1. SIGNALS AND LINEAR SYSTEMS. Fourier Series. Fourier Transforms. Power and Energy. Lowpass Equivalent of Bandpass Signals. 2. RANDOM PROCESSES. Generation of Random Variables. Gaussian and Gauss-Markov Processes. Power Spectrum of Random Processes and White Processes. Linear Filtering of Random Processes. Lowpass and Bandpass Processes. Monte Carlo Simulation of Digital Communication Systems. 3. ANALOG MODULATION. Amplitude Modulation (AM). Demodulation of AM Signals. Angle Modulation. 4. ANALOG-TO-DIGITAL CONVERSION. Measure of Information. Quantization. 5. BASEBAND DIGITAL TRANSMISSION. Binary Signal Transmission. Multiamplitude Signal Transmission. Multidimensional Signals. 6. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH BANDLIMITED CHANNELS. The Power Spectrum of a Digital PAM Signal. Characterization of Bandlimited Channels and Channel Distortion. Characterization of Intersymbol Interference. Communication System Design for Bandlimited Channels. Linear Equalizers. Nonlinear Equalizers. 7. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION VIA CARRIER MODULATION. Carrier-Amplitude Modulation. Carrier-Phase Modulation. Quadrature Amplitude Modulation. Carrier-Frequency Modulation. Synchronization in Communication Systems. 8. MULTICARRIER MODULATION AND OFDM. Generation of an OFDM Signal. Demodulation of OFDM Signals. Use of a Cyclic Prefix to Eliminate Channel Dispersion. Spectral Characteristics of OFDM Signals. Peak-to-Average Power Ratio in OFDM Systems. 9. DIGITAL TRANSMISSION THROUGH WIRELESS CHANNELS. Channel Models for Time-Variant Multipath Channels. Performance of Binary Modulation in Rayleigh Fading Channel. 10. CHANNEL CAPACITY AND CODING. Channel Model and Channel Capacity. Channel Coding. Turbo Codes and Iterative Decoding. Low Density Parity Check Codes. 11. MULTIPLE ANTENNA SYSTEMS. Channel Models for Multiple Antenna Systems. Signal Transmission in a Slow Fading Frequency Nonselective MIMO Channel. Capacity of MIMO Channels. Space-Time Codes for MIMO Systems. 12. SPREAD SPECTRUM COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS. Direct-Sequence Spread Spectrum Systems. Generation of PN Sequences. Frequency-Hopped Spread Spectrum.