SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
            GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TEHNOLOGY
ECE 4601: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, FALL 2000

LECTURE NOTES

Lecture Notes #1 (pdf file)
Lecture Notes #2 (pdf file)
Homework#1 (pdf file)

Exam #1 grades
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Lecture Notes #4
Exam #2 grades

Lecture Notes #5
Lecture Notes #6
Lecture Notes #7
Lecture Notes #8

Extra Credit Homework (due date: with the final exam) (2pts)
Extra Credit Homework (due date: with the final exam) (3pts)
Extra Credit Homework (due date: with the final exam) (4pts)
Extra Credit Homework (due date: with the final exam) (10pts)
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COURSE INFORMATION

COURSE OBJECTIVE:
To introduce the fundamentals of modern communications systems*

INSTRUCTOR
Prof. Yucel Altunbasak
Office: GCATT-370
Phone: 404 385 1341
E-mail: yucel@ece.gatech.edu (preferred method of communication)
Office hours: MW after class in Van Leer, or Thursdays (1:30-2:30 PM in GCATT)

TEACHING ASSISTANT
Yen-Chi Lee
E-mail: gte647q@prism.gatech.edu
Phone: ??? ????
Office hours: 10:00-12:00 Wednesdays, Location: Van Leer E272

TIME & LOCATION
MWF, 09:05-09:55AM
C341 Van Leer-Elec Eng

PREREQUISTES: EE3340 or EE3075

REQUIRED TEXT
Communication Systems by Simon Haykin, 4th edition, Wiley.

HONOR CODE
Please uphold the academic honor code (see http://www.gatech.edu/honor/). Violations will be reported to the office of Vice-President for Student Services

GRADING
Non-graduating students  Graduating students
Quiz-1 (Sept 18, 2000) 20% 25%
Quiz-2 (Oct 18, 2000) 15% 25%
Quiz 3 (Nov 10, 2000) 20% 25%
Quiz 4 (Dec 6, 2000) 15% 25%
Final 30% -
Instructor 10% 10%
Pop-quiz 20% 20%

Let your grade be G, and the class mean and standard deviation is mu and sigma, respectively.
Then, if your grade G is
 
Grade Interval (Approximately) Grade
Greater than mu+0.7*sigma A
Greater than mu+0.0*sigma AND less than mu+0.7*sigma B
Greater than mu-1.1*sigma AND less than mu+0.0*sigma C
Greater than mu-1.7*sigma AND less than mu-1.1*sigma D
Less than mu-1.7*sigma F

HOMEWORK
There will be no mandatory homework. However, there are homeworks available online. You are encouraged to look at
them since exam questions may be similar to them.

TENTATIVE OUTLINE
1. Background and Preview
2. Pulse Modulation
3. Selected Topics in Random Processes
4. Baseband Pulse Transmission
5. Signal-Space Analysis
6. Digital Bandpass Transmission
7. Spread Spectrum Modulation
8. Multiuser Radio Communications

EXPECTATIONS
This course requires a fairly good amount of Math and DSP background. If you are not competent in these fields, you will have a difficult time following the course. It is a fairly challenging, but equally valuable course.

OFFICE HOURS
Both the TA and I will hold office hours. You are strongly encouraged to make use of office hours.