Description: This course provides orientation about fundamental communication systems and serves as the first course in communications for students majoring in electrical engineering. This course covers analog communication systems in early days and introductory modern digital communication systems.Prerequisite: Probability, Signals and Systems (preferred).Outline:1. Introduction1.1. Communications1.2. Networks1.3. Communications and Information Theory1.4. Applications of Communications2. Representation of Signals and Systems3. Continuous-Wave Modulation3.1. Amplitude Modulation3.2. Angle Modulation3.3. Frequency Modulation4. Random Processes4.1. Probability, Random Variables, Random Processes4.2. Second Order Statistics5. Noise in CW Modulation Systems6. Pulse Modulation6.1. Sampling6.2. Multiplexing6.3. Quantization and Waveform Coding7. Basic Digital Communications7.1. Optimal Receiver7.2. Fundamental Digital Modulations7.2.1. ASK7.2.2. FSK7.2.3. PSKTextbook: S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 3rd edition, 1994.Grades: Mid-term 40% (TBD) Final 40% (TBD)Homework 20% Primary References: TBA