Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 459
COMMUNICATIONS I
Fall 2004
[announcements] [homework] [course info] [past exams]
Announcements
8/25 – Welcome to the course!
8/31 – The TA OH tomorrow will be changed to 5-630 pm. It will ONLY be changed tomorrow and will be resumed to the usual hours next week.
8/31 – No Homework is due for this week.
9/1 – Hw 1 is posted in the Homework section and will be due next Thursday.
9/8 – Hw 2 is posted in the Homework section.
9/14 – Solution for Hw 1 is posted.
9/21 – Hw 2 and Old Exam 1 are posted. Room for Exam 1 is 163 EL.
9/27 – There will be a review session this Friday from 430-6 pm at 163 EL. I will go over the Old Exam 1.
9/27 – Class this Thursday will be cancelled and your Hw 2 will be distributed during the review session.
9/27 – Solution for Hw2 is posted.
9/28 – OH tomorrow will be changed to 6-730 pm. Hw 3 should be handed in during the review session Friday.
10/1 – Solution for Hw3 is posted.
10/7 – Hw 4 is posted.
10/14 – Hw 5 is posted in the Homework section.
10/19 – Hw 6 is posted in the Homework section.
10/19 – Solution for Hw 4 is posted.
10/27 – Hw 7 is posted in the Homework section.
10/28 – Solution for Hw 5 is posted.
11/01 – Old exam 2 is posted in the Exam section.
11/02 – Solution for Hw 6 is posted.
11/04 – Solution for Hw 7 is posted.
11/04 – Starting next week, OH on Monday will be changed to 530-630 pm due to conflicts with communication seminar.
11/11 – Hw 8 is posted in the Homework section.
11/17 – Hw 9 is posted in the Homework section.
11/17 – Solution for Midterm 2 is posted here.
11/29 – Old final exam is posted in the Past Exams section.
11/30 – Hw 10 is posted in the Homework section.
12/01 – Solution for Hw 8 is posted.
12/10 – Solutions for Hw 9 and Hw 10 are posted in the Homework section.
12/10 – Solution for the Sample Final Exam is posted here.
Homework
Homework 1 .pdf .ps Solution .pdf
Homework 2 .pdf .ps Solution .pdf
Homework 3 .pdf .ps Solution
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Homework 4 .pdf .ps Solution
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Homework 5 .pdf .ps Solution
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Homework 6 .pdf .ps Solution
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Homework 7 .pdf .ps Solution .pdf
Homework 8 .pdf .ps Solution
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Homework 9 .pdf .ps Solution .pdf
Homework 10 .pdf .ps Solution .pdf
Course Information
Information Sheet .pdf
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- issued: Thursday August 26th
Course Intructor:
Christoforos Hadjicostis
357 CSL
Phones: 265-8259
Email: chadjic@uiuc.edu
Office hours: Tu 3:00-5:00pm 351 CSL or 357 CSL
Teaching Assistant:
Che Lin
108 CSL
Phones: 333-2148
Email: clin@uiuc.edu
Office hours: M 4:30-6:00pm, W 4:30-6:00pm 330m Everitt Lab
Time and Place:
Tu Th 1:30-2:50pm 165 Everitt
Prerequisite:
ECE 313
Credit:
3 hours or 3/4 unit
Topics:
- Representation of Signals and Systems (5 lectures)
- Analog Modulation Schemes (5 lectures)
- Random Processes (6 lectures)
- Noise in Analog Modulation (3 lectures)
- Digital Communications (8 lectures)
Required Textbook:
B.P.Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems,
Recommended Textbooks:
- Simon Haykin, Communication Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 2001 (4th
Edition).
- John G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi, Communication Systems Engineering, Prentice-Hall, Inc. 2002 (2nd Edition).
Reserved books: The above books and their earlier editions have been placed on reserve at the Grainger Engineering Library.
Grading:
Two mid-semester exams (25% each), Homework (10%), Final Exam (40%).
Exams:
Exam I : October 5th 5:00-7:00pm room TBA
- Closed book; One double-sided sheet of notes (8 1/2" by 11")
Exam II: November 9th 5:00-7:00pm room TBA
- Closed book; Two double-sided sheet of notes (8 1/2" by 11")
Final Exam: December 13th 1:30-4:30pm EL 165
- Closed book; Three double-sided sheet of notes (8 1/2" by 11")
- Calculator allowed
Past Exams
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