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* Monday 1pm, '''N123''' (Level 1, Engineering North Building) - 2 hour session
 
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* Tuesday 11am, '''EM324''' (Level 3, Engineering Maths Building) - do '''not''' go to EM316! Even weeks only - 1 hr session.
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* Tuesday 11am, '''EM324''' (Level 3, Engineering Maths Building) - do '''not''' go to EM316! '''Even''' weeks only - 1 hr session.
 
* Wednesday 11am, '''LG28''', (Lower Ground Level, Napier Building) - 1 hr session
 
* Wednesday 11am, '''LG28''', (Lower Ground Level, Napier Building) - 1 hr session
 
* Thursday 11am, '''3022''', (Polygon Theatre, Plaza) - 1 hr session
 
* Thursday 11am, '''3022''', (Polygon Theatre, Plaza) - 1 hr session

Revision as of 08:53, 3 March 2011

This is Derek Abbott's wiki project page for the Communications IV lectures, subject code 4063. All information regarding this course can be found here.

Introduction

All the Comms IV materials and downloads are on this page. There are no rules. Anyone can edit this page and add questions and discussion. It is self-moderating and you can delete and edit anything you like. To resolve conflicts use the discussion page. I encourage you to use this as a forum to ask technical questions and even give answers if you know them. If you come across your own hints and tips that you think are useful to others, feel free to add them.

Schedule

For Semester 1, 2011, there will be four lectures per week:

  • Monday 1pm, N123 (Level 1, Engineering North Building) - 2 hour session
  • Tuesday 11am, EM324 (Level 3, Engineering Maths Building) - do not go to EM316! Even weeks only - 1 hr session.
  • Wednesday 11am, LG28, (Lower Ground Level, Napier Building) - 1 hr session
  • Thursday 11am, 3022, (Polygon Theatre, Plaza) - 1 hr session


We will meet during all four lecture slots and will have four lectures per week. The Tuesday slot will sometimes be a tutorial.

This will be announced the week before. In total there will be 6 tutorials and 30 set lectures. We will probably go over the 30 lectures for revision and worked examples, if needed.

Course Notes

You must bring hard copies of the notes to every lecture and annotate the notes, based on my lecture in order to make the most of attendance. It is cheaper to buy the notes from EESAU, however if you miss out you can download them from here:

Tutorials

You must download these tutorials and attempt them 1-week before the tutorial to get the most out of it. Each tutorial date will be announced a week in advance. Note that tutorial solutions are not given out, so need to attend the tutorials.

Assignment

There will be one Matlab based assignment that will count towards 30% of the course (the exam will count as 70%).

Exercises

There are exercises on the lecture slides at the end of each section. You are expected to do these promptly in your own time as a means of helping you to absorb the material. These are not assessed. The solutions are given below. It is upto you you whether you wish to peek before attempting them or not. Do whatever works best for your teaching yourself. Note that exercises begin at Section 2 and carry through to Section 9.

Formula Sheets

Familiarize yourselves with these as you get them as handouts in the exams:

The following formula sheet is designed for the whole BEng degree and is not given at exams. However it is very useful for solving problems for all courses in the degree for all 4 years. It is also useful if you carry on with a PhD.

Questions

If you found something confusing in a Comms IV lecture and thought it was a rather "muddy point" then on the list page, below, go ahead and ask a question. Anyone can answer: either myself or any other student can answer. I will of course tweek everyone's answers to make them clear and check they are correct.

Podcasts

Past Exams

Course Texts

The the cooms part, mandatory text is Proakis & Salehi. The recommended extra reference is Ziemer & Tranter.

For the optical comms part, the mandatory text is by Palais:

These are the two Bibles in the field and are worth getting if you see your career in photonic aspects of electrical engineering:

Optional reading for reference:

Your Lecturers

Lecture Slides

External Links

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