University of Florida

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

EEL 4514, Section 1515

Communication Systems and Components

Fall 2009

Catalog Description

Theory of communications and applications to radio, television, telephone, satellite, cellular telephone, spread spectrum and computer communication systems. (3 credit hours)

Course Prerequisites

• EEL 3112 (Circuits II)
• EEL 3135 (Introduction to Signals and Systems)
• Some exposure to MATLAB

Contribution of course to meeting the professional component (ABET only)

Teaches engineering design through system-level design and evaluation of communication systems.

Relationship of course to program outcomes (ABET only)

Teaches application of mathematics and engineering to solve engineering problems (Criteria A, E); applies knowledge to contemporary issues (Criterion J); teaches use of techniques, skills, and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering practice (Criterion K).

Textbook

• B. P. Lathi and Zhi Ding, "Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems," 4th Ed., Oxford University Press: New York, NY, 2008. ISBN13: 9780195331455; ISBN10: 0195331451.

Software

• MATLAB Student Version, MathWorks, Inc. (ISBN 0-9672195-0-7)

Recommended Readings

• L. W. Couch, Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Prentice Hall, 6th Ed., 2001. (ISBN 0-13-081223-4)
• S. Haykin, Communication Systems, Wiley, 2001.
• E. A. Lee and D. G. Messerschmitt, Digital Communication, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1988.
• J. G. Proakis, Digital Communications, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc., 1995.
• B. Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice-Hall, 1988.
• R. E. Ziemer and R. L. Peterson, Introduction to Digital Communication, Macmillan, 1992.
• J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, Contemporary Communication Systems using MATLAB, Brooks/Cole, 2000.
• V. K. Ingle and J. G. Proakis, Digital Signal Processing using MATLAB, Brooks/Cole, 2000.

Instructor:

Dr. Dapeng Oliver Wu
Office: NEB 431
Email: wu@ece.ufl.edu

TA:

Yakun Hu
Email: hyk1107@gmail.com

Course website:     http://www.wu.ece.ufl.edu/courses/eel4514f09

Meeting Time

Monday, Wednesday, Friday, period 8 (3:00 pm -- 3:50 pm)

Meeting Room

LAR 310

Office Hours

• Dr. Wu: Monday, Wednesday, period 9 (4:05 pm -- 4:55 pm), and by appointment via email.

Structure of the Course

The course consists of 40 lectures, 6 homework assignments, 1 project, and 2 exams.

This course is primarily a lecture course.   I cover all important material in lectures.  Since EEL 3112 and EEL 3135 are prerequisite, I assume some previous knowledge about basic "signal and system" concepts, such as Fourier analysis and convolution, and hence I will cover some material very quickly.  Thus, depending on what and how much you recall from earlier study, varying amounts of reading in introductory books on signal and system (other than the course textbook) may be necessary; these readings are up to the student.  I will only give reading assignments from the course textbook.

Some problems in the exams will be similar to those in the homework.   As long as you work out the homework by yourself, you will be successful in the exams.   The problems in the exams are designed to prevent the students from memorizing the homework solutions without understanding the fundamental principles, concepts, and theories.   So, to prepare the exams, the first thing is to understand the material; then use the homework problems to test your understanding.

The class project is described here.

Course Objectives

Upon the completion of the course, the student should be able to

• identify common considerations and techniques in the design of communication systems
• understand the basics of analog and digital modulation techniques
• proficiently employ Fourier analysis to the design of communication systems
• program MATLAB to simulate and experiment different techniques covered in class

Handouts

Please find handouts here.

Course Policies

• Exams
  • Please notice the exam dates. If you are unable to appear for an exam for any reason, please contact the instructor at least a week before the exam.
  • Regrade: A written request must be submitted through email within one week you receive your graded exam for possible consideration of regrading. You should write down, in detail, the reasons for requesting regrading. The whole exam will be regraded and hence your final score may be lower than your original one.
  • There will be no make-up exams. 
• Attendance:
  • Attendance is required.
  • It is the student's responsibility to independently obtain any missed material (including handouts) from lecture.
• During lecture, cell phones should be turned off.
• No late assignment
• Announcements: 
  • All students are responsible for announcements made in lecture, on the student access website, or via the class email list.
  • It is expected that you will check your email several times per week for possible course announcements.
• Students with disabilities: 
  • Student requesting classroom accommodation must first register with the Dean of Students Office.   The Dean of Students Office will provide documentation to the student who must then provide this documentation to the Instructor when requesting accommodation.    For more information on classroom accommodation, please click here.

• Intellectual Integrity

  All students admitted to the University of Florida have signed a statement of academic honesty committing them to be honest in all academic work and understanding that failure to comply with this commitment will result in disciplinary action.  This statement is a reminder to uphold your obligation as a student at the University of Florida, and to be honest in all work submitted and exams taken in this class and all others.  Refer to the academic honor code for more information.

   

  Students are encouraged to discuss class material in order to better understand concepts. All homework answers must be the author's own work. However, students are encouraged to discuss homework to promote better understanding. What this means in practice is that students are welcome to discuss problems and solution approaches, and in fact can communally work solutions at a board. However, the material handed in must be prepared starting with a clean sheet of paper (and the author's recollection of any solution session), but not refer to any written notes or existing code from other students during the writing of the solution. In other words, writing the homework report shall be an exercise in demonstrating the student understands the materials on his/her own, whether or not help was provided in attaining that understanding.

Software Use

• All faculty, staff and student of the University are required and expected to obey the laws and legal agreements governing software use. Failure to do so can lead to monetary damages and/or criminal penalties for the individual violator. Because such violations are also against University policies and rules, disciplinary action will be taken as appropriate. We, the members of the University of Florida community, pledge to uphold ourselves and our peers to the highest standards of honesty and integrity.

Useful resources:

• UF Counseling Services – Resources are available on-campus for students having personal problems or lacking clear career and academic goals. The resources include:

  • University Counseling Center, 301 Peabody Hall, 392-1575, Personal and Career Counseling

  • SHCC mental Health, Student Health Care Center, 392-1171, Personal and Counseling

  • Center for Sexual Assault/Abuse Recovery and Education (CARE), Student Health Care Center, 392-1161, sexual assault counseling

  • Career Resource Center, Reitz Union, 392-1601, career development assistance and counseling

Grading:

Homework:

• There are six homework assignments.   You can submit a hard-copy solution in class or submit WORD file or pdf file or Matlab *.m file to E-Learning web site https://lss.at.ufl.edu/.
• No late submissions are allowed. The lowest homework grade will be dropped.  Solutions provided by the instructor will be handed out in the next class after the homework is due.
• If you wish to dispute a homework grade, you must return the assignment along with a succinct written argument within one week after the graded materials have been returned to the class. Simple arithmetic errors in adding up grade totals are an exception, and can normally be handled verbally on-the-spot during office hours of the TA. For all other disputes, the entire homework may be (non-maliciously) re-graded, which may result in increase or decrease of points.

Class Project:

The class project will be done in a group of at most four members (that is, 1 or 2 or 3 or 4 members are allowed).   Each project requires a report.   The  report is expected to be in the format of a conference paper.    For details about the project, please read here. 

Course calendar can be found here.

MATLAB

• MATLAB Tutorial
• MATLAB Central
• Mathworks' MATLAB Tutorial
• MATLAB Hypertext Reference
• Getting Started with MATLAB from the Athena computer system at MIT
• Another MATLAB page from MIT
• Learning MATLAB from T. Green at Contra Costa College
• Google search for more MATLAB tutorials

   

Software:

• Advanced Design System (ADS) from Agilent
• Learning by simulations