Communication Systems Engineering
525.416

Course Description

In this course, students receive an introduction to the principles of communication systems engineering. Students examine analog and digital communication including linear (AM, DSB, SSB) and exponential (PM, FM) modulation, sampling, noise and filtering effects, quantization effects, detection error probabilities, and coherent and noncoherent communication techniques.

Syllabus

1. Fourier Analysis
2. Transfer Function, Filters, Filtering Effects
3. Baseband Digital Signaling
4. Analog AM
5. Analog FM, PM
6. Digital Modulation and Demodulation, Synchronization Techniques
7. Mid-term Exam
8. Digital Modulation Schemes
9. End-to-end Link Analysis, Noise Characterization
10. Receiver Design, Performance of AM and FM in Noise
11. Gaussian Noise, Matched Filters
12. Signal Space Theory, Error Rate Performance of Digital Schemes
13. Introduction to Information Theory, Special Topic(s)
14. Final Exam

Instructor
Robert Bokulic is a member of the Principal Professional staff at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. He specializes in spacecraft communication systems design and is the supervisor of the RF Communications Section in the Space Department. He holds a B.S. degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Johns Hopkins University.

Textbook
Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3th Ed (1998)  by B.P.Lathi

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