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ECE544: Digital Communications
Fall 2020
Instructor
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Prof. James S. Lehnert
- Office: MSEE 240
- Phone: 765-494-2362
- Email: lehnert@purdue.edu
- Office: MSEE 240
Course Description
The course provides an introduction to digital (including spread-spectrum) communication systems. Topics include analog message digitization, signal space representation of digital signals, binary and M-ary signaling methods, detection of binary and M-ary signals, and comparisons of digital communication systems in terms of signal energy and signal bandwidth requirements. Applications of spread spectrum to multiple-access systems and to secure communication systems are considered.
A tentative syllabus is available.
Text
Course Text:
Michael B. Pursley, Introduction to Digital Communications ,
Prentice Hall, 2005. (ISBN 0-201-18493-1)
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Reference Text for Backup Material:
John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, Digital Communications, 5th Ed.,
McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2007. (ISBN 0-07-295716-6)
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Additional Course Information
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- Syllabus
- Materials on Reserve in Engineering Library
Please send comments, suggestions and questions to lehnert@purdue.edu.