EE422

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Class News and Notes

NOTE: My email has been down since Monday afternoon, if you have any questions on your simulation, contact me via the WebCT email or by phone (see below)
Simulation part of project will be due on Wednesday of finals week, (May 8) by 4:15 PM. This section will be worth 1/3 of the total project grade. Electronic submissions ONLY. Please let me know if your URL has changed. In this phase, you need the following elements:
Description of simulation and where you got it or if you built it yourself.
Description of what you tested and how
Results, table, chart, compare with the theoretical performance
Conclusions.
Finals Week office hours: M 12-1, T 9:30-11, W 3-4

Class Information

Instructor: Dr. Julie A. Dickerson
Office: 3123 Coover Hall, (515) 294-7705
E-mail: julied@iastate.edu
Schedule, Office Hours M 12-1, Th 2-3:30.
Teaching Assistant for EE423: Mr. Eric Eekhoff
Office:  Coover Hall 3113
email: rckhff@iastate.edu
Office Hours: To be arranged
Grader for EE422: Ms. Jian Gong
Office: 2121 Coover Hall 
email: jiangong@iastate.edu
Office Hours: 10-11:30
Class Time: T,Th 4-5:30 PM
Location: 1344 Howe Hall
Final Exam: Wed., May 8 2:15-4:15 p.m.
Course notes and video streaming available at WEB CT (must be a registered student to access)
Course Description and Syllabus and Acronym List
Grading  
Textbook: B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Third Edition, Oxford University Press, 1998, ISBN 0-19-511009
Reference Texts:
Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, Second Edition, Prentice-Hall, 2001.
Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, Prentice Hall Communications Engineering and Emerging Technologies Series, 1996.

Course Objective:

The objective of this course is to expose the student to introductory material relating to digital communication systems. We will develop the theoretical basis and tools necessary for understanding and analyzing the effects of noise in communication systems. Pulse-code modulation. Time division multiplex.
Information theory, coding. Data transmission: spectral shaping, transmission impairments, error rates. Comparison and evaluation of modulation schemes for digital data transmission.

Links to Communications Websites

Bluetooth One of two competing standards for multimedia wireless communications systems.
802.11 Wireless Communications Specification Page - Information about the IEEE 802.11 specifications for wireless communication (also known as Wi-Fi)
Tutorials on Communications
IEEE Communications Society - A good source of information on academic conferences and publications.

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