Course Information

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Course Information
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Communication Electronics
EE413, 513, 513Z Prof. Pao-Lo Liu 215A Bonner
Hall [phone] ext. 1207 paololiu_at_eng.buffalo
.edu http//www.ee.buffalo.edu/faculty/paololiu/4
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Communications

• Distribution and Exchange of Information
• Source
• Audio, video, sensor, data
• Coding
• Carrier generation and modulation
• Transmission
• Channel
• Media
• Interference
• Repeater
• Receiver
• Detection, amplification, noise, error
• Data processing and storage

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Resource Sharing

• Multiplexing
• Time domain
• Frequency domain
• Code domain
• Switching
• Circuit
• Packet
• Buffer
• Networking
• Reliability
• Flexibility
• Efficiency

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Critical Issues

• Efficiency
• Maximize information capacity within the
  allocated bandwidth
• Security
• Wireless

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Applications

• Broadcasting
• Radio, Digital Radio
• TV, CATV, HDTV
• Satellite,
• Telephony
• Land Line
• Mobile or Cellular
• Public Switched Network, Modem, ADSL
• Computer Peripherals
• USB, Firewire, SATA
• Networking
• LAN, Internet, VoIP, Wireless LAN
• Applications
• Video on Demand, RFID, Bluetooth, FTTH, .

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Applications

• Aeronautics
• Guidance
• Communications
• Networking
• Aerospace
• Satellite
• Communications
• Surveillance
• Deep space exploration

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Applications

• Military
• Target Detection and Identification
• Radar
• http//www.knovel.com/knovel2/Toc.jsp?SpaceID1008
  4BookID701
• Sonar
• Communications
• Mobile
• Command and Control
• Guidance
• Sensing and remote control
• Dynamic battle field management
• Countermeasure
• Interference
• Eavesdropping

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Topics

• Introduction
• Signal Generation and Conditioning
• Amplitude Modulation
• Angle Modulation
• Television
• Digital Signaling
• Multiplexing
• Transmission Line
• EM Wave, Antenna, and Waveguide
• Optical Communications
• Public Switched System
• Data Communications and Networking
• Microwave Systems and Devices
• Satellite Communications
• Wireless Systems

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Grading Guidelines

• EE413
• Capstone Design Project (100)
• Presentations
• Project Proposal
• Progress Report
• Final Presentation and Report
• Laboratory Demonstrations
• Record of Time Working on Project
• EE513
• Capstone Design Project
• Study Based on Lecture Notes
• EE513Z
• Study Based on Lecture Notes
• Homework Assignments (50)
• Report (25)
• Written Exam (25)

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Capstone Design Project

• Problem-Solving
• Define project and goals
• Engineering Design
• Simulation, optimization
• Decision-Making
• Resources, cost, etc.
• Project Management
• Planning, Timeline, implementation, verification
• Communication Skills
• Presentation, report

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Project Examples

• RF
• Wireless Audio
• Jammer
• Remote Control
• Optics
• Laser Transceiver
• Telephone
• Phone Line Home Monitoring and Controller
• System Diagnosis Simulation
• Bit Error Rate Tester
• CDMA System Performance
• Chaotic Communications System
• DSP
• Speech Codec
• Software Protocol
• PC-to-PC Link

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Resources

• Furnas Lab (Mr. Keptner)
• Electronics Laboratory
• TI DSP kit
• 6811 micro-controller kit
• Commercial Modules
• Dr. Whalens Microwave Lab
• Probe
• RF spectrum analyzer
• Dr. Lius Fiber Optics Lab
• Software
• VisualC
• Matlab
• LabView
• GloMoSim
• Webpages
• Capstone design projects
• Tutorials
• http//www.electronics-tutorials.com/site-tree.ht
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• http//www.complextoreal.com/tutorial.htm

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Project Example for EE413

• Function Generator
• EE4522 Spring 2003
• Mississippi State University

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Crucial Components

• Team
• Problem
• Objective
• Partition of Work
• Timeline
• Design / Calculation and Simulation
• Selection / Cost Analysis
• Implementation
• Diagnosis
• Reference
• Presentations
• Proposal, Progress, Final
• Lab Demonstration
• Report

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Capstone Design Expectations

• Documented Efforts - 10 hrs of work each week
• One lab session
• Preparation and review
• Planning and report
• Team effort
• 2-3 students
• Cleary defined responsibilities
• More elaborate projects for large teams
• Peer evaluation on presentations
• Presentations
• Project proposal
• Interim progress report
• Project demonstration and presentation
• Final report
• Start early

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Schedule

• Proposal Presentations
• 2/2 and 2/7
• Progress Presentations
• 3/7 and 3/9
• Laboratory Demonstrations
• 4/26, 4/28
• Final Presentations
• 4/20, 4/25
• Report
• 5/1

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Study Based on Lecture Notes

• Lecture Slides via Distance Learning
• Reading Assignments
• Homework Assignments
• Reviews or Small Projects
• In-Depth Review of Selected Topics
• Limited Scope Designs and Simulations
• Audience in Capstone Project Presentations

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References

• Wayne Tomasi
• Electronic Communications Systems, Pearson,
  Prentice Hall
• Wayne Tomasi
• Lab Manual to Accompany Electronic
  Communication, Pearson, Prentice Hall
• John G. Proakis, M. Saleh, and G. Bauch
• Contemporary Communications Systems Using
  Matlab, Pearson, Thomson

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Written Exam

• Open book
• Example questions posted
• Time stamped submission of answers

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Strategy

• Broad Coverage
• Fast pace
• Less details, especially, equations
• Web Resources
• Self paced reading
• Modern Applications
• Selective In-Depth Study

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Expectations

• Two Lectures
• 2-240 hrs per week
• Reference Searching and Reading Assignments
• 2-330 hrs each week
• Audience in Presentations
• Part of lectures
• Homework
• 2.5 hrs per week on the average
• Small Project
• 1.5 hr per week on the average

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Chapter Review

• Functions of Communications Systems
• Ingredients of Communications Systems
• Critical Issues of Communications
• Learning in the Active Mode
• Capstone Design Requirements
• Lecture Based Distance Learning
• Grading Guidelines
• Expectations