ece501: introduction to analog and digital communications

Lecture: MWF 4:30-5:18pm, 125 Scott Lab
Instructor: Prof. Phil Schniter
Office Hours: Thursday 2:00-5:00pm in 616 Dreese (and by appointment).
Grader: Shunmugam Mohan
Office Hours: By appointment.

Course Syllabus [pdf]

Bulletin Board:

Matlab Files:

• plottf.m: used to plot a sampled signal in both time and frequency domains. Type help plottf for instructions on usage.
• firvsb.m: used to design passband and complex-baseband VSB filters. Type help firvsb for instructions on usage.
• pam.m: used to generate a PAM symbol sequence.
• qam.m used to generate a QAM symbol sequence.
• psk.m used to generate a PSK symbol sequence.
• srrc.m used to generate samples of a SRRC pulse.

Lecture Slides:

• Slides on introduction and review.
• Slides on analog communications.
• Slides on random signals and noise.
• Slides on the complex-baseband equivalent channel model.
• Slides on digital modulation/demodulation.
• Slides on error analysis of digital comm.
• Derivation of QAM symbol error rate.
• Derivation of the MMSE equalizer.

Homework/Exams:

Homework 1 [pdf]	Solutions 1 [pdf]
Homework 2 [pdf],	Solutions 2 [pdf]
Homework 3 [pdf],	Solutions 3 [pdf]
Homework 4 [pdf],	Solutions 4 [pdf]
Midterm Histogram [pdf]	Midterm Solutions [pdf]	Grade thresholds: A 54, A- 50, B+ 46, B 43, B- 39, C+ 35, C 31, C- 27.
Homework 5 [pdf],	Solutions 5 [pdf]
Homework 6 [pdf],	Solutions 6 [pdf]
Homework 7 [pdf],	Solutions 7 [pdf]
Homework 8 [pdf],	Solutions 8 [pdf]
Practice Test [pdf]	Solutions [pdf]

Matlab Help:

• To find instructions on how to use a particular command, type "help command_name".
• If you are looking for the name for a Matlab command, make a guess and type "lookfor guess".  If this doesnt work, type "help" to look for likely subtopics, then type "help subtopic".
• UBC Tutorial
• Matlab Help Desk
• Matlab for Engineers by Biran and Breiner, Addison-Wesley, 1995.
• Mastering Matlab by Hanselman and Littlefield, Prentice Hall, 1996.
• If you know other good resources, please email me so that i can add them here...