ECE 4720 (5720) - Telecommunication Systems Design

ECE 4720 (5720) - Telecommunication Systems Design

Selected Elective Course for BSEE

Catalog Description:

Lec. 3. Credit 3.

Prerequisite: C or better in ECE 4710 (5710).

Link budget, synchronization, frequency synthesis, receiver architecture, noise and distortion, error correction codes, spread-spectrum systems.

Math & Basic Sciences:0credits

Engineering Topics:3creditsContains significant design

General Education:0credits

Other:0creditsSpecify

Course Coordinator:Dr. Jeffrey Austen

Updated:10/13/2017

Text Book(s) and Supplemental Material(s):

Text: none

Supplemental:

Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th edition, B. P. Lathi and Z. Ding, 2009.

Modern Communication Circuits, 2nd edition, J. R. Smith, 1998.

Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation and Noise, 5th edition, R. E. Ziemer and W. H. Tranter, 2002.

Single-Sideband System and Circuits, edited by W. E. Sabin and E. O. Schoenike, 1987.

Course Goal(s):

1. To provide an introduction to telecommunication systems design topics so that students understand and can perform basic system level design and determine subsystem specifications from a set of user requirements.

2. To provide a hands-on design experience of moderate complexity in the area of telecommunication systems so that the students can relate theory and practice and have a better appreciation of the constraints in a “real world” problem.

Instructional Outcomes for the Course:

Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. List several regulatory and standards bodies and describe several examples of regulations and standards.

2. Analyze and perform block-level design of receiver systems in terms of frequency conversion, gain distribution, noise and distortion.

3. Design simple phase-locked loops for frequency synthesis and synchronization.

4. Develop a link budget to achieve a specified SNR or Eb/No.

5. Describe the operation of frequency hopping and direct sequence spread spectrum systems and calculate bandwidth and spreading gain.

6. Encode and decode block and convolutional codes and perform basic performance computations.

7. Make a significant contribution as a member of a project team to the design and implementation of a telecommunications project of moderate complexity.

8. Write project documentation.

Criterion 3 Student Outcomes addressed by this Course:

1) An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics

2) An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors

3) An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences

4) An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts

5) An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives

6) An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions

7) An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.

Program Criteria addressed by this Course:

... probability and statistics, including applications appropriate to the program name.

... engineering topics (including computing science) necessary to analyze and design complex electrical and electronic devices, software, and systems containing hardware and software components.

Course Topics:

Regulations, standards and RF radiation safety (5%)

2. Link budget and noise (10%)

3. Receiver architecture: frequency conversion, gain distribution, noise and distortion (15%)

4. Introduction to frequency sources and synthesizers (10%)

5. Synchronization methods and phase-locked loops (15%)

6. Spread spectrum systems (15%)

7. Channel coding (10%)

8. Project-specific topics (varies by year) (20%)

Additional Topics/Assignments for dual-level (4000/5000) courses:

To receive ECE 5720 graduate credit, some additional academic work such as a project, paper, presentation, etc. will be required. At the beginning of the semester the instructor for the course will specify this additional requirement for graduate credit.