EE5501: Digital Communication

University of Minnesota, Fall 2009

Midterm 2 will be Tuesday, Nov. 24, in class. The exam is open book and open notes, but laptops are not allowed.
Homework 6 and 7 solutions posted.
Practice problems (with solutions) for midterm 2 posted.

Instructor: Nihar Jindal, 6-119 EE/CS, nihar@umn.edu, 625-6306
Lecture: Tues/Thur, 11:15 AM - 12:30 PM, MechE 102
Office Hours: Tues/Thurs, 1:30 - 2:30 PM, 6-119 EE/CS
TA: Niranjay Ravindran, 6-124 EE/CS, ravi0022@umn.edu
TA Office Hours: Wed, 2:30 - 4:00 PM, 2-127 EE/CS
Required Textbook: Fundamentals of Digital Communication, U. Madhow, Cambridge University Press, 2008.
Prerequisite: Undergraduate signals & systems (EE 3015), probability (EE 3025), and communications (EE 4501)
Homework: Weekly
Exams: There will be two midterm exams and a final exam (Saturday, Dec. 19, 4:00 - 6:00 PM).
Grading: 30% homework, 20% each midterm, 30% final.

Homework 1: 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7 (due Thursday, Sept. 17, 11:15 AM)
Homework 2: 2.4, 2.5, 2.16 (a-c), 2.18, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9 (due Thursday, Sept. 24, 11:15 AM)
Homework 3: 3.3, 3.6, 3.10, 3.11(a) (due Thursday, Oct. 1, 11:15 AM)
Homework 4 (due Tuesday, Oct. 13, 12:30 PM)
Homework 5 (due Friday, Oct. 30, 5:00 PM)
Homework 6 (due Thursday, Nov. 12, 11:15 AM) (Matlab files)
Homework 7 (due Thursday, Nov. 19, 11:15 AM)