EE 360K, Unique 16665, Fall 2010

Professor Ted Rappaport
TTH 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
ENS 126

Announcements

• HW 5 due date has been moved to Oct. 19
• HW 6 Assigned on Oct. 14 is due on Oct 26, Exam 2 will be held Nov 4.
• I need to cancel office hours for Monday Nov 1.However, I want to provide extra hours to help you prepare for Exam 2, and will thus hold office hours from 2pm to 5pm on Tuesday, Nov. 2. If the crowd gets too big, we will move to ENS 637, and I will post a note on my door. Feel free to come in and ask anything you wish from 2pm to 5pm on Tuesday, Nov 2 (and don’t forget to vote that day, too!).
• Hw 8 due date changed to Nov. 18
• Final ExamFriday, December 10, 2 -5 PM
  ENS 116

Class Information

Course Objective

To provide students with a thorough working knowledge and ability to analyze, design, and solve engineering problems in the following topics: communication channels and their impairments; modulation; demodulation; probability-of-error analysis; source coding; error control coding; link budget analysis; equalization; synchronization and multiple access; spread spectrum; applications in wireline and wireless communication systems.

Prerequisite

Biomedical Engineering 335 or Electrical Engineering 351K with a grade of at least C-.

Instructor Information

Instructor: Dr. Ted S. Rappaport
Office Location: ENS 433A
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays, 3:00 – 4:30 PM
Wednesday Night Help Session: 5:00 – 6:00 PM, ENS 637

Required Text

Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 7th Edition
Leon W. Couch II
Prentice Hall, 2006
ISBN 9780131424920

Grading

Homework will be due at the beginning of class – no exceptions.

• Homework ………………… 15%
• 3 Exams (each at 20%) … 60%
• Final Exam ………………… 25%

Although plus/minus grades will typically not be assigned for the final grade in this course, in some instances, plus/minus grades may be issued. Attendance is not specifically calculated as part of your grade, but regular attendance is required to maintain a firm grasp of the material and to do well in this course. I will consider your regular attendance favorably in determining your final grade if you are on the borderline.

Students with disabilities may request appropriate academic accommodations from the Division of Diversity and Community Engagement, Services for Students with Disabilities, 471-6259.

By UT Austin policy, you must notify me of your pending absence at least fourteen days prior to the date of observance of a religious holy day. If you must miss a class, an examination, a work assignment, or a project in order to observe a religious holy day, you will be given an opportunity to complete the missed work within a reasonable time after the absence, provided you have recieved prior approval from Prof. Rappaport at least 14 days in advance.

Book Errata

There is a typo in the Table B-1, on page 680, for the Poisson Distribution.

The Poisson PDF should have a delta function that is a function of (x – k).  Unfortunately, the typo shows the delta function as (xk), which makes no sense.

Please correct this in your book!

Homework Assignments

• Assignment 1: Assigned 8/26; Due 9/2: Problems 1-1, 1-4, 1.6, 1-7, 1-15 (for Part C, assume that transmission and reception split the available bandwidth equally), 2-1, 2-2, 2-4, 2-5, 2-7, 2-14 Hw 1 Solutions
• Assignment 2: Assigned 9/2; Due 9/9: Problems 2.12, 2.15, 2.17, 2.18, 2.19, 2.21, 2.24, ,2.32, 2.34 (use Matlab), 2.38, 2.43, 2.44, 2.46 (Let θ₂=0°), 2.48, 2.75
  HW 2 Solutions
  
• Assignment 3: Assigned 9/9; Due 9/16: Problems 2.74, 2.83, 2.86, 2.91, B-4, B-5, B-7, B-10, B-12 HW 3 Solutions
  
• Assignment 4: Assigned 9/30; Due 10/7: Problems B-18, B-20, B-23, B-25, B-29, B-36, B-38, B-39,  6-1, 6-5,6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9 (Interesting property), 6.11, 6.20, 6.23, 6.26 (where the signal is the sine wave) HW 4 Solutions
  
• Assignment 5: Assigned 10/7; Due 10/19: Problems 6-27, 6-33, 6-39, 6-41, 4-1, 4-36, 4-37, 4-38, 4-39, 4-40 HW 5 Solutions
  
• Assignment 6: Assigned 10/14; Due 10/26: Problems:  4-31,  4-33,  4-34,  5-1,  5-5,  5-7,  5-12,  5-13,  5-20 HW 6 Solutions
  
• Assignment 7: Assigned 10/26; Due 11/2: Problems: 5-22, 5-23, 5-24, 5-27, 5-58, -3-37, 3-42, 3-45, 3-47 HW 7 Solutions
  
• Assignment 8: Assigned 11/9; Due 11/18: Problems: 5-56, 5-57, 5-58, 5-63, 5.77, 3- 34, 3-45, 3-46, 3-59, 3-61 HW 8 Solutions
  
• Assignment 9: Assigned 11/18; Due 11/24 (by 5pm): Problems: 6.47, 6.50, 7.1, 7.2, 7.4, 7.7, 7.9, 7.14 HW 9 Solutions
  
• Exam 3: Assigned 11/23; Due 12/3 (by 2pm) Exam 3 here

Lecture Notes

• August 26
• August 31
• September 2
• September 7
• September 9
• September 14
• September 16
• September 21
• September 30
• October 5
• October 7 – Notes by Felix
• October 12
• October 14
• October 19
• October 21
• October 26
• October 28
• Nov 2
• Nov 9
• Nov 11
• Spread Spectrum and Digital Communications Primer” by T. Rappaport, 1985
• Nov 16
• Nov 18
• Nov 23
• Nov 30
• Dec 2

Exam Solutions

• Exam 1
  
• Exam 2
  
• Exam 3

Honor Policy

Faculty in the ECE Department are committed to detecting and responding to all instances of scholastic dishonesty and will pursue cases of scholastic dishonesty in accordance with university policy. Scholastic dishonesty, in all its forms, is a blight on our entire academic community. All parties in our community — faculty, staff, and students — are responsible for creating an environment that educates outstanding engineers, and this goal entails excellence in technical skills, self-giving citizenry, and ethical integrity. Industry wants engineers who are competent and fully trustworthy, and both qualities must be developed day by day throughout an entire lifetime. Scholastic dishonesty includes, but is not limited to, cheating, plagiarism, collusion, falsifying academic records, or any act designed to give an unfair academic advantage to the student. Penalties for scholastic dishonesty are severe and can include, but are not limited to, a written reprimand, a zero on the assignment/exam, re-taking the exam in question, an F in the course, or expulsion from the University. Please do not jeopardize your career by an act of scholastic dishonesty. Details about academic integrity and what constitutes scholastic dishonesty can be found at the website for the UT Dean of Students Office and the General Information Catalog, Section 11-802.

Syllabus and Exam Dates (subject to change)

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