News

Welcome to ELEX 3525

2023-09-04

The first ELEX 3525 lecture is scheduled for Tuesday, September 5  at 11:30 in SW1-2004. 

This will be followed by an orientation session at 12:30 PM in SW01-3555.  The orientation will introduce you to the Telecom program, the faculty, other students, set representative elections, deadlines, various student resources, and guidelines for use of the labs.

Labs will begin the second week.

You do not need to purchase a textbook or a parts kit for ELEX 3525.

Course Schedule

2023-09-04

ELEX
3525

Day:

Mon

Tue

Wed

Thu

Fri

Lectures:

 

11:30

11:30

10:30

week

Lab Sets:

3M/4V (8:30)

 

3L (12:30)

 

 

1

Sep 04

holiday

 

 

 

 

2

Sep 11

L1

 

 

 

 

3

Sep 18

L2

 

 

 

 

4

Sep 25

L3

Q1

 

 

 

5

Oct 02

holiday

 

 

 

 

6

Oct 09

holiday

MT1

 

 

 

7

Oct 16

L4

 

 

 

 

8

Oct 23

L5

Q2

 

 

 

9

Oct 30

L6

 

 

 

 

10

Nov 06

L7

MT2

 

 

 

11

Nov 13

holiday

WD

 

 

 

12

Nov 20

L8

 

 

 

 

13

Nov 27

L9

Q3

 

 

 

14

Dec 04

 

 

 

 

15

Dec 11

exams

exams

exams

exams

exams

Ln=Lab n, Qn = Quiz n, MTn=Midterm n, WD = Course withdrawal deadline.

Tentative, subject to change.

Timetable for SW1-3575

2023-09-12

I have posted the Timetable for SW1-3575, so you can check for possible conflicts before coming in.

Octave (Matlab) Tutorial

2023-09-13

I'll run a Matlab tutorial this afternoon (Wed, September 13) at 2:30 in SW1-3575.

You may find this useful if you're not familiar with Matlab or Octave.

You can could have follow[ed] along... Octave Tutorial.   A video of the tutorial is available.

Request Printed Lecture Notes

2023-09-19

[Edit: I have removed the restrictions that prevented anyone from accessing the form.]

Fill out this survey form by 5:30 PM on Thursday, Sept. 21 if you would like lecture notes printed for you.

You must pick these up during the lecture on Friday.

Midterm Exam 1

2023-10-03

The first midterm will be on Tuesday, October 10 starting at 11:30. 

Instead of the usual classroom in SW3, the exam will be held in the networking lab, SW1-3555.  This will allow anyone who needs extra time to continue writing (until 1:30 when you have another lecture or lab).

The midterm exam will cover lectures 1, 3, and 4.

Quiz 2

2023-10-18

On Tuesday October 24 during the regular lecture hour will cover lectures 5 (line codes), 6 (framing) and 7 (PN sequences and scramblers).

Request Printed Lecture Notes

2023-10-18

Fill out this survey form by 5:30 PM on Thursday, Oct. 19 if you would like lecture notes printed for you.

You must pick these up during the lecture on Friday.

Midterm 2

2023-10-31

The second midterm will be on Tuesday, November 6 starting at 11:30. 

Instead of the usual classroom in SW3, the exam will be held in the networking lab, SW1-3555.  This will allow anyone who needs extra time to continue writing (until 1:30 when you have another lecture or lab).

The midterm exam will cover lectures 5, 6, 7, 8 and lecture 9 up to the section on Coding Gain.

Request Lecture Printed Lecture Notes

2023-11-02

Fill out this survey form by 5:30 PM on Thursday, November 2 if you would like lecture notes printed for you.

You must pick these up during the lecture on Friday.

Check your Lab 6 Submission

2023-11-06

Some students have reported that they submitted Lab 6 but it doesn't show up in the Assignment folder.  If you've submitted Lab 6, please check that it is still there.

If your Lab 6 submission disappeared, check that you submitted your ELEX 3525 Lab 6 report to the correct course and folder on Learning Hub.  If your Lab 6 report actually disappeared, please forward me the email that you received confirming that Lab 6 was submitted and I'll follow up with the Learning Hub administrators.

Office Hours Friday, November 17

2023-11-15

I need to the reschedule office hours for this Friday, November 17 at 12:30 (only) to Monday, November 20 at 1:00.

Final Exam

2023-11-16

 The final exam for ELEX 3525 will be on Thursday, December 14 from 1300 to 1600 in SW01-2020.

Office Hours on Tuesday, November 21

2023-11-17

Due to a scheduling conflict I need to reschedule the office hours on Tuesday, November 21 at 12:30 to Thursday, November 23 (also from 12:30 to 1:20).

Quiz 3

2023-11-21

Will be held on Tuesday November 28 during the regular lecture hour (11:30 to 12:20) and will cover Lecture 9 (after Coding Gain), Lecture 10 (Band-limited Channels),  and Lecture 11 (up to 10BASE-T).

Request Printed Lecture Notes

2023-11-22

Fill out this survey form by 5:30 PM on Thursday, Nov. 23 if you would like lecture notes printed for you.

You must pick these up during the lecture on Friday.

Exam and Unofficial Final Marks

2023-12-16

Congratulations, everyone passed the course.  

The final exam has been marked and emailed back.  The solutions and the marking scheme have been posted.  Let me know as soon as possible if you see any errors (before noon on Monday if at all possible).

The unofficial final marks have been computed but are subject to change.

The distributions of the final exam marks and unofficial final course marks are shown below.