Communication and Information Systems
Southern Methodist University Course: EE 7370 and EE 5370
NTU: CC 510-N
Instructor: Jerry D. Gibson
Department of Electrical Engineering
School of Engineering and Applied Science
P.O. Box 750338
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX 75275-0338
Ph: (214) 768-3113
Fax: (214) 768-3573
Email: gibson@seas.smu.edu
Textbook: Jerry D. Gibson, Principles of Digital and Analog Communications, second
edition, Prentice-Hall (Macmillan), 1993.
Prerequisites: EE 3370 (BE 341) Signals and Systems
Course Objectives and Description: The primary objective of this course is to
understand the general principles of basic modulation methods and their applications.
The fundamental building blocks of communications systems are presented and their
roles described. Amplitude Modulation (AM), Phase Modulation (PM), and Frequency
Modulation (FM) systems are studied and their performance in the presence of noise is
compared. Applications of these modulation methods to digital communications are also
developed and an introduction to pulse code modulation (PCM) is presented. In
particular, we will discuss the modulation methods used in AM and FM radio, TV,
HDTV, analog and digital cellular mobile radio, wireline modems, ADSL, Bluetooth, and
wireless LAN standards.
Course Grading:
EE 7370:
Homework: Weekly homework – 15%
Examination: Two midterms – 20% each, one final – 35%
Project: 10% The project will typically develop, in more depth, one of the particular
applications covered in class or investigate an appropriate topic of interest to the student.
EE 5370 will not have a project but weekly homework will count 25%.
Course Outline by Topical Areas:
Review of Signal Representation: Fourier series and transforms
Linear Systems Basics: Impulse response, convolution and sampling theorem
Amplitude modulation (AM) Systems: DSB, SSB, VSB, Commercial AM, QAM,
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and OOK
Phase Modulation (PM) and Frequency Modulation (FM) Systems: BW considerations,
PLL, FSK, FDM and PSK
Multiplexing methods, including TDM and FDM
M-ary modulation, QAM and QPSK; brief intro to continuous phase modulation, GMSK
Random Variables and Stochastic Processes: Density and distribution functions;
transformations, Gaussian random variables; power spectral density
Noise in Amplitude, Phase and Frequency Modulation Systems: SNR comparisons
Pulse Code Modulation Systems: Quantization, transmission line coding and codes.
Selected Other Textbooks at the Same Level:
S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 4th edition, Wiley, 2001.
L. W. Couch II, Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 5th ed., Prentice-Hall,
1997.
R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation,
and Noise, 4th ed., Wiley, 1995.
Tutorial Chapters are available in the Basic Principles sections of:
J. D. Gibson, editor, The Communications Handbook, CRC Press, 1997.
J. D. Gibson, editor, The Mobile Communications Handbook, 2nd ed., CRC Press, 1999.
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