University of Kansas

Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

EECS 562 - Introduction to Communications Systems

 

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Comprehensive Final Exam: Friday, May 15, 2026, 1:30-4:00pm

Tables and equations provided on Final

Fourier Transform Table

Mathematical Formulas

Bessel Function Table

Noise and Link Budget Equations

Noise Performance of FM

BER Plot and Equations

Q-Function Table

 

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Online Student Survey of Teaching is now available for you to complete.

You should have received an email which contains information on how to get to the survey.

On Tuesday May 5th you will be given time towards the end of class to complete the Student Survey of Teaching for this class.

Bring a smartphone, laptop, or tablet with you on Tuesday May 5th so that you can complete that survey in class. If you have already completed the survey, you will get out of class a few minutes early.

The student survey of teaching is an important part of improving teaching at KU. Participation is voluntary, but your thoughtful responses do help me improve my courses. Over the years student comments have led to improvements in my teaching. Administrators also use survey results as a source of information in personnel processes like instructor teaching assignments, annual performance evaluation, and promotion and tenure. Instructors will have access to survey results ONLY after final grades have been submitted, and your name will not be included in those results.

The EECS department hopes you will complete the Online Student Survey for all your classes.

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Test 2

 

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EECS 562 Test 1

In class review for Test 1 on Tuesday, March 10, 2026

Open review Monday, March 9, 2026 5:00-7:00 PM in Lea 2112

Test 1 Thursday, March 12, 2026

Covers book Chapters 1-7

Covers homework assignments 1-6

Material provided on Test 1

Fourier Transform Table

Mathematical Formulas

Test 1 Review Topics

 

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Major change to homework submission process:

Instead of mailing your homework, you will submit all homework using Canvas. You will see your graded homework and grades on Canvas platform. The canvas course is published. For instructions and homework problems, you will follow the class website-Homework. Canvas will be used as the submission medium for homework only. 

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Signal and Systems Review Test Feb 5, 2026

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Required Course Text:

From KU Scholarworks

Introduction to Communications Systems: An Interactive Approach Using the Wolfram Language, by V.S. Frost

The Text is a .cdf file and requires the Wolfram CDF Player to read. Get the cdf reader at

Office hours:

Useful Tables for Tests and the Final

Homework

Reference material

Interactive Graphs (using Wolfram cdf format: Download Wolfram CDF Player)

Comments:

Academic Integrity and Plagiarism The department, school and university have very strict guidelines regarding academic misconduct. On tests work ALONE! Solve tests on your own, do not communicate with anyone else to get help on answers the test questions. If we need to have on-line tests; this is an honor system.  It is expected that as professionals you WILL act ethically.  It is expected that you will always act professionally and ethically. Obviously, copying is not allowed on exams. Obviously, copying is not allowed on exams. Students are expected to submit their own work on individual homework and projects. Lending or borrowing all or part of a simulation model or program from another student is not allowed. Students ARE allowed to borrow and modify any code on this class web site in their projects. Instances of cheating will result in a referral to the department chairman and the dean of engineering.
All sources in your written work (project reports) must be properly referenced; if you use a source from the literature or the idea of another for your work you must reference it. If you quote or copy a block of text, it must be cited and included in quotation marks (if a sentence or less in length) or in block quote style (if more than a sentence in length). If you paraphrase text (reword a phrase, sentence, or paragraph), you must also quote or blockquote followed by “[paraphrased]” in addition to proper citation. Figures taken from other sources must be referenced. I recommend that you take intermediate notes from which you write your own words. I strongly recommend that you not write in one window while displaying the work of others in another window; this is asking for trouble. “Unintentional” paraphrasing is also not an acceptable excuse for academic misconduct.

If you have any doubt, talk to me – inexperience in past writing or coming from an environment where plagiarism was permitted will not be an acceptable excuse for academic misconduct.

Modified with premission from James P.G. Sterbenz http://www.ittc.ku.edu/~jpgs/courses/eecs800/ and John Gauch

Author

Victor S. Frost, vsfrost@ku.edu