Academic Calendar - 2024

Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Western Main Campus

Electrical and Computer Engineering 4433A/B

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS


Transceiver design for digital communication systems, design goals and tradeoffs. Deterministic and random signals. Digital modulation techniques, optimal receiver design, performance analysis under noisy conditions. Digital communication through bandlimited channels. Characteristics of wireless channel, intersymbol interference, channel estimation, adaptive equalization. Synchronization techniques. Multiple access techniques, CDMA, TDMA, FDMA. Principles of OFDM, cyclic prefix, in-band pilots, PAPR, applications of OFDM.

Prerequisite(s): ECE 3331A/B, ECE 3370A/B, Statistical Sciences 2141A/B, NMM 3415A/B or the former Applied Mathematics 3415A/B.

Extra Information: 3 lecture hours, 1.5 laboratory hours.

Course Weight: 0.50
Breadth: CATEGORY C i  
Subject Code: ECE

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