2005/2006 - Registrar - McMaster University

208 ELECTRICAL· AND· COMPUTER. ENGINEERINGCOMP ENG 4DK4 COMPUTER COMMUNICATION NETWORKSIntroduCtion to.switc~ing and communication networks; ,packet switching;shared media,access and LANs; error control; network layer operationand the Internet; ISDN; Wireless networks; performance and simulation.Thre.e lectures, gne tutorial, one lab every other week; first term,Prerequisite: ELEC ENG3T04COMP ENG 4DL4 REAL-TIME AND DISTR1BUTED, , COMPUTING SYSTEMS .,Computing systel)1S design for real-time applications in control and communications;data acquisition, file management, memory management andmultitasking in a. real-time, environment; distributed computing systems;synchronization, fault tolerance.Three lectyres, one, tutorial, one lab every other week; second term, Prerequisite: COMP ENG 3DJ4COMP,\ENG 4DM4 COMPUTER ARCHITECTUREOverview of CISC/RISC microprocessors and 'their evolution;' performancemetrics; instruction set design;' microprogramming, and' hardwired, , control;proces.sor and memoryacceleratiori techniques; memory hierarchies;niultiprocessor structures and their performance.Threelectmes, one tutorial; one lab every other week; firstterrnPrerequisfte: COMP ENG 3DJ4 ' ['.Antirequisite: SFWR ENG 3G03, 3GA3COMP ENG 4DN4 ADVANCED INTERNETCOMMUNICATIONSAdva,nced internet protocols; routingisecurity" encrypHon; quality ofservice; ATM, RSVP, video and voice over IP; terminals, gateways andgatekeepers; . wireless networks; WDM systems; optical crossconnects.Three . lectures, one tuto ri'al , one' lab every other w~ek;second term'PrerequisIte:' COMP ENG 4DK4'COMP ENG 4EK3' . MICROELECTRONICSCMOS aAd MOSFET integrated bircuit'design; fabrication aild layout; simu-, lation; digital and analog circuit blocks'; computer-aided design and analy-. .sis; testing and verification.'Twolectur~s, one tutorial, onela~ every other week; first term ; ,Prerequisite: ELEC ENG 3EJ4'Antirequisite: ELEC ENG 4EK3 ,COMP ENG 401,4 ENGINEERING DESIGNThe design process; establishing objectives; preliminary design; planning;scheduling; decision matrices; modelling tools; economic impact;optimization methods; reliability; safety; a terril project composed of smallteams of· students.'Lectures, tutorials, one capstone, project; first term' or second term 'Prerequisit~:Registration in LevellVor V of any El,ectricalor ComputerEngineering programAntirequisite: ELEC ENG 4B14, 4014 . ,COMP ENG 40J3 RESEARCH PROJECTA research..,oriented project under the direct supervision of a facultymember to foster initiative andindependerit creativity while working ,onan advanced topic.•First term ,or second termPrerequisite: Prior arrangement, with an Electrical and COl)1puter Engineeringfaculty member, inclusion on the Dean's Honour List, registrationin Level IV or V or per,niission of the instructor /Antirequisite: ELEC ENG 40J3 'COMP ENG 4TL4 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSINGClassical filter theory; DFT and FFT; FIR and IIR digitalfilters; effects offinite precision; implementation of DSPsystems; adaptive filtering; spectralanalysis, signal compression. ,Three lectlires, one tutorial, one lab every other week; first termPrerequisite: ELEC ENG 3T04'A~tirequisi~e: ELEC ENG 4TL4 , 'COMP ENG 4TN3 IMAGE PROCESSING ,Digital image formation, and representation; filtering, enhancement and res"'toration; edge detection; discrete image transforms; encoding and compres-, sion; segmentation; recognitioriand interpretation; 3D imagery; applications.Two lectures, one tutorial, one lab eVery 'other week; second termPrerequisite: ELEC ENG 3T04 ' 'Antirequisite: ELEC ENG 4BF3~ ~Department Note:All students in the Electrical'Engineering program initially follow a com-"mon curricul~m consisting of a combination ·of Electrical Engineering andComputer Engineering courses. In their senior year, students are given,the opportunity to customize their program by selecting from a wide, range of technical. electiVes.All Electrical and, Computer Engineering courses are open to studentsregistered in any 'Electrical or Computer Engineering prbgram or the Electricaland Biomedical Engineering program, subje?t to prerequisiterequir.ements.Prior permission of the Department is neces$ary for st4.-dents from other Engineering aepartments or faculties.. . , ,CoursesELEC ENG2CI5 INTRODUCTION TO" ELECTRICAL ENGINEERINGElectric and magnetic fields; current, potential difference; Kirchhoff's laWs;, Ohm's Law; circuit elementsl first and' second order circuits; complex, arithmetic; ph