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ECE-5654: Digital Communications II: Advanced Theory and Analysis

Description: Fundamentals of the theory, design, and analysis of modern digital communication systems. Representation of signal in digital form. Design and analysis of digital modulation formats and receivers using signal space techniques. Combining error correction techniques with digital modulation. Viterbi algorithm for maximum likelihood sequence estimation. Equalization and adaptive equalization. Fading channels and diversity techniques.

Pathways: N/A

Course Hours: 3 credits

Prerequisites: (ECE-4634 and ECE-5605)

Required By: ECE-6604, ECE-6634

Corequisites: N/A

Crosslist: N/A

Repeatability: N/A

Sections Taught: 6

Average GPA: 3.60 (rounds to A-)

Strict A Rate (No A-) : 37.67%

Average Withdrawal Rate: 0.00%

Richard M Buehrer202454.6%41.3%4.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.483
Chen Ching Liu202277.3%22.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%3.733

Grade Distribution Over Time

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Spring 2019Spring 2020Spring 2021Spring 2022Spring 2023Spring 2024Term050% W