Course Syllabus

• Course syllabus (pdf)

Class Notes:

1. Review of Digital Communications I  

• 1. Review notes (pdf)

  2. Practice Problem Constellation Diagram (pdf)

2. Signal Design for Band-limited Channels

1. Distortion-less Bandlimited Channels, Eye diagram, Pulse Shaping (pdf)

2. Controlled ISI: Duobinary and Modified Duobinary Pulses (pdf)

3. Signal Design for Channels wit Distortion (pdf)

3. Equalization

1. Equalization Notes (pdf)

2. Link to Shahid Paper: Adaptive Equalization (link)

4. Spread Spectrum

1. Part 1: Introduction to Spread Spectrum Notes (pdf)

2. Part 2: Error Rate Performance of the Spread Spectrum Decoder (pdf)

3. Part 3: Generation of PN Sequence, Frequency Hopping, and CDMA- IS95 (pdf)

4. Summary of SS (pdf)

5. Matlab Code (Gold Sequence)

6. Link to Viterbi Papers:

   • A. Viterbi, "Spread spectrum communications - Myths and realities," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 11-18, May 1979, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.1979.1089969.  (link)

   • A. Viterbi, "When not to spread spectrum - A sequel," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 23, no. 4, pp. 12-17, April 1985, doi: 10.1109/MCOM.1985.1092554. (link)

   • A. J. Viterbi, "Wireless digital communication: a view based on three lessons learned," in IEEE Communications Magazine, vol. 29, no. 9, pp. 33-36, Sept. 1991, doi: 10.1109/35.90490. (link)

5. Fading and Diversity (pdf)

6. • Fading Characterization: Multipath and Time Varying Channels

   • Performance of Binary Signaling Over Frequency Nonselective (FNS) Slowly Fading (SF) Channels

   • Fading Mitigation: Diversity and Combining Techniques

   • Skalr : Rayleigh Fading Channels in Mobile Digital Communication Systems , Part I: Characterization (link)

   • Skalr : Rayleigh Fading Channels in Mobile Digital Communication Systems , Part II: Mitigation  (link)

6. Multi-Channel, Multi-Carrier, and OFDM (pdf)

ASSIGNMENTS:

1. Review of Digital Communications Fundamentals :Performance analysis of 4-ary PAM under White Laplacian noise (pdf)

   • Week 3, Second Class 

2.  Signal Design for Band-limited  Channels (pdf)

   • Week 5, Second Class 

3. Equalization Problems (pdf)

   • Week 8, Second Class

4. Equalization Simulation (pdf)

   • Week 10, Second Class 

5. Spread Spectrum (pdf)

   • Week 12, Second Class 

6. Fading (pdf)

   • Week 14, Second Class 

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