Sub Title :Principles of Communication Systems
Sub Code: 18EC42 No. of Credits:4=4 : 0 : 0 (L-T-P) No. of lecture hours/week : 04
Exam Duration : CIE +Assignment + SEE =
Total No. of Contact Hours :52
3 Hours 45 + 5 + 50 =100
Course Learning Objectives: The student should be able to:
1 Understand the concepts of AM, FM, Low pass sampling and Quantization as a random process.
2 Analyse and mathematically model AM, FM, white noise and the process of sampling, quantization and
encoding.
3 Compute the crucial performance parameter SNR in the presence of AWGN.
4 Associate the concepts of AM, FM in thematic examples.
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Syllabus Contents Hours
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1 Amplitude Modulation: Introduction, Amplitude Modulation:
Time & Frequency Domain description, Switching modulator,
Envelop detector. Double Side Band-Suppressed Carrier
Modulation: Time and Frequency Domain description, Ring
modulator, Coherent detection, Costas Receiver, Quadrature 12 L1, L2, L3.
Carrier Multiplexing. Single Side–Band And Vestigial Sideband
Methods Of Modulation: SSB Modulation, VSB Modulation,
Frequency Translation, Frequency- Division Multiplexing,
(Chapter 3 of Text).
2 Angle Modulation: Basic definitions, Frequency Modulation: Narrow
Band FM, Wide Band FM, Transmission bandwidth of FM Signals,
Generation of FM Signals, Demodulation of FM Signals, FM Stereo 9 L1, L2, L3
Multiplexing.
3 Phase–Locked Loop in FM: Nonlinear model of PLL, Linear model of
PLL, Nonlinear Effects in FM Systems. The Superheterodyne Receiver
(refer Chapter 4 of Text).
8 L1, L2, L3.
Noise: Shot Noise, Thermal noise, White Noise, Noise Equivalent
Bandwidth (refer Chapter 5 of Text).
4 Noise In Analog Modulation : Introduction, Receiver Model, Noise in
DSB-SC receivers, Noise in AM receivers, Threshold effect, Noise in
FM receivers, Capture effect, FM threshold effect, FM threshold
reduction, Pre-emphasis and De-emphasis in FM (refer Chapter 6 of
11 L1, L2, L3.
Text). Sampling And Quantization: Introduction, Why Digitize
Analog Sources?, The Low pass Sampling process Pulse Amplitude
Modulation.
5 Sampling And Quantization: Time Division Multiplexing, Pulse-
Position Modulation, Generation of PPM Waves, Detection of PPM
12 L1, L2, L3.
Waves. The Quantization Random Process, Quantization Noise, Pulse–
Code Modulation: Sampling, Quantization, Encoding, Regeneration,
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Decoding, Filtering, Multiplexing (refer Chapter 7 of Text)
Note 1: Each Unit will have Internal Choice.
Note 2: Two assignments are evaluated for 5 marks: Assignment -1 from Units 1 and 2.
Assignment -2 from Units 3, 4 and 5.
Note 3: Unit 5 for digital teaching
Course Outcomes: After the completion of the Course the student should be able to :
CO1 Able to define AM, DSBSC, SSB, FM modulation, sampling and quantization.
CO2 Explain and describe AM, DSBSC, SSB, FM modulation technique, noise in the signal and
Generation of PPM Waves.
CO3 Demonstrate their ability to use appropriate AM, DSBSC, SSB, FM modulation .
CO4 Test and validate digital formatting schemes with quantization noise under noisy channel
conditions to estimate the performance in practical communication systems and also
describe the AM, FM modulation and demodulation.
CO5 Design/Demonstrate by way of simulation or emulation the functional blocks of digital
formatting.
Course Outcomes Mapping with Programme Outcomes and with Program Specific Outcomes.
CO1 PO1, PO2,PO3,PO5,PO8,PO9,PO10,PO12 PSO1,PSO2
CO2 PO1, PO2,PO3,PO5,PO8,PO9,PO10,PO12 PSO1,PSO2
CO3 PO1, PO2,PO3,PO5,PO8,PO9,PO10,PO12 PSO1,PSO2
CO4 PO1, PO2,PO3,PO5,PO8,PO9,PO10,PO12 PSO1,PSO2
CO5 PO1, PO2,PO3,PO5,PO8,PO9,PO10,PO12 PSO1,PSO2
Text Books.
1 “Communication Systems”, Simon Haykins & Moher, 5th Edition, John Willey, India Pvt.
Ltd, 2010, ISBN 978 – 81 – 265 – 2151 – 7.
Reference Text Books.
1 Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B. P. Lathi, Oxford University
Press., 4th edition.
2 An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communication, Simon Haykins, John Wiley India
Pvt. Ltd., 2008, ISBN 978–81–265–3653–5.
3 Principles of Communication Systems, H.Taub & D.L.Schilling, TMH, 2011.
