Syllabus

Unit 1 - Elements of Information Theory

Digital Wireless Communication System Block Diagram,
Information and its Properties, Entropy and Its Properties,
Relationship between Channel Capacity and Entropy,
Channel Capacity Theorem, Shannon-Hartley Theorem,
Channel Coding Theorem
Unit 2 - Source Coding
Objectives of Source Coding, A Typical Source Encoding
Model, Shannons Source Coding Theorem, Shannon-Fano
Source Coding, Data Compaction, Huffman Source Coding
Unit 3 - Analog Information Encoding
Need of Analog Information Encoding, Baseband and
Bandpass Sampling Theorems (Statements only), Practical
Aspects of Sampling, Pulse Code Modulation (PCM),
Differential PCM and DM
Unit 4 - Baseband Signaling
Baseband Signal Shaping for Data Transmission Need and
Properties of Line Codes, Line Encoding Techniques, ISI,
Nyquist Criterion and Eye Pattern, Coding Speech at Low
Bit Rates (Vocoders)
Unit 5 - Error Control Channel Coding
Types of Errors in Data Communications, Error Detection
and Correction Techniques, Linear Block Coding, Hamming
Codes, Cyclic Codes, BCH Codes, Reed-Solomen (RS)
Codes, Convolutional Coding, Viterbi Decoding Algorithm,
Interleaving Block and Convolutional, Turbo and LDPC
Codes
Unit 6 Introduction to Cryptography
Introduction, An Overview of Encryption Techniques,
Operations used by Encryption Algorithms, Symmetric
(Secret Key) Cryptography, Data Encryption Standards
(DES)
Information Theory and Coding

No. of
Lectu
res

Weight
age

08

20%

08

22%

04

8%

06

15%

09

25%

05

10%

Text Books to be followed:

TB1: Analog & Digital Communications by T L Singal, Tata McGraw Hill
Publication, ISBN: 978-0-07-107269-4, 1st Edition (2012), 3rd Reprint (2014). URL:
www.mhhe.com/singal/adc1
TB2: `Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography by Ranjan Bose, Tata
McGraw Hill Publication, Second Edition 2008.
RB1: `Information Theory, Coding and Cryptography by Arijit Saha, Nilotpal
Manna and Surajit Mandal, Pearson Publication, 1st edition, 2013.

RB2: Applied Coding and Information Theory for Engineers by Richard B. Wells,
Pearson Publication, 1st edition, 2009.