Spectral density of deterministic and random analog signals. Thermal noise and the white noise model. Amplitude and angle modulation, generation and detection schemes, effects of noise. Techniques for handling digital signals including sampling and reconstruction, quantization, waveform coding, and time-division multiplexing. Overview of digital communications. [Offered: F,W] Prereq: (ECE 207 or 342), ECE 316, MATH 211; Level at least 3B Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering)
