Spring 2018 - ENSC 327 D100

Communication Systems (4)

Class Number: 2441

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Jan 3 – Apr 10, 2018: Thu, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Apr 12, 2018
    Thu, 12:00–3:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    (ENSC 380 or MSE 280) and ENSC 280. Students who completed STAT 270 prior to Spring 2015 may use STAT 270 instead of ENSC 280.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

This course represents and introduction to analog and digital communications systems. The main topics are: a review of Fourier Transform; the representation of bandpass signals; random signals in communications, including stationarity, ergodicity, correlation, power spectra and noise; amplitude and frequency modulation; circuits and techniques for modulation and demodulation; frequency division multiplexing; baseband digital communication; time division and multiplexing; an introduction to basic digital modulation schemes such as BPSK, FSK and QPSK. Laboratory work is included in this course.

COURSE DETAILS:

Course description

This course represents and introduction to analog and digital communications systems. The main topics
are: a review of Fourier Transform; the representation of bandpass signals; random signals in
communications, including stationarity, ergodicity, correlation, power spectra and noise; amplitude and
frequency modulation; circuits and techniques for modulation and demodulation; frequency division
multiplexing; baseband digital communication; time division and multiplexing; an introduction to basic
digital modulation schemes such as BPSK, FSK and QPSK. Laboratory work is included in this course.


Prerequisite: (ENSC 380 or MSE 280) and ENSC 280. Students who completed STAT 270 prior to Spring
2015 may use STAT 270 instead of ENSC 280.


Course Details

The main topics covered in this course include:

  • Representation of signals; Fourier series and transforms; time and frequency convolution
  • Amplitude modulation: circuits and systems, single sideband, vestigial sideband
  • Angle modulation: phase and frequency modulation, circuits and systems
  • Representation of random signals: correlation, power spectra, processing in linear systems
  • Effect of noise on different modulation systems
  • Digital modulation techniques and basics of detection

Grading

  • Assignments 15%
  • Labs 15%
  • Midterm Exam 30%
  • Final Exam 40%

Materials

RECOMMENDED READING:

Simon Haykin, Michael Moher, An Introduction to Digital and Analog Communications, 2nd Edition, Wiley, 2007

R.E. Ziemer and W.H. Tranter, Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation, and Noise, 5th edition, John Wiley, 2001.

Simon Haykin, Communications Systems, 4th edition, Wiley, 2000.

John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi, Communication Systems Engineering, 2nd edition, Prentice Hall, 2002

Ferrel Stremler, Introduction to Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Addison Wesely, 1990

Bruce Carlson, Paul B. Crilly, Janet C. Rutledge, Communication systems : an introduction to signals and noise in electrical communication, 4th edition, McGraw-Hill, 2001.

Hwei Hsu. Schaum's Outlines of Theory and Problems of Analog and Digital Communication, 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 2002.

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