Wireless Communications Classes: Undergraduate

Linear Systems and Signals (EE 313)

Representation of signals and systems; system properties; sampling; Laplace and z-transforms; transfer functions and frequency response; convolution; stability; Fourier series; Fourier transform; AM/FM modulation; applications.

Electromagnetic Engineering (EE 325)

Introduction to electrostatics and magnetostatics; properties of conductive, dielectric, and magnetic materials; solutions of Maxwell's equations; frequency- and time-domain analysis transmission lines; uniform plane wave applications.

Antennas and Wireless Propagaton (EE 325K)

Solutions of time-varying Maxwell's equations with application to antennas and wireless propagation; antenna theory and design; array synthesis; electromagnetic wave propagation, scattering and diffraction; numerical methods for solving Maxwell's equations.

Real-Time Digital Signal Processing Laboratory (EE 345S)

Architectures of programmable digital signal processors; programming for real-time performance; design and implementation of digital filters, modulators, data scramblers, pulse shapers, and modems in real time; interfaces to telecommunications systems.

Probability and Random Processes (EE 351K)

Probability, random variables, statistics, and random processes including counting, independence, conditioning, expectation, density functions, distributions, law of large numbers, central limit theorem, confidence intervals, hypothesis testing, statistical estimation, stationary processes, Markov chains, and ergodicity. In most sections, examinations are given on Wednesday nights; see the Course Schedule for more information.

Digital Signal Processing (EE 351M)

Sampling, aliasing, truncation effects; discrete and fast Fourier transform methods.; convolution and deconvolution; finite and infinite impulse response filter design methods; Wiener, Kalman, non-causal, linear phase, median, and prediction filters; spectral estimation.

Introduction to Digital Communications (EE 360K)

Communication channels and their impairments; modulation; demodulation; probability of error analysis; source coding; error control coding; link budget analysis; equalization; synchronization and multiple access; spread spectrum; applications in wireline and wireless communication systems.

Communication Systems (EE 371M)

Analog and digital modulation; noise in communication systems; signal-to-noise ratio; coding; optimal receiver design; phase locked loops; performance analysis.

Telecommunication Network (EE 372N)

Circuit and packet-switched networks; local area networks; protocol stacks; ATM and broadband ISDN; Internet; routing, congestion control, and performance evaluation; multimedia applications.

Network Security (EE 379K)

Distributed information system security; cryptographic tools; authentication; message security; system management.

Network Engineering Laboratory (EE 379K.19)

Local, metropolitan, and wide-area operations; telecommunication common carrier organization and services; economic, administrative, and political considerations; premise distribution systems; name resolution, address assignment, and mail; datagrams, packets, frames, and cells; addressing and network-level interconnection; inter-network architecture; TCP/IP protocol suite (version 4 and 6); Ethernet and IEEE 802.3 standards; repeaters, hubs, bridges, routers; local area network emulation; public switched network access through POTS and ISDN; intra-domain and inter-domain routing; routing protocols including RIP, OSPF, and BGP; multicast; media testing; local and wide area diagnostic tools.

Digital Image and Video Processing (EE 371R)

Digital image acquisition, processing, and analysis; algebraic and geometric image transformations; two-dimensional Fourier analysis; image filtering and coding.