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This document outlines the objectives, experiments, and equipment for an advanced communications laboratory course. The course aims to teach students about optical communication systems, wireless communication systems, and microwave systems through hands-on experiments. The optical communication experiments include measuring fiber losses and characteristics, as well as analyzing analog and digital fiber optic links. The wireless communication experiments include simulating wireless channels and analyzing techniques like channel estimation. The microwave experiments focus on topics like impedance matching and microwave filter characteristics. On completing the course, students will be able to analyze simple optical and wireless communication systems and understand microwave system design fundamentals.

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Acomm Lab

This document outlines the objectives, experiments, and equipment for an advanced communications laboratory course. The course aims to teach students about optical communication systems, wireless communication systems, and microwave systems through hands-on experiments. The optical communication experiments include measuring fiber losses and characteristics, as well as analyzing analog and digital fiber optic links. The wireless communication experiments include simulating wireless channels and analyzing techniques like channel estimation. The microwave experiments focus on topics like impedance matching and microwave filter characteristics. On completing the course, students will be able to analyze simple optical and wireless communication systems and understand microwave system design fundamentals.

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EC8761 ADVANCED COMMUNICATION LABORATORY L T P C

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OBJECTIVES:

The student should be made to:


 Understand the working principle of optical sources, detector, fibers
 Develop understanding of simple optical communication link
 Understand the measurement of BER, Pulse broadening
 Understand and capture an experimental approach to digital wireless communication
 Understand actual communication waveforms that will be sent and received across
wireless channel

LIST OF OPTICAL EXPERIMENTS


1. Measurement of connector, bending and fiber attenuation losses.
2. Numerical Aperture and Mode Characteristics of Fibers.
3. DC Characteristics of LED and PIN Photo diode.
4. Fiber optic Analog and Digital Link Characterization - frequency response(analog), eye diagram
and BER (digital)

LIST OF WIRELESS COMMUNICATION EXPERIMENTS


1. Wireless Channel Simulation including fading and Doppler effects
2. Simulation of Channel Estimation, Synchronization & Equalization techniques
3. Analysing Impact of Pulse Shaping and Matched Filtering using Software Defined Radios
4. OFDM Signal Transmission and Reception using Software Defined Radios

LIST OF MICROWAVE EXPERIMENTS


1. VSWR and Impedance Measurement and Impedance Matching
2. Characterization of Directional Couplers, Isolators, Circulators
3. Gunn Diode Characteristics
4. Microwave IC – Filter Characteristics
TOTAL: 60 PERIODS

OUTCOMES:

On completion of this lab course, the student would be able to


 Analyze the performance of simple optical link by measurement of losses and Analyzing
the mode characteristics of fiber
 Analyze the Eye Pattern, Pulse broadening of optical fiber and the impact on BER
 Estimate the Wireless Channel Characteristics and Analyze the performance of Wireless
Communication System
 Understand the intricacies in Microwave System design

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LIST OF EQUIPMENT FOR A BATCH OF 30 STUDENTS 3 STUDENTS PER EXPERIMENT:
S.NO NAME OF THE EQUIPMENT REQUIRED

1 Trainer kit for carrying out LED and PIN diode 2 Nos
characteristics, Digital multi meter, optical power
meter

2 Trainer kit for determining the mode characteristics, 2 Nos


losses in optical fiber

3 Trainer kit for analyzing Analog and Digital link 2 Nos


performance, 2 Mbps PRBS Data source, 10 MHz
signal generator, 20 MHz Digital storage
Oscilloscope

4 Kit for measuring Numerical aperture and 2 Nos


Attenuation of fiber

5 Advanced Optical fiber trainer kit for PC to PC 2 Nos


communication, BER Measurement, Pulse
broadening.

5 MM/SM Glass and plastic fiber patch chords with 2 sets


ST/SC/E2000 connectors

6 LEDs with ST / SC / E2000 receptacles – 650 / 850 2 sets


nm

7 PIN PDs with ST / SC / E2000 receptacles – 650 / 2 sets


850 nm

8 Digital Communications Teaching Bundle 10 Users


(LabVIEW/MATLAB/Equivalent software tools)
9 Transmit/receive pair of NI USRP-2920 transceivers 2 Nos
(50 MHz to 2.2 GHz)

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