Graduate Course Description:
EE 602 Analytical Methods in Electrical Engineering
The theory of linear algebra with application to state space analysis. Topics include Cauchy-Binet and
Laplace determinant theorems, system of linear equations; linear transformations, basis and rank;
Gaussian elimination; LU and congruent transformations; Gramm-Schmidt; eigenvalues, eigenvectors and
similarity transformations; canonical forms; functions of matrices; singular value decomposition;
generalized inverses; norm of a matrix; polynomial matrices; matrix differential equations; state space;
controllability and observability.
EE 603 Linear System Theory
Fourier transforms; distribution theory; Gibbs phenomena; Shannon sampling; Poisson sums; discrete and
fast Fourier transforms; Laplace transforms; z-transforms; the uncertainty principle; Hilbert transforms;
computation of inverse transforms by contour integration; stability and realization theory of linear, time
invariant, continuous and discrete systems.
EE 605 / NIS 605 Probability and Stochastic Processes I
Axioms of probability; discrete and continuous random vectors; functions of random variables;
expectations, moments, characteristic functions, and moment generating functions; inequalities,
convergence concepts, and limit theorems; central limit theorem; and characterization of simple
stochastic processes: widesense stationality and ergodicity.
EE 507 / MT 507 Introduction to Microelectronics and Photonics
An overview of microelectronics and photonics science and technology. It provides the student who
wishes to specialize in their application, physics or fabrication with the necessary knowledge of how the
different aspects are interrelated. It is taught in three modules: design and applications, taught by EE
faculty; operation of electronic and photonic devices, taught by Physics faculty; fabrication and reliability,
taught by the materials faculty.
EE 585 / MT 585 Physical Design of Wireless Systems
Physical design of wireless communication systems, emphasizing present and next generation
architectures. Impact of non-linear components on performance; noise sources and effects; interference;
optimization of receiver and transmitter architectures; individual components (LNAs, power amplifiers,
mixers, filters, VCOs, phase-locked loops, frequency synthesizers, etc.); digital signal processing for
adaptable architectures; analog-digital converters; new component technologies (SiGe, MEMS, etc.);
specifications of component performance; reconfigurability and the role of digital signal processing in
future generation architectures; direct conversion; RF packaging; minimization of power dissipation in
receivers.
EE 609 / NIS 609 Communication Theory
Review of probability theory with applications to digital communications, digital modulation techniques,
receiver design, bit error rate calculations, bandwidth efficiency calculations, convolutional encoding,
bandwidth efficient coded modulation, wireless fading channel models, and Shannon capacity, software
simulation of communication systems.
EE 586 / NIS 586 Wireless Networking: Architecture, Protocols and Standards
This course addresses the fundamentals of wireless networking, including architectures, protocols and
standards. It describes concepts, technology and applications of wireless networking as used in current
and next-generation wireless networks. It explains the engineering aspects of network functions and
designs. Issues such as mobility management, wireless enterprise networks, GSM, network signaling,
WAP, mobile IP and 3G systems are covered.
EE 583 / NIS 583 Wireless communications
This course serves as a broad introduction to the several technologies and applications of wireless
communications systems. The emphasis is on providing a reasonable mixture of information leading to a
broad understanding of the technical issues involved, with modest depth in each of the topics. As an
integrating course, the topics range from the physics of wave generation/propagation/reception through
the circuit/component issues, to the signal processing concepts, to the techniques used to impress the
information (voice or data) on a wireless channel, to overviews of representative applications including
current generation systems and next generation systems. Upon completion of this course, the student
shall understand the manner in which the more detailed information in the other three courses is
integrated to create a complete system.
EE 613 Digital Signal Processing for Communications
This course teaches digital signal processing techniques for wireless communications. It consists of two
parts. Part 1 covers basic DSP fundamentals, such as DFT, FFT, IIR and FIR filters and DSP algorithms (ZF,
ML, MMSE). Part 2 covers DSP applications in wireless communications. Various physical layer issues in
wireless communications are addressed, including channel estimation, adaptive equalization,
synchronization, interference cancellation, OFDM, multi-user detection and rake receiver in CDMA, space-
time coding and smart antennae.
EE 651 / NIS 651 Spread Spectrum and CDMA
Basic concepts, models and techniques; direct sequence frequency hopping, time hopping, chirp and
hybrid systems, jamming game, anti-jam systems, analysis of coherent and non-coherent systems;
synchronization and demodulation; multiple access systems; ranging and tracking; pseudo-noise
generators.
