1. ECE 283 Digital Communication Systems Course Description –Digital modulation techniques. Coding theory. Transmission over bandwidth constrained channels. Signal fading and multipath effects. Spread spectrum. Optical transmission techniques. Prerequisite: Electrical Engineering 281 or consent of instructor. Instructor: Brooke. 3 units. –Text: Digital Communications Fourth Edition, John G. Proakis, McGraw Hill

2. Grading: The course will be graded based on reports from several experiment versus theory mini projects using Matlab for the experimental portion

3. Project Titles: Project 1 (start in week 3) –Probability of Error and/or maximum data rate for Optimal Receivers and QAM modulation Project 2 (start in week 6) –Effect of Error Correction codes on Probability of Error for baseband communication Project 3 (start in week 9) –Effect of Equalization on Probability of Error for baseband communication There will be an opportunity for students to suggest modifications or refinements to the projects to match their interests and backgrounds.

4. Outline Transmitters (Chapters 3 and 4, Source Coding and Modulation) (week 1 and 2) Receivers (Chapter 5) (week 3 and 4) Received Signal Synchronization (Chapter 6) (week 5) Channel Capacity (Chapter 7) (week 6) Error Correction Codes (Chapter 8) (week 7 and 8) Equalization (Bandwidth Constrained Channels) (Chapter 10) (week 9) Adaptive Equalization (Chapter 11) (week 10 and 11) Spread Spectrum (Chapter 13) (week 12) Fading and multi path (Chapter 14) (week 12)