Signals, Systems and Information for Media Technology

Readings

Texts

Required

[MSY] McClellan, J. H., R. W. Schafer, and M. A. Yoder. DSP First: A Multimedia Approach. East Rutherford, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. ISBN: 9780132431712.

Shannon, C. E., and W. Weaver. The Mathematical Theory of Communication. Champaign, IL: University of Illinois Press, 1998. ISBN: 9780252725463. [Download a copy of the original 1948 paper by Shannon (PDF), upon which the book is based, from Bell Labs.]

Recommended for those who want more help

Karu, Zoher Z. Signals and Systems Made Ridiculously Simple. Huntsville, AL: ZiZi Press, 1995. ISBN: 9780964375215.

LEC #	TOPICS	READINGS
L1	Introduction Overview of subjects to be covered during the term; basic math concepts; notation; vocabulary. Representation of systems	MSY 1.1-1.4, A.1-A.6 (A.5 is optional)
L2	Sinusoids Complex exponentials	MSY 2.1-2.9
L3	Spectra Spectrum plots, AM	MSY 3.1-3.4, C.7.1.3
L4	Periodic waveforms Fourier series, frequency modulation (FM)	MSY 3.5-3.6
L5	Basis functions and orthogonality Definition of orthogonality; Walsh functions and other basis sets; discrete Fourier basis matrix	Notes on basis functions (PDF)
L6	Sampling I Sampling theorem, aliasing	MSY 4.1-4.3
L7	Sampling II Reconstruction	MSY 4.4-4.6
L8	Psychophysics, psychoacoustics, and other physiological signals
L9	Communication theory I Ergodic processes/Markov models; choice, uncertainty and entropy; Shannon’s fundamental theorem for a noiseless channel; entropy coding	Shannon and Weaver, pp. 3-64.
L10	Communication theory II Discrete channels with noise; continuous channels; error detection and correction	Shannon and Weaver, pp. 65-80. Handout on error-correcting codes (PDF)
L11	Pre-quiz wrap-up
L12	Quiz 1
End of MAS.510; start of MAS.511
L13	Discrete-time systems I FIR filters. Impulse response. Convolution	MSY 5.1-5.3
L14	Discrete-time systems II Implementations of general LTI systems	MSY 5.4-5.9
L15	Frequency response I Response of FIR systems; properties	MSY 6.1-6.4
L16	Frequency response II	MSY 6.5-6.9
L17	Z-transform, I Definitions; convolution and the Z-transform; poles and zeros	MSY 7.1-7.6.2
L18	IIR systems Definitions; impulse response and frequency response	MSY 8.1-8.5 Notes from prior years Z-transforms: part I (PDF) Z-transforms: part II (PDF) Partial fraction expansion (PDF)
L19	Z-transforms II Inverse Z-transform; stability; partial fraction expansion	MSY 8.6-8.9
L20	Spectrum analysis I The DFT; fast algorithms	MSY 9.1.1, 9.2.2, 9.3.1-9.3.2, 9.3.5-9.3.7
L21	Spectrum analysis II The DTFT	MSY 9.4-9.7
L22	Practical filter design	MSY 7.7-7.10, 8.10-8.11
L23	Pre-quiz wrap-up and practical communication systems Real-world modulation and demodulation methods; spread-spectrum	Notes on modulation (PDF)
L24	Quiz 2