Course Schedule and Catalog

Long Title: ARCHITECTURE FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS

Department: Electrical & Computer Eng.

Grade Mode: Standard Letter

Language of Instruction: Taught in English

Course Type: Lecture/Laboratory

Credit Hours: 3

Prerequisite(s): ELEC 301 AND ELEC 326

Description: This is an FPGA laboratory course. Students will embark upon a detailed study and implementation of digital communications systems. Major functional blocks of end-to-end wireless communication systems will be discussed, built, and tested in hardware. Course will also cover analysis and design of communication systems, especially modulation, demodulation and detection. Students will benefit from a combined theory-lab approach to communications and work in groups on weekly lab assignments and a major semester project. Graduate/Undergraduate Equivalency: ELEC 536. Mutually Exclusive: Cannot register for ELEC 433 if student has credit for ELEC 536.