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EEE 401 Lecture I - Introduction and Course Overview

EEE 401 is a communication principles course taught by Usman Mohammed, focusing on systems communication and signal transmission. The course includes lectures, assignments, and exams, with a grading policy that emphasizes attendance and academic integrity. Key topics covered include modulation techniques, resource sharing, and a structured weekly lecture plan leading to a midterm and final exam.

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EEE 401 Lecture I - Introduction and Course Overview

EEE 401 is a communication principles course taught by Usman Mohammed, focusing on systems communication and signal transmission. The course includes lectures, assignments, and exams, with a grading policy that emphasizes attendance and academic integrity. Key topics covered include modulation techniques, resource sharing, and a structured weekly lecture plan leading to a midterm and final exam.

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EEE 401:

COMMUNICATION
PRINCIPLES
Instructor: Usman Mohammed
COURSE DETAILS
Course Code: EEE 401 | Credit: 3

Lecture Time: Thursdays, 14:00 – 17:00, Venue: A 309 (Physical), Teams (online), Office Hours: Open
Door

E-mail: [email protected]

Course Materials: Lecture Slides and Handouts (to be uploaded to teams)

Textbook: Principles of Communications: Systems, Modulation, and Noise, Rodger E. Ziemer and William
H. Tranter, 7th Edition, 2014

Grading Policy: Midterm Exam 20%, Assignments 15%, Attendance 5%, Project and Quizzes 20%, Final
Exam 40%

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POLICIES
Attendance: Students who are absent over 30% of the class time automatically fail the course.
Students who come 15 minutes after a lecture has started will not have attendance for
that lecture.

Copying of Assignments and other Assigned Tasks: This attracts 0 points.

Scripts: You can always see your scripts but you will never have them.

Talking: Only one person talks at a time during lectures.

Decency: Highly recommended.

Entering and Exiting the Classroom: These should done gently.

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RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

1. Communication Engineering Principles, Ifiok Otung, 2nd


Edition, 2021

2. Principles of Communication Systems, Taub, Reprint Edition,


2008

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COURSE OUTLINE
 Introduction and Overview
 Analysis and Transmission of Signals
 Amplitude (Linear) Modulation
 Angle (Exponential) Modulation
 Sampling and Pulse Code Modulation
 Resource Sharing in Communication

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COURSE OBJECTIVE
The objective of the course is to
introduce you to how systems
communicate and the processes
behind this communication.

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LEARNING OUTCOMES
 At the end of this course, it is expected you would develop an “understanding”
of the principles of communication engineering.

 Upon successful completion of the course, you should be able to;

 Understand how systems interact and communicate.

 Understand how signals are transmitted and received.

 Differentiate between different modulation techniques.

 Understand how resources are shared in communication.

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WEEKLY
LECTURE
PLAN
WEEK TOPIC
1 Introduction and Course Overview.
2–3 Introduction and Overview: Review of Communication Systems.
4–5 Analysis and Transmission of Signals: Review of EEE 331 Signals
and Systems.
6–8 Amplitude (Linear) Modulation.
9 Midterm Exam
10 – 12 Angle (Exponential) Modulation.
13 – 15 Sampling and Pulse Code Modulation: The Sampling Theorem +
*Resource Sharing in Communication: Duplexing, Frequency
Division Multiplexing, Time Division Multiplexing.
16 Revision
17 Final Exam

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