ECSE 511A
Introduction to Digital Communication
Fall 2009
Instructor: Jan Bajcsy
Phone: (514) 398-7462
Email: jan.bajcsy@mcgill.ca
Office hours: After lectures
Lectures: W 11:35-12:25 (TBD)
W 13:35-14:25 RPHYS 115F 13:35-14:25 MAASS 328
Tutorials: F 14:35-15:25 MAASS 328
TA: Daniel Kim
Phone: 514-398-5246
Email: yong.j.kim@mail.mcgill.ca Office Hours: After the tutorial and by appointment
References: J. G. Proakis, M. Salehi Communications Systems Engineering, Prentice Hall.
R. G. Gallager, Principles of Digital Communication , Cambridge University Press, 2008.
S. Verdu, Multiuser Detection, Cambridge University Press, 1998.B. Sklar, Digital Communications : Fundamentals and Applications, Prentice Hall, 2002.
R. G. Gallager, Information Theory and Reliable Communication, John Wiley and Sons, 1968.
Grading:
Assignments
20
%
Midterm
35% (Open textbook & notes, time TBD) ;
Final
45 %
(Take-home, December)
Assignments
Assignment 1 : Due September 30
Handouts
Handout on the Fourier Transform (Sept. 11)