EE 420 (Design in Communications) has been completely revamped since
Spring 2013. The course focuses on providing students with hands-on
experience in design and implementation of modern digital communication
systems using software-defined radio (SDR) technology.
Course will be heavily lab oriented. In addition to laboratory modules, a
final course project will synthesize topics covered in class.
Course topics include software-defined radio architectures and
implementations, digital signaling and data transmission analysis in
noise, digital receiver structures (matched filtering, correlation),
multicarrier communication techniques, radio frequency spectrum sensing
and identification (energy detection, matched filtering), and fundamentals
of radio resource management.
If this is the first time you've heard about SDR, take a look here:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/07/how-software-defined-radio-could-revolutionize-wireless/
We will be using the Ettus Research USRP N210 platform together with the
XCVR2450 daughterboard in the lab modules:
https://www.ettus.com/product/details/UN210-KIT
https://www.ettus.com/product/details/XCVR2450
And here is the course textbook:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/1608075257
We have 14 complete hardware kits, and so can only take 14 students
working in groups of two. If you are interested, please sign up now. This
will be an exciting class!
Class will be offered MW 09:30 - 10:50 and T 09:30-10:20 in EEB 026.
