| The Wireless and Digital Communications Certificate covers
the theoretical background and practice of wireless and digital communications.
Topics include: digital modulation, wireless systems, detection, sequence
estimation, channel equalization, array processing for wireless communications,
multimedia systems, information theory, source and channel coding.
Certificate Requirements
Five courses are required to earn the certificate. The two Core Courses
are required, unless the student already has a comparable background. After
fulfilling the core requirement, the balance of the five courses are to
be taken from the list of Elective Courses. Related courses can be substituted
for the Elective Courses only upon approval from the ECE Graduate Coordinator.
Students electing this certificate are expected to have a background in
signal and system theory comparable to ECE 3220.
Required Courses:
Elective Courses:
For additional information on this certificate, contact Dr. Kevin Buckley
at 610-519-5658 or by email to:
buckley@ece.villanova.edu.
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