CprE 489 Russell
Fall 2002		 Tues - Dec 3, 2002
http://www.ee.iastate.edu/~russell/cpre489.f02/cpre489f02.html
ASSIGNMENTS Reading: Leon-Garcia, Chapter 3 (sections that go along with the lectures) 

Homework:  3-19, 3-25, 3-28

Due Date: One week from today at class time
LECTURE TOPICS Lecture Topics
  • Physical Layer (cont.)
    • Voltages on wires
    • Optical signals in fibers
    • Wireless signals (electromagnetic)
  • Shannon-Hartley Channel Capacity Theorem
  • Signal-to-Noise Ratio and the dB
  • BAUD versus Bits per second
  • Attenuation of wireless signals
. Copyright (c) 2002 Steve F. Russell