For the most part we'll be sticking closely to the Sklar text and working in order through the book. The numbers in brackets refer to sections in the book

• Digital communications overview (1.1)
• Mathematical descriptions of deterministic signals (1.2, 1.3, 1.4)
• Mathematical descriptions of random signals (1.5)
• Linear systems (1.6)
• Analog-to-Digital conversion (2.4, 2.5)
• Pulse modulation (2.6)
• Baseband modulation/line coding (2.8)
• Baseband detection [matched/correlating detection] (3.1, 3.2)
• Intersymbol Interference (3.3)
• Equalization (3.4)
• Bandpass modulation (4.1, 4.2)
• Bandpass detection (4.3, 4.4, 4.5)
• Multicarrier Modulation
• Error performance (4.7, 4.8, 4.9)
• Linear block codes (6.3, 6.4)
• Cyclic codes (6.7)
• Convolutional codes (7.1, 7.2, 7.3)
• Convolutional decoders (7.4, 7.5)