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Group A covers topics in field theory including vector calculus, electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations, and time-varying fields. It also covers signal representation in time and frequency domains including Fourier transforms and random signal theory. Group B covers transmission through networks including input-output relationships, envelope detection, and comparing modulation systems. It also discusses digital communication topics such as information theory, channel coding, quantization, pulse code modulation, time division multiplexing, baseband transmission, optimal detection, and synchronization.

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Communication Engineering

Group A covers topics in field theory including vector calculus, electric and magnetic fields, Maxwell's equations, and time-varying fields. It also covers signal representation in time and frequency domains including Fourier transforms and random signal theory. Group B covers transmission through networks including input-output relationships, envelope detection, and comparing modulation systems. It also discusses digital communication topics such as information theory, channel coding, quantization, pulse code modulation, time division multiplexing, baseband transmission, optimal detection, and synchronization.

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Communication Engineering

Group A

Field theory: Fields, vector calculus, gradient, Divergence, curl, Gauss's laws. Stoke'
theorem, Helmholtz Theorem. Electric field intensity and potential, conducting
Boundaries, coaxial cylinders, Poisson's equations and Laplace equation. Ampere's
circuital law, differential equation for vector potential. Magnetic polarization and field
intensity, boundary conditions for Band H. Faraday's law. Time varying fields,
displacement current.

Maxwell's equations in differential and integral forms.

Communication preliminaries. Signal representation in frequency and time domain.


Fourier transforms, power Spectrum, energy density spectrum. ,Direct delta function.
Orthogonal representatives of signals (Gram Schmidt

Procedure), autocorrelation, sampling theressare (Nyquist criterion). Random signal


theory. Discrete probability theory, continuous random variables, probability density
functions, ergodic processes, correlation function, spectral density, white noise.

Noise: Atmospheric, thermal, shot and partition noise, noise figure and experimental
determination of noise figure, minimum noise figures in networks. Analog
communication. Modulation theory and circuits. Amplitude modulation, AM-DSB, AM-
DSB/SC, AM-SSB and their comparison. Modulating and detector circuits for AM, FM
and phase modulation~ Automatic frequency control. Pulse modulation. PAM, PDM,
PPM, PCM, delta modulation and circuits. Principle multiplexing FDM and TDM.

Group B

Transmission through network: Networks with random input, auto-correlations, special


density and probability density input-output relationships, envelope of sine wave plus
Gaussian noise, optimum systems and nonlinear systems. Maximum signal to noise ratio'
criterion. Minimum mean square error criteria, equivalent noise bandwidth. SNR in
envelope detectors and PCM systems. Comparison of modulation systems.

Digital communication: Basic information theory: Definition of information, entropy,


uncertainty and information, rate of communication, redundancy, relation between
systems capacity and information content of messages, discrete systems, discrete noisy
channel, channel coding. Introduction to digital communication, quantization, PCM, log-
PCM, DM, DPCM, AD, PCM and LPC for speech signals, TOM. Basehand transmission,
optimum

detection, matched filter, optimum terminal filters. LSI pulse shapes for controlled ISI,
line codes; digital RF modulation. Modems, performance of digital modulation systems.
Synchronization. Timing recovery.
Recommended Books

• J D Krans and D Fleisch. Electromagnetic with Applications. McGraw-Hill


International, Tokyo.

• DBA Carlson. An Introduction to Signals and Noise in Electrical Communication.


McGraw-Hill International, Tokyo.

• G Kennedy. Electronic Communication Systems. Prentice- Hall of India (P) Ltd., New
Delhi. 4

• M Schwartz. Information Transmission, Modulation and Noise. McGraw-Hill


International, New York.

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