COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS I

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: ( E C E 203 or 330 ), graduate/professional standing, or member of Engineering Guest Students Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Characterize the energy and power of signals occurring in analog communication systems using the theory of inner products and properties of the Fourier series and the Fourier transform Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply the theory of the narrowband representation of signals to the modulation and recovery of signals using the linear analog modulation techniques Audience: Undergraduate 3. Design phase and frequency modulation systems based on parameters of non-linear modulation Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply random process theory to characterize the behavior of analog modulation systems in the presence of interference Audience: Undergraduate 5. Implement analog communication systems in discrete-time (software-defined radio) Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and conduct experiments to confirm the performance of analog modulation systems in the presence of interfering noise Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Characterize the energy and power of signals occurring in analog communication systems using the theory of inner products and properties of the Fourier series and the Fourier transform Audience: Undergraduate 2. Apply the theory of the narrowband representation of signals to the modulation and recovery of signals using the linear analog modulation techniques Audience: Undergraduate 3. Design phase and frequency modulation systems based on parameters of non-linear modulation Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply random process theory to characterize the behavior of analog modulation systems in the presence of interference Audience: Undergraduate 5. Implement analog communication systems in discrete-time (software-defined radio) Audience: Undergraduate 6. Design and conduct experiments to confirm the performance of analog modulation systems in the presence of interfering noise Audience: Undergraduate