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This document outlines a course on principles of communication systems. It provides details on course objectives, content organized into 5 units covering topics like modulation, random variables, and noise analysis. It also lists 3 textbooks and 2 reference books as required readings.

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Principles of Communication Systems - ECE311

This document outlines a course on principles of communication systems. It provides details on course objectives, content organized into 5 units covering topics like modulation, random variables, and noise analysis. It also lists 3 textbooks and 2 reference books as required readings.

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Principles of Communication Systems

1.1 Course Number: ECE311

1.2 Contact Hours: 3-1-0 Credits: 9

1.3 Semester-offered: 3rd Year-Odd

1.4 Prerequisite: Signals & Systems

1.5 Syllabus Committee Member: Dr. Umakant Dhar Dwivedi, Dr. Shivanshu Shrivastava, Dr. Amarish
Dubey, Dr. Sajal Agarwal, and Dr. Abhishek Kumar Singh.
2. Objective: To understand the fundamentals of basic communication system, types of noise affecting
communication system and noise parameters. Need of modulation, modulation processes and
different amplitude modulation schemes. Different angle modulation schemes with different
generation and detection methods. Various radio receivers with their parameters. Need of sampling
and different sampling techniques. Generation and detection of pulse modulation techniques and
multiplexing.

3. Course Content:

Unit-wise distribution of content and number of lectures


Unit Topics Sub-topic Lectures

Basic elements of an analog communication system, analog


1 Introduction modulations and their need for communication, types of 2
analog modulations.
Time domain representation and spectral analysis of
amplitude modulated (AM) signals, transmission bandwidth,
transmission efficiency, single-tone and multi-tone AM
signals, generation and demodulation techniques of AM
Amplitude signals, virtues, limitations and modification of the AM
Modulation systems, time-domain representation, spectral analysis,
2 9
(AM) and generation and demodulation of double-side band suppressed
Demodulation carrier (DSB-SC), single side band (SSB) and vestigial side
band (VSB) modulated signals; Costas receiver, quadrature
carrier multiplexing, frequency translation, frequency
division multiplexing system.
Basic definitions of frequency modulation (FM) and phase
modulation (PM), basic relation between FM and PM
Signals, time-domain description, and spectral analysis of
narrow band FM (NBFM) and wide band FM (WBFM),
Angle Modulation bandwidth of FM signals: universal graph, Generation of
3 10
and Demodulation FM using Armstrong modulators, voltage-controlled
oscillators etc., demodulation of FM signals using frequency
discriminator, phase lock loop (PLL) etc., FM stereo
multiplexing systems; nonlinear effects on FM systems,
Superheterodyne receiver for both AM and FM systems
Basic definition of random variables (RVs), definition and
properties of cumulative distribution function (CDF) and
probability density function (PDF) of RVs, normal or
Gaussian, Poisson, Binomial, Uniform, Rayleigh and
Exponentially distributed RVs, transformation of RVs,
functions of single and bivariate RVs, mean, variance, central
mean, absolute mean, correlation, covariance, and
Random Variables characteristic function of RVs, central limit theorem,
4 and Random introduction to random processes, wide sense stationary 10
Processes (WSS) and strict sense stationary (SSS), properties of WSS
random processes; auto- and cross correlation functions,
transmission of WSS random processes through linear time-
invariant (LTI) systems, definition and properties of Gaussian
random process
Noise: shot, thermal and white noise processes, equivalent
noise temperature and bandwidth of the LTI systems,
narrowband noise and its properties
Receiver Model assuming additive white Gaussian noise
Noise
(AWGN) in the channel, definitions of input, output and
Performance
channel signal-to-noise ratios of the receiver, figure-of-merit
5 Analysis in (FOM) of a receiver, determination of FOM of AM, DSBSC, 9
Analog Receiver SSB and FM receivers, threshold effects in AM and FM
Systems systems, pre-emphasis and de-emphasis in FM systems
Total 40

4. Readings

4.1 Textbook:
1. Communication Systems (3/e), Simon Haykin; John Wiley & Sons (Asia) Pte Ltd.
2. Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems (4/e), B. P. Lathi and Zhi Ding; Oxford
University Press, Oxford
3. Probability, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes; A. Papulis, McGraw-Hill International, New
York

4.2 Reference Books:


1. Principles of Communication Systems (2/e); H. Taub and D. L. Schilling, Tata McGrawHill, New
Delhi
2. Communication System Engineering (2/e); J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi; Pearson Education
(Singapore) Pte Ltd.

Outcome of the Course: After successful completion of the course students will able to understand
different blocks in communication system and how noise affects communication using different
parameters. Distinguish between different amplitude modulation schemes with their advantages,
disadvantages and applications. Analyze generation and detection of FM signal and comparison between
amplitude and angle modulation schemes. Identify different radio receiver circuits and role of AGC.
Sample analog signal and recover original.

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