ECE-3614: Introduction to Communication Systems
Description: Analysis and design of communication systems with an emphasis on digital communications based on time and frequency domain analysis. Fourier transform techniques, linear systems, and filtering are reviewed. Power and energy spectral density of communication signals. Sampling and quantization of analog signals. Baseband and binary bandpass digital modulation including line coding, pulse shaping, and both pulse and carrier modulation techniques. Wireless communication system concepts including link budgets and multiple access. Transmitter and receiver design concepts. Signal-to-noise ratio, bit error rate, and their relationship. Analog techniques such as Amplitude Modulation (AM) and Frequency Modulation (FM) radio will be reviewed for conceptual and comparative purposes.
Pathways: N/A
Course Hours: 3 credits
Corequisites: N/A
Crosslist: N/A
Repeatability: N/A
Sections Taught: 69
Average GPA: 2.90 (B)
Strict A Rate (No A-) : 21.61%
Average Withdrawal Rate: 1.50%
| Jazi Ahmad Safaai | 2020 | 12.6% | 54.8% | 22.0% | 2.8% | 4.8% | 3.1% | 2.69 | 7 |
| Thaddeus H Black | 2018 | 17.9% | 47.3% | 19.1% | 15.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.59 | 2 |
| Daniel Jakubisin | 2011 | 25.0% | 33.3% | 25.0% | 8.3% | 8.3% | 0.0% | 2.61 | 1 |
| Nicholas J Kaminski | 2013 | 14.2% | 14.2% | 42.9% | 28.5% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.08 | 1 |
| Solmaz Niknam | 2019 | 42.8% | 50.0% | 7.1% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.29 | 1 |
| Joshua K Wang | 2008 | 23.8% | 52.4% | 19.0% | 0.0% | 4.8% | 0.0% | 2.93 | 1 |
| Ira Jacobs | 2006 | 19.9% | 46.5% | 20.3% | 9.0% | 4.3% | 0.0% | 2.73 | 3 |
| Harpreet Singh Dhillon | 2023 | 28.1% | 43.6% | 22.8% | 2.4% | 0.2% | 2.8% | 2.97 | 7 |
| Silva Claudio Da | 2011 | 38.3% | 47.1% | 8.0% | 1.0% | 3.4% | 2.2% | 3.14 | 6 |
| Walid Saad | 2021 | 28.2% | 35.1% | 23.4% | 7.8% | 2.4% | 3.1% | 2.79 | 5 |
| Chen Ching Liu | 2019 | 23.4% | 27.2% | 27.4% | 12.7% | 4.5% | 4.8% | 2.60 | 2 |
| Timothy J Talty | 2024 | 47.3% | 29.2% | 13.6% | 6.9% | 1.8% | 1.3% | 3.16 | 6 |
| Timothy Pratt | 2012 | 35.3% | 46.8% | 15.4% | 1.1% | 1.3% | 0.2% | 3.10 | 6 |
| Allen B Mackenzie | 2017 | 28.2% | 43.1% | 23.1% | 2.4% | 1.8% | 1.4% | 2.95 | 6 |
| Carl B Dietrich | 2014 | 46.6% | 28.4% | 18.9% | 4.3% | 1.8% | 0.0% | 3.11 | 2 |
| Joseph D Gaeddert | 2013 | 47.5% | 37.8% | 11.9% | 2.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.28 | 2 |
| Dennis G Sweeney | 2004 | 13.3% | 60.0% | 13.3% | 6.7% | 6.7% | 0.0% | 2.65 | 1 |
| Mohamed Medhat Tawfik Abdelraheem | 2015 | 25.0% | 55.0% | 20.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.99 | 1 |
| David F Zook | 2005 | 39.1% | 43.5% | 17.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.28 | 1 |
| Richard M Buehrer | 2015 | 11.7% | 40.1% | 24.4% | 19.2% | 3.8% | 0.8% | 2.36 | 3 |
| Tamal Bose | 2011 | 21.9% | 27.0% | 30.3% | 12.2% | 6.4% | 2.0% | 2.47 | 2 |
| Pushkin Kachroo | 2006 | 22.6% | 67.7% | 9.7% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 3.15 | 1 |
| Annamalai Annamalai | 2004 | 22.5% | 58.8% | 16.5% | 2.3% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2.99 | 2 |