EE 390 - Introduction To Communication Systems: Special Notices
EE 390 - Introduction To Communication Systems: Special Notices
EE 390 - Introduction To Communication Systems: Special Notices
Welcome to the Fall 2002 EE390 page. On this page, you’ll find notices, assignments, solution sets (in PDF format), and
other important documents. Please bookmark and check periodically.
Ray DeCorby, Assistant Professor.
Special Notices
Final Exam, Friday December 13, 9:00 AM, ETLE-013 (the lecture room), 2 hours. Bring your own two-sided 8.5”x11” formula
sheet.
Solutions for Asst # 5, 6 posted below. I decided to NOT post last year’s final.
Course Description
EE390 provides the basic introduction to communications systems for electrical and computer engineers.
Topics covered include review of signals and systems, communications channels, Fourier analysis, carriers
and modulation, and basics of digital encoding and error control. EE335 is a prerequisite. Follow-up
courses you may want to look at include EE571 (RF communication circuits), EE586 (fiber optics), EE588
(communication in noise), EE589 (telecommunication systems engineering), EE590 (wireless
communications), EE591 (antennas and propagation), and EE597 (microwave engineering).
Links
Link to Department course description page for EE390
Link to ECE course listings in U of A Calendar
Link to ECE timetables in U of A Calendar
Resources
Course notes will be provided. The following text book is also considered required material and is available in the bookstore:
1. Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd ed., B.P. Lathi, Oxford University Press, 1998.
Assignments
Assignment # 1
Assignment # 2
Assignment #3 – Lathi 4.2-4, 4.2-8, 4.3-2, 4.3-3, 4.3-7. Due Friday, October 18, by 4 pm.
Assignment # 4 – Lathi 5.1-3, 5.2-1, 5.2-6. Due Thursday, November 7, by 4 pm.
Assignment # 5 – Lathi 6.1-3, 6.1-5, 6.2-3. Due Friday, November 22, by 4 pm.
Assignment # 6 – Lathi 6.2-7, 7.3-1, 7.3-5. Due Wednesday, December 4, by 4 pm.
Solution Sets
Assignment # 1 solutions
Assignment # 2 solutions
Assignment # 3 solutions (4.2-9 is a bonus solution)
Midterm solutions
Assignment # 4 solutions (oops; mislabeled as asst #5, don’t want to rescan )
Assignment # 5 solutions
Assignment # 6 solutions