Course Title and Code
Principles of Communication (EE3050A)
Target Programme
UG
Target Discipline
EE
Course Credit
3-0-2-4 (Lecture-Tutorial-Practical-Total Credits)
Course Category
Core
Prerequisites
EE2050A Signals and Systems
Recommended Prior Course
MA2040 Probability, Stochastic Processes and Statistics
Course Content
| Topic | Lecture Hours |
|---|---|
| Review of Signals and Systems: Fourier series, Fourier transform, Baseband and passband signals, Baseband equivalent of a passband signal, autocorrelation and power spectral density, properties of white noise, filtering of random signals through LTI systems | 8 |
| Practice: Introduction to SDR, IQ conversion, Power spectral density | 4 |
| Amplitude modulation and demodulation, modulation index, AM spectrum, bandwidth. DSB-SC modulation Angle modulation: FM and PM, Spectrum of angle modulated signals, Carson’s rule, Phase locked loops, Superheterodyne receivers | 8 |
| Practice: AM and FM experiments using SDR | 4 |
| Analog-to-Digital Conversion: Sampling, Quantization, Compander, Pulse code modulation, Delta Modulation, Line Coding, PSD of line codes | 8 |
| Practice: PCM experiment using OFT kit | 4 |
| Digital Baseband Communication: Advantages of digital communication, Pulse shaping, Nyquist criterion for zero ISI, Binary and M-ary signaling, MAP, ML detection, Matched filtering, Eye diagram | 10 |
| Practice: SDR experiment on pulse shaping, matched filtering, eye diagram | 4 |
| Digital Carrier Communication: ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM; Signal-space diagram, Decision regions, SNR and BER | 8 |
| Practice: SDR-based digital communication transmitter and receiver | 4 |
Total 42 + 20 (5 practice sessions)
Learning Outcomes
- Understanding of the different analog and digital communication techniques.
- Ability to assess the efficiency of communication systems on the basis of performance metrics such as bandwidth, rate of transmission, BER and so on.
- Understand the ways to model the distortions introduced by the communication medium and ways to mitigate them.
Text/Reference Books
- Introduction to Communication Systems by Upamanyu Madhow, Cambridge University Press; 1st edition, ISBN: 9781107022775
- Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications by Michael Moher and Simon Haykin, Wiley; Second edition, ISBN: 978-8126536535
- Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems by B. P. Lathi and Zhi Ding, Oxford; Fourth edition, ISBN: 978-0198073802