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ECE361 - Communications II

Fall 2001

Brief Outline

Digital Communication systems are the basic workhorses behind the information age. Example include high speed communication networks, wireless and wireline telephone transmission systems, high speed modems, etc,. ECE 361 covers the underlying design principles behind the digital communication systems that have heralded the information revolution. It is a second course in communication and assumes familiarity with basic concepts of probability theory and random processes, linear systems, and analog communication. Examples will be drawn from several standards.

Course Outline

Prerequisite

The basic prerequisite for this course is ECE313 (Probability) and ECE359 Communications I or equivalent.

Requirements

Homework 20%
Midterms 20% each
Final 40%

The problem set will be assigned every Thursday in class, and due on the next Thursday in class. Any late homework BEFORE 5pm Friday will lose 50% of the score, and please hand in at Chun-Wei Lam's mailbox in EL 159. NO homework after 5pm Friday will be accepted. Both the midterms and the final are closed book and closed notes.

Midterms
First: October 22, Monday.
Second: November 15, Thursday in class.

Final
The final exam will be on Dec 11th, 8.00 am - 11.00 am.

Text

The book Communication Systems Engineering by J. Proakis and M. Salehi.

Other Resources

The book Principles of Communication Engineering by J. Wozencraft and I. Jacobs will be used in the earlier part of the course. A list of recommended reading will be placed on reserve in the Engineering library. Also look at the master ECE 361 webpage for other resources on the course. These resources include complementary reading material, access to previous semester midterms and so forth.

Teaching Staff

Instructor: Professor Pramod Viswanath
Class: Tuesday, Thursday 8.30 am - 9:50 am 165 Everitt Lab
Office Hours: T,Th 10.00 am - 11.00 am after class in 368 Everitt or by appointment in 127 CSL.
Phone: 244-8999
E-mail: pramodv@uiuc.edu

Teaching Assistant: Chun-Wei Lam
Office Hours: Wed 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. in 321 Everitt or by appointment. Extra hours will be accommodated during midterms and finals.
Email: clam@uiuc.edu

Handouts

Handout 1: Lecture on Sept 20

Handout 2: The Simplex Conjecture

Handout 3: Sample Midterm 1

Midterm 1 and the score statistics: Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , Q4 and total score .

Sample Midterm 2

Midterm 2 and the score statistics: Q1 , Q2 , Q3 , Q4 and total score .

Sample Final

Final Statistics

Homeworks

Homework 1 Due: September 6 in class.

Homework 2 Due: September 13 in class.