EENG 5810 Digital Communications

Fall 2009

Instructor               Dr.        Shengli Fu

                                 Office:   NTRP B233

                                 Tel:        (940) 891-6942

                                 Email:    fu@unt.edu

Class Meetings   Tuesday & Thursday, NTRP B227, 4:00 - 5:20 PM

Office Hours       Tuesday & Thursday, 3:00 - 4:00 PM, or by appointments

TA                          Adam Skelton, B209

Syllabus               PDF and WORD            

Textbooks

  • Required: John G. Proakis, Digital Communications, ISBN-10: 0072321113, McGraw-Hill, Fourth Edition.
  • Reference: Theodore S. Rappaport, Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice, ISBN-10: 0130422320, Prentice Hall, Second Edition.

 

Prerequisites

Linear systems and elementary probability theory.

 

Grading Policies

Homework: 20% (Due 2 weeks after assigned, NOT accepted if late)

Matlab Project: 10%

Mid-term Exam: 25%

Final Exam: 30%

Final Project: 15%

 

Final Project

      1. Find your group member before September 8 (maximum 3 members per group)

      2. Choose the topic before September 15

      3. Report and presentation due on December 8

 

Assignments

HW1, Due on September 17, Solution, Matlab file

HW2, Due on September 24, Solution

HW3, Due on October 1, Solution

HW4, Due on October 6, Solution

HW5, Due on October 20

HW6, Due on October 29

HW7, Due on November 10

HW8, Due on November 17

HW9, Due on November 19

HW10, Due on December 1

 

MATLAB Project 1, Due on October 27

MATLAB Project 2, Due on November 24, (lena.gif)

 

Class Schedule (tentative)

 

Week

Date

Topics

Reading

1

08/27

Introduction, Lecture 1

  

2

09/01

Communication Systems and Channels, Lecture 2

Ch. 1
 

09/03

Lecture 3

  

3

09/08

Stochastic Process, Lecture 4

Ch. 2.2
 

09/10

Lecture 5

  

4

09/15

Representation of Band-pass Signals and Signal Space Representations, Lecture 6

Ch. 4.1-4.2
 

09/17

Lecture 7

  

5

09/22

Digitally Modulated Signals, Lecture 8,

Ch. 4.3-4.4
 

09/24

Lecture 9

  

6

09/29

Lecture 10

  
 

10/01

Midterm (4:00-6:30PM)

  

7

10/06

Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channels, Lecture 11

Ch. 5.1
 

10/08

Lecture 12

  

8

10/13

Review of Midterm and first project

  
 

10/15

Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channels (cont.), Lecture 13

Ch. 5.2

9

10/20

Lecture 14

  
 

10/22

Optimum Receivers for AWGN Channels (cont.), Lecture 15

Ch. 5.2

10

10/27

Lecture 16

  
 

10/29

Link Budget, Lecture 17

Ch. 5.5

11

11/03

Lecture 18

  
 

11/05

Signal Design for Band-limited Channels, Lecture 19

Ch. 9.1-9.2

12

11/10

Lecture 20

  
 

11/12

Review and second Project

  

13

11/17

Signal Design for Band-limited Channels (cont.), Lecture 21

Ch. 9.2-9.3
 

11/19

Lecture 22

  

14

11/24

Communication Through Band-limited Channels

Ch. 10.1-10.2
 

11/26

Thanksgiving Break (university closed)

  

15

12/01

    
 

12/03

    

16

12/08

Project Presentation (4:00-6:30PM)

  
 

12/10

    
17 12/15 Final Exam: 4:00-6:30PM  

 

 

Project Topics

  1. Jung-Bin Kim and Dongwoo Kim, "Joint Adaptive Modulation and Power Allocation for Variable-Rate Space-Time Block Codes," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 26-28, Jan. 2008. (Group: Sri Harsha Thotakura, Srinath Kamishetty, and Mahendra Talasila)

  2. Lie-Liang Yang and L. Hanzo, "Adaptive channel estimation using cyclic prefix in multicarrier modulation system," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 3, no. 10, pp. 291-293, Oct. 1999.(Group: Pradeep Gali, Srinivas Inti, and LalitharamanaHarsha kandula)

  3. M.Z. Win, G. Chrisikos, and J.H. Winters, "MRC performance for M-ary modulation in arbitrarily correlated Nakagami fading channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 301-303, Oct. 2000. 

  4. Cheng Shan, A. Nallanathan,  and Pooi Yuen Kam, "A new class of signal constellations for differential unitary space-time modulation (DUSTM)," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 1-3, Jan. 2004. 

  5. M. Mohammad and R.M. Buehrer, "On the impact of SNR estimation error on adaptive modulation," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 490-492, Jun. 2005. (Group: Srikanth Chandu Vinukonda, Venkata Tejaswi Yarlagadda, and Prathyusha Nukala)

  6. V.A. Aalo, T. Piboongungon, and C.-D. Iskander,"Bit-error rate of binary digital modulation schemes in generalized gamma fading channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 2, pp. 139-141, Feb. 2005. (Group: Kiran Kumar Bokam, Swathik Akula, and Kanakesh Kurra)

  7. M. Hajiaghayi and C. Tellambura, "Unitary signal constellations for differential space-time modulation," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 25-27, Jan. 2007. 

