2024 Faculty Courses School of Engineering Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Signal System
- Academic unit or major
- Undergraduate major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Instructor(s)
- Hiroo Suzuki / Takahiro Aoyagi / Yuya Shoji
- Class Format
- Lecture (Face-to-face)
- Media-enhanced courses
- -
- Day of week/Period
(Classrooms) - 5-6 Mon / 5-6 Thu
- Class
- -
- Course Code
- EEE.S351
- Number of credits
- 200
- Course offered
- 2024
- Offered quarter
- 1Q
- Syllabus updated
- Mar 14, 2025
- Language
- Japanese
Syllabus
Course overview and goals
This course focuses on the signal transmission systems. Topics include the principle of signal systems, the transmission of pulse signals, frequency transform, modulation and demodulation, the applications of the signal transmission systems. By combining lectures and exercises, the course enables students to understand and acquire the fundamentals of designing linear systems, actual phenomena in the communication systems and designing method applicable to them, the modulation and demodulation for digital transmission system, and how they are used in the practical systems.
The digital transmission system covered in this course is widely used as the basis of the communication systems. Students will learn how information is converted to a signal and delivered to people through a transmission line.
Course description and aims
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
1) Understand and explain the fundamental configuration of digital transmission systems.
2) Understand and explain the physical phenomena and its effects for communication systems.
3) Understand and explain the designing method of practical communication systems.
4) Consider the characteristics of designed system by solving or computing equations.
Corresponding educational goals are:
(1) Specialist skills Fundamental specialist skills
(4) Applied skills (inquisitive thinking and/or problem-finding skills) Organization and analysis
(7) Skills acquiring a wide range of expertise, and expanding it into more advanced and other specialized areas
Keywords
Linear system, transmission line, power spectrum, transmitting and receiving filter, error rate, modulation and demodulation
Competencies
- Specialist skills
- Intercultural skills
- Communication skills
- Critical thinking skills
- Practical and/or problem-solving skills
- ・Applied specialist skills on EEE
Class flow
At the beginning of each class, a report of preparation for the class is submitted and reviewed. Towards the end of class, students are given exercise problems related to the lecture given that day to solve.
Course schedule/Objectives
| Course schedule | Objectives | |
|---|---|---|
| Class 1 | Basic of signal transmission systems 1: Introduction - Review of communication theory, frequency transform | Review encoding. Understand the fundamental configuration of a transmission line. |
| Class 2 | Basic of signal transmission system 2: Linear systems - Impulse response, Transfer function | Explain properties of linear systems. |
| Class 3 | Basic of signal transmission systems 3: Sampling theorem | Understand the sampling theorem in frequency domain. |
| Class 4 | Basic of signal transmission systems 4: Random process - Autocorrelation, Power spectrum | Review the autocorrelation and understand the power spectrum. |
| Class 5 | Basic of signal transmission systems 5: Exercise problems using MATLAB | Solve and visualize exercise problems covering the contents of classes 1-4 |
| Class 6 | Basic of pulse transmission 1: Gaussian noise - Probability distributions, Power spectrum, Filter | Understand causes of noise in a transmission line. |
| Class 7 | Basic of pulse transmission 2: Receiving filter, Transmitting filter - Matching condition, Signal to noise ratio, Band limitation, Intersymbol interference, | Understand the designing method to receive degraded signals. |
| Class 8 | Basic of pulse transmission 3: Distortion compensation, Equalizer, Error rate | Understand the designing method to compensate signal degradation. Understand the relation between the error rate and the signal quality. |
| Class 9 | Basic of pulse transmission 4: Frequency transform, modulation and demodulation, Quadrature Amplitude Modulation | Understand the modulation and demodulation methods of band-pass transmission system. |
| Class 10 | Exercise problems using MATLAB | Solve and visualize exercise problems covering the contents of classes 6-9. |
| Class 11 | Exercise problems using MATLAB | Solve and visualize exercise problems covering the contents of classes 6-9. |
| Class 12 | Application of signal transmission systems 1: Optical fiber communication system | Explain recent trend of optical fiber communication systems. |
| Class 13 | Application of signal transmission systems 2: Wireless communication system | Explain recent trend of wireless communication systems. |
| Class 14 | Exercise problems | Solve exercise problems covering all the contents of classes. |
Study advice (preparation and review)
To enhance effective learning, students are encouraged to spend approximately 100 minutes preparing for class and another 100 minutes reviewing class content afterwards (including assignments) for each class.
They should do so by referring to textbooks and other course material.
Textbook(s)
Handouts are distributed through the T2SCHOLA.
(Preferred for deep understanding) S. Haykin, M. Moher, "Communication Systems," 5th Eds. Wiley; ISBN: 978-1-118-83668-2
Reference books, course materials, etc.
Morikura, Masahiro. Communication Systems. Ohm-sha; ISBN-13: 978-4274214738 (Japanese)
Reference book of programming MATLAB depending on the skill of MATLAB
Evaluation methods and criteria
Students' knowledge of Signal transmission system, Pulse transmission, and Frequency transform, modulation and demodulation, and their ability to apply them to problems will be assessed.
Exercises and homework in every class 40%, exercise problems using MATLAB 20%, final exam 40%.
Related courses
- EEE.M211 ： Fourier Transform and Laplace Transform
- EEE.M231 ： Applied Probability and Statistical Theory
- EEE.S341 ： Communication Theory (Electrical and Electronic Engineering)
- EEE.S361 ： Opto-electronics Opto-electronics
- EEE.D361 ： Photonic Devices
- EEE.S301 ： Waveguide Engineering and the Radio Law
Prerequisites
Students must have successfully completed Fourier Transform and Laplace Transform, Applied Probability and Statistical Theory, Communication Theory or have equivalent knowledge.
Contact information (e-mail and phone) Notice : Please replace from ”[at]” to ”@”(half-width character).
Aoyagi: aoyagi.t.aa[at]m.titech.ac.jp
Shoji: shoji[at]ee.e.titech.ac.jp
Office hours
Contact by e-mail in advance to schedule an appointment.