COURSE TOPICS \begin{itemize}
\textbf{Section 1: Introduction and Mathematical Foundational (Chapters 1 \& 2)}  An overview of early and current communication systems/history. Review of frequency domain analysis of signals and systems. Review of signal classification and operations, signal distortion over communication channels, signal power, energy, spectral density.
\textbf{Section 2: Analog Communications (Chapters 3, 4 \& 6)} An introduction to analog signal transmission and reception. Amplitude modulation schemes, including commercial AM radio, DSB, SSB, and VSB. Angle modulation schemes, such as commercial FM and PM. Frequency division multiplexing.
\textbf{Section 3: Digital Communications (Chapters 7 \& 8)} Sampling theorem and the basis for digital communications. Quantization, pulse modulation, such as PAM, PWM, and PPM, pulse code modulation (PCM), line coding, and reducing ISI. Digital carrier modulation, including PAM, ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, and QAM, as well as SNR and system performance.
LAB TOPICS \begin{enumerate}
Signal/Noise Power 
DFT/FFT
Weak Signal Detection in Noise
Filters and Signal Detection
Amplitude Modulation
Frequency Modulation
Sampling and Quantization
Companding
Matched Filter Detector and BER\end{enumerate}\end{itemize}