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[Electrical and Computer Engineering]

ECE544: Digital Communications

Fall 2022


Instructor

Prof. James S. Lehnert      
Office: MSEE 240
Phone: 765-494-2362
Email: lehnert@purdue.edu


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. Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) is introduced.

A tentative syllabus is available.


Texts

Text for Course Material:
Michael B. Pursley, Introduction to Digital Communications , Prentice Hall, 2005. (ISBN 0-201-18493-1)      
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Alternative Texts for Course Material:
John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, Digital Communications, 5th Ed., McGraw-Hill, Inc., 2007. (ISBN 0-07-295716-6)       [prices at amazon.com]
Bernard Sklar and Fred Harris, Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications, Third Edition , Pearson Education, 2021. (ISBN 0-13-458856-8) [prices at amazon.com]


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