  8. Q. Shi and Zhang, Q.T. "MPSK modulated constellation design for differential space-time modulation," IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 56, no. 7, pp. 1038-1042, Jul. 2008. 

  9. W. Gappmair, "Cramer-Rao Lower Bound for Non-Data-Aided SNR Estimation of Linear Modulation Schemes, " IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 56, no. 5, pp. 689-693, May 2008. 

  10. Woong Cho and Liuqing Yang, "Optimum Resource Allocation for Relay Networks with Differential Modulation, " IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 56, no. 4, pp. 531-534, Apr. 2008.

  11. Xiaodi Zhang and N.C. Beaulieu, "A Closed-Form BER Expression for BPSK Using MRC in Correlated CCI and Rayleigh Fading," IEEE Trans. Communications, vol. 55, no. 12, pp. 2249-2252, Dec. 2007. (Group: Pooja Tejani, Sashi Prabha, and Srothavya Vadapalli)

  12. M. Benjillali and L. Szczecinski, "A simple detect-and-forward scheme in fading channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 309-311, May 2009. (Group: Alexandra Noreiga, Uche Anyama, and Yi Zhou)

  13. H. A. Suraweera, R. H. Y. Louie, Y. Li, G. K. Karagiannides, and B. Vucetic, "Two hop amplify-and-forward transmission in mixed Rayleigh and Rician fading channels," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 13, no. 4, pp. 227-229, Apr. 2009.

  14. M. Park and S.-L. Kim, "A minimum mean-squared error relay for the two-way relay channel with network coding," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 196-198, Mar. 2009. (Group: Kshitij Chaturvedi, Anil Yadav, and Mehmood Banaqeeb)

  15. T. Bruggen and P. Vary, "Unequal error protection by modulation with unequal power allocation," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 9, no. 6, pp. 484-486, Jun. 2005. (Group: Mounika Yalamanchili, Haritha Reddy Vancha and Kakade Sandesh Vitthal)

  16. N.C. Beaulieu, A. S. Toms, and D.R. Pauluzzi, "Comparison of four SNR estimators for QPSK modulations," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 43-45, Feb. 2000. (Group: Alex Lin, Johnny Le, and Anthon McCoy)

  17. E. C. Giraudo, R.B. Filho, and R.R. Scarabucci, "On the {m-QAM}2 modulation, " IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 5, no. 10, pp. 426-428, Oct. 2001. (Group: Abdullah Naseer Saudagar, Sheik Imran, and Nikhil Chakravarthy Rachakonda)

  18. N. Gortz and E. Bresch, "Source-adpative power allocation for digital modulation," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 7, no. 12, pp. 569-571, Dec. 2003. (Group: Amir Brgulja and Cameron McCord)

  19. J. Jeganathan, A. Ghrayeb, and L. Szczecinski, "Spatial modulation: optimal detection and performance analysis," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 8, pp. 545-547, Aug. 2008. (Group: Saurab Singh Sikarwar)

  20. S. Yao, M. N. Khormuji, and M. Skoglund, "Sawtooth relaying," IEEE Communications Letters, vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 612-614, Sep. 2008. (Group: Ryan Hellman, Hilary Ricky, and Venkata Pramod Paruchuri)

  21. M. N. Khormuji and E. G. Larsson, "Rate-optimized constellation rearrangement for the relay channel," vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 618-620, Sep. 2008.

  22. Y. Isukapalli and B. D. Rao, "An analytically tractable approximation for the Gaussian Q-Function," vol. 12, no. 9, pp. 669-670, Sep. 2008. (Group: Brandon Copley, Zeeshan Salmani, and Khurram Zaheer Syed)

  23. S. D. Assimonis, M. Matthaiou, and G. K. Karagiannidis, "Two-parameter Nyquist pulses with better performance," vol. 12, no. 11, pp. 807-809, Nov. 2008.

 

General Comments

  • Students are encouraged to discuss class material and homework in order to better understand concepts.  However, all the homework you submit must be of your own. Direct copying of a solution (from a friend or a book) will be considered as plagiarism and a violation of the University Honor Code.
  • Homework assignments are to be turned at the beginning of the class on the due date. Late submission (Homework and Project) will not be accepted.
  • The exams (midterm and final) are closed book with one page (8.5 x 11) of notes allowed. Make up exams may be given only under exceptional circumstances and with prior approval of the instructor.
  • All students are responsible for announcements made in lecture, on the student access website, or via the class email list.
  • It is the responsibility of students with certified disabilities to provide the instructor with appropriate documentation from the Dean of Students Office (see http://www.unt.edu/oda).