Course Schedule#
This is meant to serve an a notional schedule for ECE447. We will keep this up to date throughout the semester, so come back to this page (not your syllabus) for the schedule closest to reality. If there is a discrepancy between this schedule and a due date on Gradescope, use the due date on Gradescope. Readings are primarily from the course textbook by Lathi and Ding (L&D). Each software-defined radio (SDR) lab has one or more deliverables due approximately one week from the lab’s assignment date.
Introduction and Background#
Lesson |
Topic |
Reading |
Assigned |
Due |
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1 |
Course Intro |
L&D 1 |
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2 |
Modern communication systems |
L&D 1 |
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3 |
SDR Lab |
Lab 1 |
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4 |
Signals and signal space |
L&D 2 |
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5 |
Analysis and transmission of signals |
L&D 3 |
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6 |
SDR Lab |
Lab 2 |
Lab 1 |
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7 |
No Class |
Down Day! |
Analog Communications#
Lesson |
Topic |
Reading |
Assigned |
Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
8 |
Modulation methods, amplitude modulation, Part 1 |
L&D 4-4.2 |
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9 |
AM, Part 2 |
L&D 4.3-4.4 |
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10 |
SDR Lab |
Lab 3 |
Lab 2 |
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11 |
Angle modulation, Part 1 |
L&D 4.5 |
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12 |
Angle modulation, Part 2 |
L&D 4.6 |
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13 |
Angle modulation, Part 3 |
L&D 4.7-4.9 |
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14 |
Flex day |
Lab 3 |
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15 |
GR1 Review day |
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16 |
GR 1 |
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17 |
GR Review/Feedback |
Digital Communications#
Lesson |
Topic |
Reading |
Assigned |
Due |
|---|---|---|---|---|
18 |
Signal sampling and reconstruction |
L&D 5.1 |
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19 |
Pulse code modulation |
L&D 5.2 |
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20 |
PCM (cont’d) & pulse modulations |
L&D 5.7 |
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21 |
GNU Radio Lab |
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22 |
Digital comm & line coding |
L&D 6.1-6.2 |
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23 |
Digital comm & line coding (cont’d) |
L&D 6.1-6.2 |
HW4 (2359 on T23) |
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24 |
Pulse shaping & intersymbol interference (ISI) |
L&D 6.3.1-6.3.3 |
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25 |
Digital receivers: timing & detection, eye diagrams |
L&D 6.5.2-6.5.3, 6.6 |
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26 |
GNU Radio Lab |
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27 |
M-ary digital modulation |
L&D 6.7 |
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28 |
Digital carrier modulation |
L&D 6.8-6.9 |
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29 |
Probability, Part 1 |
L&D 7.1-7.3 |
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30 |
Probability, Part 2 |
L&D 7.4-7.7 |
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31 |
Random processes |
L&D 8-8.4 (at least) |
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32 |
SDR Lab |
Lab 6 Description |
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33 |
GR2 Review Day |
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34 |
GR 2 |
Covering Lsns 18-30 (Chapters 5-7) |
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35 |
Matched filters & binary system performance, Part 1 |
L&D 9.1-9.2 |
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36 |
Binary system performance, Part 2 |
L&D 9.2, 9.3.3 |
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37 |
Error correction: parity, CRC, & Hamming codes |
L&D 12.3.2, 13.1-13.3 |
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38 |
MATLAB Lab |
Lab 7 Description |
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39 |
OFDM, MIMO, CDMA |
None |
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40 |
Course review |