EE 8377 - Advanced Digital Communications
Fall 2006
Course Information
- Class Time : Wednesday 6:30pm
– 9:20pm
- Class Location : Caruth 128
- Prerequisite : EE 8370 or
permission of the instructor.
- Textbooks: Digital
Communications, John G. Proakis, Fourth Edition, McGraw-Hill
- We will also use material
from the following books: Adaptive Filter Theory, Simon Haykin, Wireless
Communications, Ted Rappaport, Multiuser detection, Sergio
Verdu. These books are not needed for the course but are useful for
personal reference.
- Supplemental reading material
from magazines, journals and conferences will be distributed in class.
- Instructor : Dinesh Rajan, rajand@engr.smu.edu, Junkins
346, ext: 8-1259.
- Office hours: TBD
Grading
- Course Project (75%).
The course project will be a major component of this course. You will be
required to choose a project title and present a project proposal summary
after the first few weeks of class. Some project suggestions will be made
available at the beginning of the course but you are welcome to define
your own project. You are allowed to work in groups of 2, if the project
scope is substantial and the contributions of each member of the group are
clearly identified. You will also be required to submit a midterm progress
report as well as a final comprehensive report and present your results in
class at the end of the semester.
Project Deadlines (subject to change)
Feb 6, Proposal due : 10 points
Mar 18, Mid term report due : 20 points
Apr 29, Final report due plus presentation in class to be scheduled for
last week of class : 45 points.
For video students, they have the option of coming to class and presenting
their work or they can just turn in their reports and have a discussion
with me (over phone).
Tips for writing final project report
- Home works (15%)
- Exam (10%)
There will be one short exam, open book, open notes.
Topics
- Adaptive Equalization
- MIMO systems
- Communication through fading
multipath channels
- Spread spectrum
- Multiuser communications
- Coding theory