Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ECE 451/551 - Communication Systems
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- Office: Kaufman Hall 231G.

- Phone: (757) 683-5414.
Course description
This is a 3 credit-cross listed course (senior level technical elective/beginning Master level)
that teaches fundamentals of communication systems engineering. Topics covered include:
modulation methods including continuous waveform modulation (amplitude, angle);
design of modulation systems and the performance in the presence of noise;
communication simulation exercises through computer experiments.
Prerequisites
- Probabilities, random variables, and stochastic processes (ECE 304).
- Signals and linear systems (ECE 302).
Course information
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Created: July 15, 2009.
Last update: August 26, 2019.