Textbook: Wozencraft and Jacobs, Principles of Communication Engineering,
WPI, ... R.G. Gallager, Principles of Digital Communication, Cambridge.
University ...
ECE630 Instructor:
Statistical Communication Theory
Spring 2014
Dr. Shih-Chun Chang
Office: Engineering 3234
Classroom: Robinson B106
Office Hour: Tuesday 3-5 PM
Class Time: 7:20-10 PM Thursday
Phone: (703) 993-1617
Mail: schang@ gmu.edu
Textbook: Wozencraft and Jacobs, Principles of Communication Engineering, WPI, 1990, (or Wiley, 1965). References: 1. Y.W. Lee, Statistical Theory of Communication, Wiley, 1960. 2. J. B.Thomas, Statistical Communication Theory, Wiley, 1969. 3. R.G. Gallager, Principles of Digital Communication, Cambridge University Press, 2008. 4. Proakis and Salehi, Digital Communications, McGraw-Hill, 2008. Course Outline: 1. MAP, ML, and Minimax Decisions 2. Optimum Receiver Design 3. Signal Constellation and Geometry Interpretation 4. Channel Capacity and Information Theoretical Bounds 5. Channel Coding and Reliable Communication 6. Fading Channels 7. Noncoherent Communications 8. Composite Hypothesis Testing 9. Estimation Problems 10. Waveform Communication
Grading: 1. 2. 3. 4.
HW Test 1 Test 2 Final
3/6 4/10 5/8
5% 30% 30% 35%
Weekly Schedule: 1/23 Discrete Channel and Decision Rules 1/30 Gaussian Random Process and Continuous Channel 2/6
Chernoff Bound and Optimum Detection
2/13
Optimum Receiver and Geometrical Interpretation
2/20
Signal Constellation and Efficient Design
2/27
Shannon Capacity and Gallager Bound
3/6
Test 1
3/13
Spring Break
3/20
Coded Systems and Reliable Communication
3/27
Multipath Communication and Fading Channel
4/3
Noncoherent Communications
4/10
Test 2
4/17
Composite Hypothesis Testing
4/24
Estimation Problems
5/1
Waveform Communication
5/8
Final Examination
