Digital Comunications Complement

Code:

EEC5275

Acronym:

CCD

Instance: 2006/2007 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://paginas.fe.up.pt/~sam/CCD/CCDpage.htm
Responsible unit:	Telecommunications
Course/CS Responsible:	Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
LEEC	3	Plano de estudos de transição para 2006/07	5	6	6	-
		Plano de Estudo LEEC Oficial 2000	5	6	6	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

- To present the basic topics of adaptive signal processing from a communications perspective.
- To present fundamentals of spread spectrum techniques.

Program

Topic 1: Adaptive Signal Processing
- Introduction and application examples
- Structures, algorithms and definitions
- The gradient (steepest descent) algorithm and variants (LMS, NLMS, signal and VS algorithms)
- The least square algorithm and the Recursive Least Square (RLS) algorithm. RLS fast versions: fast Kalman, FTF and FAEST
- Applications in communications: adaptive equalization and adaptive echo canceling.
Topic 2: Spread Spectrum Techniques
- Introduction and general considerations
- Direct sequence (DS) and Frequency Hopping (FH) techniques
- Pseudo-Random sequences (PN, Gold and Kasami sequences)
- Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA)

Mandatory literature

Abrantes, Sílvio A.; Processamento adaptativo de sinais. ISBN: 972-31-0896-8
Haykin, Simon; Adaptive filter theory. ISBN: 0-13-322760-X
Peterson, Roger L.; Introduction to spread-spectrum communications. ISBN: 0-02-431623-7

Complementary Bibliography

Sklar, Bernard; Digital Communications. ISBN: 0-13-084788-7
Dixon, Robert C.; Spread spectrum systems. ISBN: 0-471-59342-7
Viterbi, Andrew J.; CDMA. ISBN: 0-201-63374-4
Haykin, Simon; Communication systems. ISBN: 0-471-17869-1

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes will be as follows:
- in Theoretical classes (lectures) theory will be taught.
- Several assignments will be proposed as homework.
- Theoretical-Practical classes aim to clear up any doubts the students may have and to track the completion of the assignments.

keywords

Technological sciences > Engineering > Communication engineering > Telecommunications engineering

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Eligibility for exams

Completion of an assignment given by the teacher and two mini-tests.

Calculation formula of final grade

Assignment: 50% (30% of which correspond to the Final Report and 20% to the Demonstration)
Two mini-tests: 25% each.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Any student (including working students) will have to elaborate one homework assignment and to take both mini-tests.

Classification improvement

By improvement of the assignment's Final Report or Demonstration.

Observations

Language of instruction: Portuguese.