Wyglinski, A. M., & Cullen, D. J. (2011, June), Digital Communication Systems Education via Software-Defined Radio Experimentation   Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC. 10.18260/1-2--17783

\bibitem{asee_peer_17783}
  Wyglinski, A. M., \& Cullen, D. J. (2011, June), \emph{Digital Communication Systems Education via Software-Defined Radio Experimentation }
  Paper presented at 2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC.
  10.18260/1-2--17783

Alexander M. Wyglinski and Daniel J. Cullen.  "Digital Communication Systems Education via Software-Defined Radio Experimentation ".  2011 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2011.  https://peer.asee.org/17783 Internet.  06 Jan, 2025

\bibitem{asee_peer_17783}
  Alexander M. Wyglinski and Daniel J. Cullen.
  "Digital Communication Systems Education via Software-Defined Radio Experimentation ".
  \emph{2011 ASEE Annual Conference \& Exposition, Vancouver, BC, 2011, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2011.
  https://peer.asee.org/17783 Internet.  06 Jan, 2025

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AB  -                    Digital Communication Systems Education via                     Software-Defined Radio ExperimentationModern society is increasingly becoming dependent on digital communication systems in orderto function properly, with a growing number of applications relying on these devices, e.g.,personal health/body networks, defense/homeland security, navigation/localization, socialnetworking, vehicular transportation. In order to provide electrical and computer engineering(ECE) undergraduate students with a solid foundation in digital communication theory whilesimultaneously enabling them to synthesize several fundamental concepts taught in class with thelatest communication systems technology, an ECE undergraduate course was developed andinstructed that focused on a “hands-on” experimentation approach using both computersimulations and programmable radio prototyping hardware, i.e., software-defined radio (SDR).The use of SDR technology can enable students to obtain valuable insights on the practicalimplementation issues involved in performing real-time “over-the-air” communicationexperiments while concurrently relating their design experiences to abstract theoretical concepts.Ultimately, this course was devised to give students a systems-level understanding (breadth) of amodern digital communications device while focusing on several key aspects (depth) in thedesign and implementation of these systems.In this paper, we present the development, structure, and organization of this undergraduate-leveldigital communication systems course, including details on the “hands-on” laboratorycomponent that employed both computer simulation and SDR experimentation. Furthermore,the lessons learned from the first offering of this course as well as student feedback will bepresented and analyzed in order to provide insights to other academic institutions considering toinclude similar courses in their ECE undergraduate curriculum.
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