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Mahendra College of Engineering: Course Syllabus

This document provides a course syllabus for the subject "Communication Theory" (EC6803). The syllabus outlines 5 units that will be covered over 45 class periods: 1) Amplitude Modulation, 2) Angle Modulation, 3) Random Process, 4) Noise Characterization, and 5) Information Theory. It also lists two primary textbooks and additional references that will be used for the course.

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Mahendra College of Engineering: Course Syllabus

This document provides a course syllabus for the subject "Communication Theory" (EC6803). The syllabus outlines 5 units that will be covered over 45 class periods: 1) Amplitude Modulation, 2) Angle Modulation, 3) Random Process, 4) Noise Characterization, and 5) Information Theory. It also lists two primary textbooks and additional references that will be used for the course.

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MAHENDRA COLLEGE of

ENGINEERING
Salem-campus, attur main road, minnampalli, salem -636 106.

COURSE SYLLABUS

EC6803 COMMUNICATION THEORY LTPC


3 00 4

UNIT I AMPLITUDE MODULATION


Generation and detection of AM wave-spectra-DSBSC, Hilbert Transform, Pre-envelope &
complex envelope - SSB and VSB –comparison -Superheterodyne Receiver.

UNIT II ANGLE MODULATION


Phase and frequency modulation-Narrow Band and Wind band FM - Spectrum - FM modulation
and demodulation – FM Discriminator- PLL as FM Demodulator - Transmission bandwidth.

UNIT III RANDOM PROCESS


Random variables, Central limit Theorem, Random Process, Stationary Processes, Mean,
Correlation & Covariance functions, Power Spectral Density, Ergodic Processes, Gaussian
Process, Transmission of a Random Process Through a LTI filter.

UNIT IV NOISE CHARACTERIZATION


Noise sources and types – Noise figure and noise temperature – Noise in cascaded systems.
Narrow band noise – PSD of in-phase and quadrature noise –Noise performance in AM systems
– Noise performance in FM systems – Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis – Capture effect, threshold
effect.

UNIT V INFORMATION THEORY


Entropy - Discrete Memoryless channels - Channel Capacity -Hartley - Shannon law - Source
coding theorem - Huffman & Shannon - Fano codes

TOTAL: 45 PERIODS

TEXT BOOKS:
1. J.G.Proakis, M.Salehi, “Fundamentals of Communication Systems”, Pearson Education 2006.
2. S. Haykin, “Digital Communications”, John Wiley, 2005.

REFERENCES:
1. B.P.Lathi, “Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems”, 3rd Edition, Oxford
University Press, 2007.
2. B.Sklar, “Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications”, 2nd Edition Pearson
Education 2007
3. H P Hsu, Schaum Outline Series - “Analog and Digital Communications” TMH 2006
4. Couch.L., "Modern Communication Systems", Pearson, 2001.

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