for business reasons will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis, but typically will end up taking the exam upon returning. At the instructor's option, make-ups will be available for other cases, but will be harder. Make-ups will be given on Friday, December 11th, at 1600 hours.

No make up quizzes will be given.

Grade Scale: 90/80/70 % = A/B/C etc. initially. The final break points will be curved.

Cheating:Don't do it. All graded homework, tests, and quizzes should be your own work. Take home design projects should be your work & your teammate's. EXPECT TO GET AN "F" FOR THE COURSE IF CAUGHT CHEATING. All students should insure they are familiar with OSU's Academic Integrity Policy . Note especially the (incomplete) list of violations.

General Information: Academic Affairs Addendum

Required Text: Digital Communications by Bernard Sklar, Prentice-Hall, 2001, ISBN 0-13-084788-7

Course Objectives: To provide basic knowledge in the area of communications system design.

Prerequisites: Probability & Statistics, Fourier Transforms, some knowledge of modulation systems.

General Course Outline:
Introduction/Review
RF Link Analysis
The Channel
Modulation & Demodulation
Source Encoder/Decoder
Channel Encoder/Decoder
Fiber Optic Link Analysis
Spread Spectrum & Code Division Multiple Access
Radar
Analysis of Voyager, a Deep Space Communications System

Soft Decision Decoding

Multiple Input Multiple Output antennas

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing