EENG 3810/CSCE 3020Communication Systems

Oluwayomi Adamo

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

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Instructor InformationName: Oluwayomi AdamoEmail: oluwayomi.adamo@unt.edu

Phone: 940-891-6874Office : B208Office Hours: Tues & Thurs 4 – 5 PMCourse Website:

www.ee.unt.edu/public/adamo/EENG3810_F09TA: TBD

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

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?

Textbooks• RequiredB.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication

Systems, 4th edition, Oxford University Press, 1998 ISBN: 9780195331455

• ReferenceLeon 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Questions