Program requirements(39)

* Department Permission.

ECE351 Transmission lines and field theory

Fundamentals of the electromagnetic model are developed for static and magnetic fields, for the propagation of electromagnetic waves in various media and for reflection and refraction at material interfaces. Basic applications of the model to transmission lines, waveguides, and radiating systems are developed. Properties of transmission lines, electrostatics, magneto-static, and electromagnetic waves in unbounded space. Guides, cavities, radiation theory, antennas.

ECE352 Communication Engineering:

Signals and systems, signal transmission and signal impairments , bandwidth, PSD, tuned amplifiers , analog modulation: AM, FM and Detaching transmitters and receivers , Sampling theorem, introduction to digital modulation.

(ECE391) Field Training (I) 

Students in these courses get involved in an intensive training program in order to gain practical experience in their fields (e.g., manufacturing electrical boards, control and automation boards of production lines, Computer centers, Computer Networks, Hospitals, Health Centers,). During the training period, students must fulfill a list of certain training subjects “ Training Check List”. At the end of training period students must submit a training report.

ECE451  Information theory and Coding (3H)

Introduction to Information Theory. Introduction to Error control coding. Introduction to spread spectrum systems. Channel capacity (chanoun theorem) channel with and without feedback.

ECE452  Digital Signal Processing

Sampling theorem, discrete signals and systems; Total difference equation solutions and discrete time system implementation in the z-transform domain; discrete time, Fourier transform; DFT; FFT; IIR and FIR digital filter design; stability; DSP applications

ECE454 switched networks :

Introduction of telephone networks, switching techniques for telephone exchanges, control techniques for telephone exchange. Signaling systems, principles of traffic engineering , telephone network planning , call charging system.

ECE455  Digital Communications

Quantization and pulse code modulation, delta modulation, and noise analysis in PCM and DM systems, TDM. Base band digital systems: digital signaling over channels without and with inter-symbol interference and additive gaussion noise. Error probability analysis. Passband digital systems: signal and system models of ASK, PSK, DPSK, FSK and QAM. Signal space representation and receiver model. Error probability analysis of digital modulation techniques for coherent and non-coherent detection. Power spectra of digital signals. Synchronization.

ECE456 Mobile Communication Systems (3H)

An overview of mobile communication systems, channel characterization, signal transmission, error probability analysis, channel fading, diversity and combining schemes, error rate performance for a digital communication system with diversity over mobile channels: cellular mobile systems.

ECE458  Communications Lab. I

Tuned circuits and crystals; AM modulators; AM demodulators; super-heterodyne radio receiver; FM modulators; FM demodulators; harmonic analysis of modulated waveforms. Digital waveform generators, waveform analysis; pulse amplitude modulators and demodulators; sample and hold circuits; Delta modulation; PCM; ASK, FSK, PSK, DPSK systems

ECE491 Field Training (II) 

Students in these courses get involved in an intensive training program in order to gain practical experience in their fields (e.g., manufacturing electrical boards, control and automation boards of production lines, Computer centers, Computer Networks, Hospitals, Health Centers,). During the training period, students must fulfill a list of certain training subjects “ Training Check List”. At the end of training period students must submit a training report.

ECE551 Optical communication (3H)

Light propagation; solid state-physics; modulation of light; display devices; light  sources (lasers, LED) driving circuits; photo-detectors driving circuits; optical communication systems Components, advantages and classifications of fiber communication systems;   dielectric sLab. wave-guide; step index fiber, graded index fiber, light sources, photodetectors, noise in the optical receiver, receiver sensitivity, heterodyne detection, analog and digital signal transmission.

ECE552 Microwave and satellite communication (3H)

Microwave resonators, microwave network analysis; passive microwave devices; ferromagnetic components and microwave filters, microwave tubes, solid state microwave devices and circuits. Overview of satellite communication; earth station technology; channel characterization; frequency plans; propagation and interference considerations;  satellite access techniques, introduction to satellite networks

ECE553 Antennas

Electromagnetic fields of current distribution ; antenna fundamentals and definitions dipoles, antenna arrays; aperture and micro-strip antennas ; broadband antennas

ECE555 Communication Lab. II

Measurement of frequency and wavelength; measurement of voltage standing wave ratio; measurement of microwave power; characteristics of reflex klystron; directional couplers; antenna radiation pattern and plane wave propagation

ECE556 Radar Systems (3H)

Radar fundamentals: radar equation, radar detection theory, radar types, surveillance, tracking and electronic countermeasures in radar, marine, military and civil radar, design and performance of radar systems.

(ECE592) Introduction to Graduation Project

Studying and analyzing of real scientific or technical problems. Suggesting a suitable technical solution. This part of the project work must include Software and Hardware, cost study and complete numerical simulation if necessary.  

(ECE593) Graduation Project

In this part of the project, students must realize practically the described idea in Introduction to Graduation. Project course, which means that students must build technical model taking into account all restrictions discussed in the prerequisite course. 

Communication Engineering  Elective Course requirements (9 CR)

* Department Permission