BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE, PILANI, K.

K Birla GOA-CAMPUS
INSTRUCTION DIVISION
FIRST SEMESTER 2014-2015
Course Handout Part II
Date: 02-07-2014
In addition to Part-I (General Handout for all courses appended to the timetable) this portion gives further specific details
regarding the course.

Course No.
Course Title
Instructor-in-charge
Instructors

: EEE F311
: Communication Systems
: Nitin Sharma
: Shailendra Dhakad, Kadam Bhushan Vinayak,Rajalekshmi Kishore

1. Course description:
Principles of modern analog and digital communication with more emphasis on digital communication, Amplitude and
Angle modulation, sampling, PCM, DM, ADM, pulse shaping, digital modulation: FSK, PSK, DPSK, QPSK etc.,
information theory, source coding & channel coding, Shannon capacity theorem, emerging trends in communication
systems. Experiments in analog and digital communication.

2. Scope & Objective:

The course introduces the principles and practices of modern analog and digital communication systems. Students will
be introduced to the functioning of modern communication systems and how they perform in the presence of noise.
The laboratory component involves system design and simulation exercises using MATLAB and Simulink. Lecture and
video demonstrations will be available on the use of communication equipments. Students will also be given
assignments on communication system modeling using MATLAB. Students registering in this course are expected to
have a good understanding of basics of circuits and Signals.

3. Text Books
T1 B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd Edition, Oxford University Press,
1998
T2 John G. Proakis Masoud Salehi Communication Systems Engineering (2nd Edition): Prentice Hall.
4. Reference Books
R-1: Simon Haykins, Communication Systems , 4th edition, John Wiley& sons.
R-2: Simon Haykins, Digital Communication , 4th edition, John Wiley& sons.
R-3: Taub & Schilling, Principles of Communication Systems, TMH, 2nd Edn. (1991)
R-4: K. Sam Sanmugam, Digital & Analog Communication Systems. John Wiley & Sons, edition 2005 .
R-5. John G Proakis, Masoud Salehi Fundamentals of Communication Systems Pearson Education
India.
R-6. Andrea Goldsmith. Wireless Communications, Cambridge University Press New York, NY, USA
2005
5. Course Plan
Lect.
No.

Topics to be covered

Learning Objectives

Ref. to Text
Book (T1)

Overview of the course,

introduction to communication
systems.

History of electronic communications, block

diagram, concepts of signal-to-noise ratio,
bandwidth, channel capacity, modulation and
demodulation, error detection and correction

Chapter 1

3, 4,5

Deterministic and random signals

and their properties

Classification of energy and power signals,

correlation functions, power and energy spectral
densities, review of Fourier series and Fourier
Transforms, signal distortions.

Chapters 2, 3

6,7,8

Amplitude modulation (AM),

DSB-SC, SSB-SC, VSB signals

Generation and demodulation of AM signals,

modulator and modulator circuits

Chapter 4

Frequency Division multiplexing

Frequency Division multiplexing, FM System

Chapter 4

1, 2

10,
11,12

Frequency modulation , FM
generation and demodulation,

Angle modulation, FM transmitter and receivers,

interference and bandwidth considerations,
comparison of AM and FM

Chapter 5

13,
14, 15

Sampling of analog signals and

PCM

Sampling theorem, aliasing, quantization and

encoding, PAM, PCM

Chapter 6

16, 17

DPCM and delta modulation

Differential PCM, Delta modulation and

Adaptive DM.

Chapter 6

18, 19

Digital transmission

Line coding, Regenerative repeaters, pulse

shaping, eye diagram, BER

Chapter 7

20,
21, 22

Digital carrier systems, Time

division multiplexing

ASK, FSK and PSK, TDM of digital signals, T1

multiplexer

Chapter 7

23, 24

Random processes: introduction

Random processes, their classification and power

spectral densities, bandpass random process,
optimum filtering

Chapter 11

25, 26

Noise on Analog modulation

systems

Effect of noise on AM and FM signals,

performance of analog communication systems in
presence of noise

Chapter 12

27,
28, 29

Digital communication systems in

presence of noise

Optimal threshold detection, Matched filters and

Optimum receivers

Chapter 13

30, 31

M-ary modulation

Multiamplitude, multiphase and multitone

signaling

Chapter 13

Basics of Information Theory

Measure of information, entropy

Chapter 15

33, 34

Source coding

Shannon Fano, Huffman code, Lempel Ziv,

binary symmetric channel, channel capacity

Chapter 15

35,
36, 37

Error detection and correction

codes

Hamming codes, linear block codes, cyclic codes,

convolutional codes

Chapter 16

Introduction to Spread spectrum

systems

Concept of spread spectrum, PN sequences and

their use in communication systems

Chapter 9

Wireless communications.
(OFDM, MIMO OFDM )

A brief overview of different communication

technologies

Supplementary
notes & R6

32

38
39, 40

Laboratory component: Apart from hardware experiments, laboratory exercises will involve simulations
using MATLAB and Lab view.
6. Evaluation Scheme
Component

Duration

Weightage

Date & Time

Remarks

Test I
Test II
Assignments and
Surprise quizes
Laboratory
Compre

60 mts.
60 mts.

20
20

15/09/14
20/10/14

Closed Book
Closed Book

10

Regular* (Open book)

3 hrs

20
30

Regular practicals (Open book) + lab. Test (Closed book)

12/12/14
Closed Book

* Details will be announced in the class

7. Chamber consultation hours: To be announced in the class.
8. Make-up policy: Make up will be granted only to cases of hospitalization. Request for make up

must be made in written.

9. Notices : Notice regarding the course will be displayed on the moodle.
Instructor-in-Charge
EEE C383
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