Electrical Engineering 224A

Title	Digital Communication
Units	3
Prerequisites	121 and 226A, or equivalent.
Description	Design of baseband and passband digital communication systems. Characteristics of channels. Modulation techniques, including PAM, QAM, PSK, FSK, and spread spectrum. Optimal demodulation techniques and their performance. Information-theoretic concepts of entropy and channel capacity. Block, convolutional, and trellis coding techniques. Intersymbol interference and equalization techniques.

Sections Instructor Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Fall 2007 Sahai 5.5 / 7 ± 1.0
5.7 / 7 ± 0.9

Spring 2007 (none)

Spring 2005 Bahai 6.0 / 7 ± 0.5
6.0 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 2003 Sahai 6.4 / 7 ± 0.6
5.8 / 7 ± 1.5

Spring 2002 Tse 6.3 / 7 ± 0.5
5.9 / 7 ± 0.8

Spring 2001 Shiu 3.1 / 7 ± 1.0
4.4 / 7 ± 1.2

Spring 2000 Kahn 5.5 / 7 ± 0.3
5.5 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1998 Kahn 5.9 / 7 ± 0.4
6.3 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1997 Kahn 6.1 / 7 ± 0.4
6.2 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1996 Kahn 5.9 / 7 ± 0.5
5.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1995 Lee 6.3 / 7 ± 0.4
6.1 / 7 ± 0.5

Spring 1994 Kahn 4.5 / 7 ± 0.6
5.4 / 7 ± 0.5

Fall 1992 Messerschmitt 5.8 / 7 ± 0.6
5.8 / 7 ± 0.6

Spring 1992 Kahn 4.6 / 7 ± 0.8
5.2 / 7 ± 0.9

Spring 1991 Gerrish 3.2 / 7 ± 0.7
4.3 / 7 ± 1.1

Spring 1990 Messerschmitt 6.1 / 7 ± 0.3
5.6 / 7 ± 0.4

Spring 1989 Lee 6.1 / 7 ± 0.8
5.6 / 7 ± 1.3

Overall Rating Teaching Effectiveness How worthwhile was this course?

Electrical Engineering 224A 5.5 / 7 ± 0.0
5.7 / 7 ± 0.0

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