ELEC 470: Possible Report Topics, Spring 2004
Some possible topics for the Special Topic Reports
described on the course
syllabus
are listed below.
Any topic related to communications is acceptable, so you are
not required to choose a topic from this list.
These suggestions are provided as examples, and you may choose
one of these if you wish.
A good source for current topics in communications is the
IEEE Communications Magazine,
which is available in the library
and
online through IEEE Xplore, at the URL
http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/DynWel.jsp
(You must be on campus to use Bucknell's license for accessing
online documents in IEEE Xplore.)
- History of electrical communication
- Impact of communication technology on society
- Statistical communication theory
- Information theory (e.g., Shannon's channel capacity, entropy,
mutual information)
- Error-correcting codes, turbo coding
- Digital modulation methods
- Wireless communication (cellular networks, CDMA, wireless LANs,
next generation systems)
- Wireless communication with multiple antennas (beamforming,
diversity, space-time codes)
- Adaptive equalization
- Echo cancellation on telephone lines
- Digital speech processing
- Digital coding and compression of speech, music, pictures, or video
(includes ADPCM, wavelets, MP3, JPEG, MPEG, DVD)
- Digital encryption for secure communication
- Digital audio recording: compact disks (CDs), MP3s, new methods?
- Cassette tapes for audio recording
- Digital surround sound
- Spread-spectrum communications
- Ultra-wideband communications (this is an emerging topic!!)
- Military communications
- Deep-space communication
- High-speed modems (56K, cable) and digital subscriber lines (DSL)
- High-definition television (HDTV) and digital TV
- Digital audio broadcasting
- Satellite communication
- Optical fiber communication
- Global positioning system (GPS)
- Radar systems
- Subsystems that make up the Internet