S.87-68
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
MEMORANDUM
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FROM: ?
J.W.G. Ivany,
Chair, SCAP
DATE: ?
Nov.19, 1987
TO: ?
Senate
SUBJECT: Graduate Curriculum
Changes - Engineering Science
Reference: SCAP 87-36
Action undertaken by the Senate Committee on Academic Planning/Senate
Graduate Studies Committee gives rise to the following motion:
MOTION: ?
"That Senate approve and recommend approval to
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the Board of Governors, as set forth in S.87-68
1)
deletion of ENSC 831
2)
change of title, description and pre-requisite
for ENSC 832
3)
change of title and description for ENSC 861"
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SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE?
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY
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To: ?
Marg Savage, Chair
Applied Sciences Graduate Studies Committee
From: ?
Jim Cavers, Chair
Engineering Science Graduate Program
Date: ?
October 7, 1987
Subject:
Calendar Revisions
The following are the Engineering Science graduate studies
calendar revisions:
1.
Course Deletions
ENSC 831-3 ?
RF Communications.
Rationale: this is a specialized course which does not
reflect one of our active research areas. If we have
the opportunity with a visiting professor, we would
offerit under Special Topics.
2. Calendar Descri
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tion Modifications
ENSC 832-3 Mobile and Satellite Communications
Propagation phenomena, modulation techniques and system
design considerations for mobile and satellite networks.
Topics include: fading and. shadowing, noise and interference
effects, analog and digital transmission, cellular designs,
multiple access techniques.
Prerequisite: ENSC 800
Rationale: This focus better reflects the research
activity of the faculty and the interests of the Lower
Mainland communications industry.
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ENSC 861-3 Source Coding for Speech and Images
Source characterization and rate-distortion functions. Sampling
and quantization: uniform, optimal, adaptive. Entropy coding,
variable length codes. Predictive encoding, optimal linear
predictors, noise feedback coding. Tree and trellis coding,
search techniques. Transform coding, optimal and suboptimal
transforms, subband coding, bit allocation algorithms. Vector
quantization. Analysis-synthesis techniques. Speech coding at
2.4 to 16 kbps. Image coding at 0.25 to 1 bit/pixel.
Prerequisite: ENSC 800
Rationale: The incorporation of speech, and the focus on
coding and compression, better reflects the research
activity of the faculty and the interests of the local high
tech community, from which we draw many of our students.
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