This course develops the fundamentals of wireless systems engineering and applies them to challenges in detection, interference, and electromagnetic warfare. Students study signal representation, radio propagation and channel effects, modulation, coding, receiver performance, and multiple-access design, with a strong focus on understanding engineering tradeoffs. The course emphasizes systems-level reasoning: analyzing what information needs to be communicated, why
certain frequencies, modulations, coding, and protocols are chosen, and where vulnerabilities may exist. Hands-on exercises using software-defined radios and simulation tools reinforce these concepts and allow students to design, test, and evaluate resilient or contested wireless links. Pending ABET-PEV review of ET=3.0CR.
