Department Computer Systems Engineering

Course Title Communication Systems

Course Code CSE

Credit Hours 3

Contact 3 Hours
Hours
Pre- Signal and Systems and Random Signals and Noise (Probability Methods and Random
requisites Variable)
(if any)
Teaching Lecture + Tutorial
Methodology
Method of Assignments + Quizes +project 25%
Evaluation Mid-term Test 25%

Final Examination 50%

TOTAL 100%
Instructor(s) Engineer Ihsan Ul Haq, Assistant Professor

Semester 5th Semester

Offered
Course  To review the fundamentals of signal analysis and system theory so that students
Objectives could master the basic theory and analysis techniques of communication systems.
 To provide a clear and solid introduction to the basic principles in the analysis
and design of communication systems.
 To make intelligent choices in the design of analog and digital communication
systems.
 To explain how communication systems work especially in the presence of noisy,
band-limited, and nonlinear channels.
Learning After completing this course the students will have the ability to:
Outcomes
1. Understand principles of analog communication systems
2. Perform spectrum analysis of random signals
3. Understand principles underlying transmission and detection of baseband and
passband signals.
4. Analyze the effect of noise on analog communication systems
5. Design an analog communication system for specified performance

Course Introduction to communications systems: Review of signals representations. Spectral

Synopsis density and correlation Analogue communication systems: amplitude
modulation/demodulation, angle modulation/demodulation, frequency division
multiplexing. Noise in analogue communication systems. Pulse Code modulation.
Course Week Topics Reading
Outlines / Assignment
Contents 1, 2 Elements of a communication system. Communication Chapter 1
channels. Communication signals. Communication
Resources. Modulation and demodulation processes.
Analog against digital communications.
3, 4 Fourier exponential series, Complex Fourier Spectrum, Chapter 2,
Fourier transform: Continuous spectrum, Fourier Transform 3
Involving Impulse Function, Properties of Fourier
Transform, Fourier Transform of Periodic Function,
Convolution. Energy and power spectral densities, Transfer
function of a linear time-invariant system.
5, 6, 7 The AM Envelop, AM Frequency Spectrum and Bandwidth, Chapter 4
Co-efficient of modulation and percent modulation, AM
Time-domain and frequency-domain analysis, AM Power
distribution, AM Modulator Circuits: Low-level AM
Modulator, Medium-level AM Modulator, Simultaneous
Base and Collector Modulation. Demodulation of AM
Signals: Rectifier Detector, Envelop Detector. Quadrature
Amplitude Modulation (QAM), Interference in QAM. Single
Side Band SSB Transmission: Modulation and
Demodulation. Vestigial Sideband VSB : modulator and
demodulator, use of VSB in Broadcast Television. Carrier
Acquisition and Phase-Locked Loop (PLL).
8 Introduction to Noise in analogue communication Systems: Chapter 4
Introduction, Sources of noise: Shot noise, Resistor Noise,
White Gaussian Noise, Noise Bandwidth, Noise
Temperature, Noise Figure, and Signal to Noise Ratio
(SNR).
9, 10, Concepts of instantaneous phase and frequency – Chapter 5
11 mathematical analysis. Deviation sensitivity. Frequency
modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM). Phase
deviation and modulation index. Frequency deviation.
Frequency analysis of angle-modulated waves. Bandwidth
requirements of angle-modulated waves. Average power of
angle-modulated waves. Noise and angle modulation.
Frequency and Phase Modulators and Demodulators:
Different types of Direct FM Modulators, Direct PM
Modulators and indirect types. Broadcast FM and stereo
systems. Angle Modulation versus Amplitude Modulation.
12, 13 Introduction. Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) and Chapter 5
Time Division Multiplexing (TDM). Concept of Frequency
Division Multiplexing and Demultiplexing. FDM in
Telemetry, FDM in Telephone systems, FDM in Stereo FM
14 Sampling theorem: Nyquist sampling rate, Nyquist interval Chapter 6
and aliasing effect. Pulse-amplitude modulation (PAM).
Pulse-position modulation (PPM) and Pulse-width
modulation (PWM). Pulse-code modulation (PCM). Time-
division multiplexing.
References Required:

1. Lathi B.P., Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd Edition.

Recommended:

1. Simon Haykin, Communication Systems, 4th Edition

2. Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications,
Second Edition

Proposed 10th September, 2018

Start Date
(Semester)