Digital Communication

Introduction to Subject
Lecture#1
Digital Communication TL-371
Prerequisite
 Communication System TL-323
 Probability and Stochastic Processes TL-354
Course Outline

Course Objective:
The aim of this course is to understand the
concept of digital modulation, coding
techniques and the evaluation of their
performance (power and bandwidth) in
practical scenarios.
Course Outline
Course Learning Outcomes
• Upon completion of this course, students will be able to,
CLO KSA (Level)
CLO1 Ability to solve fundamental problems of digital signals Cognitive (3)
CLO2 Analysis of baseband signals Cognitive (4)
CLO3 Analysis binary signals in signal space Cognitive (4)
CLO4 Carry out experiment using MATLAB and Psychomotor
communication trainers (2)
Course Outline
Introduction
Review of basic concepts such as Hartley’s and
Shannon’s law, signal transmission through linear
systems, bandwidth of digital data, binary symmetric
channels, binary channels, binary eraser channel,
memoryless channels, detection of binary signals in
white gaussian noise, maximum likely hood receiver
structure, matched filter, inter-symbol interference (ISI),
equalization
Course Outline
Digital Modulation Techniques(1)
Introduction of binary modulation schemes (FSK, PSK and
ASK), FSK transmitter and receiver, bandwidth
considerations of FSK, Minimum shift-keying FSK (MSK),
binary phase shift keying (BPSK), BPSK transmitter and
receiver, bandwidth considerations of BPSK,
performance (bandwidth and power) of binary
modulation schemes in AWGN channels, differential
BPSK, constellation diagrams, eye diagrams
Course Outline
Digital Modulation Techniques(2)
M-ary modulation techniques (M-ary PSK, Ma-ary FSK and
M-ary ASK) and their performance evaluations in AWGN
channels - Quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), 8/16-
QAM transmitter and receiver, bandwidth considerations
of 8/16-QAM - Bandwidth efficient modulation schemes
(QPSK and its variants, GMSK etc.) - Clock recovery,
performance comparison of modulation schemes in band-
limited channels, probability of error and bit error rate
Course Outline
Coding Techniques
Introduction to source coding and channel coding, error
control coding techniques, forward error correction
coding (hamming code), linear codes, block codes, cyclic
codes, convolutional codes and turbo codes, performance
of these codes in AWGN channels.
Lab Outline
Following the theoretical guidelines, perform practical
sessions for various modulation schemes on trainers and
software. A design example to carry out performance
comparisons of various modulation schemes based on
error rate calculation and/or PSD plots. Demonstration of
coding schemes using software tools.
Text and Reference Books

Digital Communication:
Fundamental and
Application

Bernard Sklar

Second Edition
Text and Reference Books

Digital Communication

John G. Proakis

Fifth Edition
Text and Reference Books

Digital Communication
Techniques: Signal: Signal
Design and Detection:

Sami M. Hinedi, William C.

Lindsey Marvin K. Simon: 
Text and Reference Books

Digital and Analog

Communication System

Leon W Couch II