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 2010 Michael Gastpar 6.0 / 7 5.7 / 7
Fall 2009 Kannan Ramchandran 6.1 / 7 5.7 / 7
Fall 2008 Ahmad Bahai 5.6 / 7 5.8 / 7
Fall 2007 Anant Sahai 5.5 / 7 5.7 / 7
Spring 2005 Ahmad Bahai 6.0 / 7 6.0 / 7
Spring 2003 Anant Sahai 6.4 / 7 5.8 / 7
Spring 2002 David Tse 6.3 / 7 5.9 / 7
Spring 2001 Da-Shan Shiu 3.1 / 7 4.4 / 7
Spring 2000 Joseph M. Kahn 5.5 / 7 5.5 / 7
Spring 1998 Joseph M. Kahn 5.9 / 7 6.3 / 7
Spring 1997 Joseph M. Kahn 6.1 / 7 6.2 / 7
Spring 1996 Joseph M. Kahn 5.9 / 7 5.8 / 7
Spring 1995 Edward A. Lee 6.3 / 7 6.1 / 7
Spring 1994 Joseph M. Kahn 4.5 / 7 5.4 / 7
Fall 1992 David G. Messerschmitt 5.8 / 7 5.8 / 7
Spring 1992 Joseph M. Kahn 4.6 / 7 5.2 / 7
Spring 1991 A. Gerrish 3.2 / 7 4.3 / 7
Spring 1990 David G. Messerschmitt 6.1 / 7 5.6 / 7
Spring 1989 Edward A. Lee 6.1 / 7 5.6 / 7
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