Learning outcomes: This course introduces the fundamental theories used in communication engineering. The students will be able to design/analyze simple wireless communication systems, including physical layer for analog and digital transmission (e.g. bandwidth, channel modeling, modulation, demodulation, bit-error rate, channel capacity, etc.).
Material:
- [1] Madhow, Upamanyu. Introduction to Communication Systems. Cambridge University Press, 2014. (textbook).
- [2] Popovski, Petar. Wireless Connectivity: An Intuitive and Fundamental Guide. John Wiley & Sons, 2020.
Contents:
- W1: Introduction to communication systems ([1], Ch.1). Review of signals and systems ([1], Ch.2 until Sec. 2.6).
- W2: Baseband and passband signals. Analog communication techniques ([1], rest of Ch.2, Ch.3).
- W3: Digital modulation ([1], Ch. 4).
- W4: Probability theory and random processes ([1], Ch. 5).
- W5: Demodulation ([1], Ch. 6).
- W6: Channel coding and basics of Shannon Information Theory ([1], Ch. 7).
- W7: A different perspective ([2], Ch.6-Ch.9)