ECE 459 - Outline
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- Introduction
- Representation of Signals and Systems
- Ennergy and power signals
- Fourier Transform and bandwidth
- LTI systems
- Bandpass signals and systems
- Hilbert Transform
- Analog Modulation
- Amplitude modulation
- AM, DSB, SSB, VSB, QAM
- Modulation/demodulation
- Bandwidth and power
- FDM
- AM radio
- Angle modulation
- FM, PM
- Modulation/demodulation
- Bandwidth and power
- FM radio
- Probability and Random Processes
- Probability review
- Introduction to random processes
- Distribution and density functions of random processes
- Mean, auto-correlation, and auto-covariance functions
- Stationary random processes
- Stationary, WSS, cyclostationary
- Power spectral density
- Gaussian random processes
- White random processes
- Linear filtering of random processes
- Bandpass random processes
- Noise, narrow band noise
- Noise in Analog Modulation
- Signal-to-noise ratio in amplitude modulation systems
- DSB-SC, SSB
- DSB-TC: small noise
- Signal-to-noise ratios in angle modulation systems
- FM
- Small noise
- Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis
- PM
- Digital Communication
- Sampling, quantization, quantization noise
- Waveform coding: PCM, DPCM, DM
- Line Codes and Power Spectra of Binary Transmission: on/off, polar, bipolar, Manchester, RZ vs. NRZ
- RZ vs. NRZ, on/off, polar, bipolar, Manchester
- Intersymbol interference (ISI)
- Eye diagrams.
- Digital modulation (PAM, PWM, PPM, ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, and QAM)
- Baseband pulse transmission in AWGN: Optimum receiver, detection error probability