Professor
David Tse
(dtse at eecs dot berkeley dot edu)
OH: Monday 4-5, Wednesday 11-12 in 257 Cory Hall
GSI
Lenny Grokop
(lgrokop at eecs dot berkeley dot edu)
OH: Mondays 2-3 in 258 Cory Hall
Lecture
Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11-12:30, 289 Cory Hall
Section
Section 1: Wednesdays, 1-2, 2066 Valley LSB
Section 2: Mondays 11-12, 293 Cory Hall
Course Information
Digital communication systems are basic workhorses behind the Information Age. Examples include high-speed digital communication networks, wireless and wireline telephone transmission systems, modems, compact discs, etc. This course is an introduction to the basic principles underlying the design and analysis of digital communication systems.
Course information and Outline
Announcements
1/24/08: Monday discussion sections will now be held in 289 CORY Hall from 10:30-11:30am.
1/24/08: Week 1 discussion section problems have been posted
1/24/08: There will be NO LECTURE on Tuesday 1/29/08
1/25/08: Homework 1 posted, due 1/31 in class
1/28/08: Monday's discussion section was cancelled due to illness. Details of a makeup discussion section will be posted soon.
1/29/08: SOME RESCHEDULING FOR THIS WEEK:
*The makeup discussion section (for Monday's class) will be held on Wed 1/30 from 4-5pm in 293 Cory Hall.
*Lenny's office hrs on Wed 1/30 will be from 5-6pm.
*Prof. Tse's office hrs on Wed 1/30 will be 12-1pm.
2/1/08: HW 2 posted, due 2/7 in class
2/1/08: Late HW policy has been posted
2/1/08: Week 2 discussion section problems have been posted
2/1/08: HW 1 solutions posted
2/3/08: Week 2 discussion section problems have been modified slightly
2/10/08: HW 2 solutions posted
2/10/08: HW 3 posted, due 2/14 in class
2/10/08: Discussion section 3 problems have been posted
2/10/08: Discussion section 3 problems have been modified slightly
2/13/08: Solution to Discussion problem 2 has been posted
2/17/08: HW 4 posted, due TUESDAY 2/26
2/17/08: HW 3 solutions posted
2/19/08: MacKay book posted
2/19/08: Prof. Tse's Tuesday office hrs will now be held on Monday's
2/19/08: Discussion section hours & rooms have changed slightly. See sidebar
2/19/08: Wed's discussion section will now be #1, the following Mon's will be section #2
2/19/08: Discussion section 4 problems have been posted
2/28/08: Viswanath's lecture notes are online
2/28/08: Lenny's office hours will now be on Monday's 2-3pm in 258 Cory Hall
2/28/08: HW 5 posted, due 3/6 in class
2/28/08: Slides on fountain codes are online
2/28/08: HW 4 solutions posted
3/4/08: Discussion section 6 problems posted
3/10/08: HW 6 and HW 5 solutions are up
3/11/08: Discussion section 7 problems posted
3/13/08: Practice midterm exams have been posted. Do Q1 & Q3 of 97 midterm, and Q1, Q2 & Q3 of 07 midterm. Also do Ex. 2.13 & 2.34 from Gallager's notes, as practice.
3/13/08: There will be a midterm review session at 5pm on Monday in 521 Cory Hall (Wang Room).
3/15/08: HW 6 solutions have been posted
3/15/08: Some additional midterm practice problems on linear codes have been posted
3/17/08: Partial solutions to discuss section 7 have been posted
4/3/08: Midterm solutions and histogram posted
4/7/08: HW 7 posted. Due Tuesday Apr 15.
4/12/08: Lecture 7 & 8 notes posted.
4/15/08: Lecture 9 notes posted.
4/17/08: Discussion section 10 problems posted
4/17/08: Discussion section 11 problems posted
4/22/08: HW 8 posted. Due Tuesday Apr 29.
4/22/08: Lecture notes on Matched Filtering and on the Viterbi algorithm, posted.
4/27/08: Discussion section 12 problems posted.
4/27/08: HW 7 solutions posted.
5/03/08: Lecture notes on OFDM posted.
5/04/08: HW 8 solutions posted.
5/04/08: Discussion section 13 problems posted.
5/05/08: HW 9 posted (last one). Due 5/12.
5/09/08: Lecture notes on Passband communication posted.
5/12/08: Professor Tse's review session is tomorrow, Tue 5/13, 1-2pm in 293 Cory.
5/12/08: Lenny's review section is Thu 5/15, 3:30-5pm, in 293 Cory.
5/14/08: Review section problems posted.
5/16/08: Practice final's posted.
5/16/08: HW 9 solutions posted.
5/16/08: Some final practice problems have been posted. There may be solutions posted for them on Sunday.
5/21/08: Final histogram posted. Mean = 50.5