EE 521
Advanced Communications (Fall 2008)

Course Description

This course will cover many fundamental as well as advance topics in digital communications, including introduction to communication signals and systems, optimal signal detection for AWGN and fading channels, channel capacity, source and channel coding, equalization, multi-carrier and multichannel communications, and others. Both information theoretical as- pect (such as capacity) and communication theoretical aspect (such as error rate) of modern communication systems will be elaborated. Performance analysis methods and approaches to improve performance in various communication systems will be covered.
 


Instructor: Dr. Yao Ma, Coover 3107, Phone: 515-294-8382, Email: mayao@iastate.edu.

Prerequisite:  EE421, EE422   Communications Systems   or equivalency.

 Lecture  Time & Location: MW 4:10-5:35 pm, at  Howe 1344.
 Office hours:                           M 12-1 pm, W 2-3 pm


Textbook: 

John Proakis,  Digital Communications, 5th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2007.
  Weblink: http://www.mhhe.com/engcs/electrical/proakis/

 You may use the following as a reference book.

 John Proakis,  Digital Communications, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
  

Additional reading:

  1. David Tse and Pramod Viswanath, Fundamentals of Wireless Communication , 1st Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

  2. M. K. Simon and M.-S. Alouini, Digital Communications over Fading Channels: A Unified Approach to Performance Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, 1st edition 2000 or 2nd edition, 2005.

  3. Andrea Goldsmith, Wireless Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2005.

  4. Haykin, Communications Systems, 4th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2001.

  5. K. Fazel and S. Kaiser, Multi-Carrier and Spread Spectrum Systems, Wiley, 2003.

  6. A. Papoulis and S. U. Pillai, Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes, 4th Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

 

Grading: 

 Homework &  Project          30%
 Quizzes                                 20%
 Midterm examination,            20%
 Final examination.                 30%

Syllabus of the Course
 

  Course Outline

The following topics will be covered. Most of them are related to chapters 1-5, 7-10, and 12-14 of Proakis' textbook. The depth of coverage will depend on the available time and the progress of students.

1. Overview of communication systems
2. Probability and stochastic processes
3. Characterization of communication signals and systems
4. Modulation and optimal receivers for AWGN channel
5. Aspects of channel capacity and source coding
6. Aspects of error correction coding
7. Communication over bandlimited linear channels
8. ISI channel equalization
9. Digital communication over fading channels
10. Recent topics in communications, including multiuser and multi-carrier systems, MIMO, and adaptive transmission.


Course Objectives

  1. Understand how the digital wireless communication systems work from both a system level and an implementation level.

  2. Be able to evaluate the performance of communication systems, and to design and optimize transmission and detection schemes for practical systems under various given parameters.

  3. Be able to carry on independent further study and research of many emerging communication systems and techniques.

 Lecture notes:  

  HW Assignments (To be assigned)
  HW1 (Due Sep 17) 
  HW2 (Due Sep 24) 

Project Assignments: (To be assigned)

Announcement:
Class starts on Monday 4:10 pm, 08/25.
Final Exam time:  TBD.
 
Link to the WebCT:  click here
 

 Past HW Assignments:
  HW1 (Due Sep 5)  HW2 (Due Sep 19)  HW3 (Due Oct 1)   HW4 (Due Oct 10) 
  HW5 (Due Oct 24)   HW6 (Due Nov. 7)   HW7 (Due Nov. 15)  HW8 (Due Dec. 5)

Past  Project Assignments:
  Project description: (Due: Dec 3)