Course Contents

Review of Signals and Systems - Linear time-invariant systems, Fourier series, Fourier transform, Bandwidth, Baseband and passband signals, complex baseband  representation of passband signals Amplitude Modulation (AM) - Double Sideband-Suppressed carrier AM, Conventional AM, Single sideband AM, Vestigial sideband AM, Quadrature AM, Angle Modulation - Phase modulation (PM), Frequency modulation (FM), FM spectrum, Phase-locked loops, Superhetrodyning, Need for digital communication, Sampling, Quantization, Pulse Code Modulation, Delta Modulation, Line Coding, and Pulse Shaping, Digital carrier modulation - PAM, ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK, Noise in communication systems - Thermal noise, Noise temperature, Noise figure, Probability of error, Imperfections in communication systems - Phase offset, Carrier frequency offset, IQ imbalance.