Course Schedule

Lectures

WEEK OF	TOPIC	NOTES	LAB ACTIVITY
Sep. 5	Introduction	First class Sep. 8	No labs
Sep. 12	Review: Random processes and signals	Labs begin
Sep. 19	Baseband modulation		Quiz #1
Sep. 26	Detection and matched filtering		Lab #1 demo
Oct. 3	Baseband error analysis		<hi>Midterm #1: Oct 7</hi> (in lab period)
Oct. 10	<hi>No classes – Fall reading week</hi>		<hi>No labs</hi>
Oct. 17	Passband transmission
Oct. 24	Passband error analysis		Quiz #2 and Lab #2 demo
Oct. 31	Spread spectrum techniques I		Lab #3 demo
Nov. 7	Spread spectrum techniques II	<hi>Midterm #2: Nov 10</hi>
Nov. 14	Information theory; Error control coding I		Lab #4 demo
Nov. 21	Error control coding II		Quiz #3
Nov. 28	Data compression		Lab #5 demo (last lab)
Dec. 5	Review	Last class Dec. 6

Quizzes will be held during the first hour of the lab period on the following dates: Sep. 23, Oct. 28, Nov. 25.
Lab results will be demonstrated to the TA during the lab periods on the following dates: Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Nov. 4, Nov. 18, Dec. 2. Lab reports are due at the same time.