NEEC-6527 Spread Spectrum Systems (CC 781) 

Note: The following provides a suggested course description, objectives, and an outline. These may be modified pending discussion with the Faculty Chairs, proposing faculty, and other curriculum reviewers.

Course Description: Introduction to spread spectrum systems for military and commercial applications.

Course Objectives: After completing this course, a student should establish: a basic understanding of the mathematical representations of communication systems; a good understanding of the performance and design of spread spectrum systems; and a global view of current applications and ongoing development of spread spectrum systems.

Course Outline by Topical Areas:

  • Review of digital communications
  • Spread spectrum techniques - direct sequence, frequency hopping, time hopping, and multi-carrier systems
  • Spreading sequences - correlation functions, linear feedback shift register, M-sequences, Gold sequences
  • Communicating through fading channels
  • Code acquisition and tracking loops
  • Applications - code division multiple access (CDMA), multi-carrier CDMA, ultra-wideband (UWB) systems, mobile communications and wireless networks

 

 




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