ENGG 2310-B: Principles of Communication Systems 201415 First Term

Handout 0: Course Information

Instructor: Wing-Kin Ma September 1, 2014

1 General Information

Instructor: Wing-Kin Ma

Office: SHB 323

Email: wkma@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Teaching Assistants:

Name Office Email

Lufei Gao SHB 322 lgao@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Man Wai Un SHB 329 mwun@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Xinru Wu SHB 310 Xrwu@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Tong Xiao SHB 304 xiaotong@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Jintong Yu SHB 224 jtyu@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Bofang Zheng SHB 310 bfzheng@ee.cuhk.edu.hk

Lecture Hours & Venue:

Monday 2:30-4:15pm, Basic Medical Science Building G18

Wednesday 1:30-2:15pm, Mong Man Wai Building LT2

Tutorial Hours & Venues: Wednesday 2:30-3:15pm; check CUSIS for venues.

Class Website: http://www.ee.cuhk.edu.hk/~wkma/engg2310

2 Course Description

This is a foundation course on telecommunication and related technologies. It describes the es-sential elements of a modern communication system. Students will learn the basic concepts inelectrical communication, the operation principles and the performance requirements for a real-world communication system. The course is the basis of various advanced courses on electrical andoptical communication.

3 Topics to be Covered

An overview on communication systems; Fourier transform (a review); amplitude modulation; angleand frequency modulation; digital representation of analog signals; digital baseband transmission;digital bandpass transmission.

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4 Rough Course Schedule

Class Dates Topics

Sep 1, 3 Communication systems overview; Fourier transform

Sep 8, 10 Fourier transform; Amplitude modulation

Sep 15, 17 Amplitude modulation

Sep 22, 24 Amplitude modulation

Sep 29 Angle and frequency modulation (Oct 1 is holiday)

Oct 6, 8 Angle and frequency modulation

Oct 13, 15 Angle and frequency modulation; midterm review

Oct 20, 22 Midterm examination; digital representation of analog signals

Oct 27, 29 digital baseband transmission

Nov 3, 5 digital baseband transmission

Nov 10, 12 digital bandpass transmission

Nov 17, 19 digital bandpass transmission

Nov 24, 26 digital bandpass transmission; course wrap-up

5 Assessment

In-Class Quizzes (10%): A number of quizzes will be carried out during class. The timesof the quizzes are random.

Assignments (20%): The assignments should be submitted through the pigeon hole onSHB 3/F. Please submit on or before the deadline specified in each assignment. For latesubmission, the following rule applies: score received = original score 0.85number of days late.Also, no assignment will be accepted after the solution is distributed.

Midterm Examination (20%): The tentative date for the midterm examination is Oct 20;it will be a in-class one-hour examination.

Final Examination (50%)

6 Learning Resources

Handouts, as well as supplementary materials, are provided; please check the course websiteregularly.

There are many textbooks for communications, which you can easily find in the universitylibrary. The following two textbooks are recommended:

Simon Haykin and Michael Moher, Communication Systems (5th Edition), Wily & SonsLtd.

B. P. Lathi and Z. Ding, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems (4th Edi-tion), Oxford University Press.

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7 Academic Honesty

Students are strongly advised to read the Universitys guideline on academic honesty (http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/policy/academichonesty/). The definition of plagiarism includes copying of thewhole or parts of written assignments, midterm examinations and final examinations. The ChineseUniversity of Hong Kong places very high importance on honesty in academic work submitted bystudents, and adopts a policy of zero tolerance on cheating in examinations and plagiarism. Anyrelated offence will lead to disciplinary action including termination of studies at the University.

8 Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching and Learning

Please read:

http://www.erg.cuhk.edu.hk/erg-intra/upload/documents/StaffStudentExpectations.pdf

for Student/Faculty Expectations on Teaching and Learning, from the Faculty of Engineering, TheChinese University of Hong Kong.

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