Communication System Design

Lecture Notes

SES #	TOPICS
L1	Course overview (PDF)
L2	Introduction to practical digital communications (PDF) (Courtesy of John Cioffi. Used with permission.)
L3	Multi-tone systems (PDF)
L4	802.11a transceiver architecture (PDF)
L5	ASIC design (PDF - 3.2 MB)
L6	Micro-architectures and transformations (PDF - 1.2 MB)
L7	Bluespec™ overview (PDF) (Courtesy of Arvind. Used with permission.)
L8	Fast fourier transform: theory and algorithms (PDF)
L9	Fast fourier transform: practical aspects and basic architectures (PDF)
L10	Fast fourier transform: advanced VLSI architectures (PDF - 3.0 MB)
L11	Convolutional codes (PDF)
L12	Trellis codes (PDF)
L13	Viterbi algorithm
L14	Viterbi algorithm (cont.) (PDF)
L15	Viterbi algorithm (cont.) (PDF)
L16	Viterbi algorithm (cont.) (PDF)
L17	Synchronization introduction
L18	Synchronization OFDM
L19	Synchronization: implementations
L20	Wireless channels
L21	Channel estimation
L22	Block codes: introduction
L23	Block codes: code classes and Reed-Solomon codes
L24	Block codes: implementations