Name : Umar Ali

Roll Number : 522

Class # : Bcs 5th Semester

Assignment # : #3

Submitted to : Idress sir

Subject : “Data Communication and

Networking”
Q1:
1) Digital Transmission:
Data can be represented either in analog or digital form. The
computers used the digital form to store the information. Therefore,
the data needs to be converted in digital form so that it can be used by
a computer.

 Digital-to-Digital Conversion:
Digital-to-digital encoding is the representation of digital information
by a digital signal. When binary 1s and 0s generated by the computer
are translated into a sequence of voltage pulses that can be
propagated over a wire, this process is known as digital-to-digital
encoding.

 Digital-to-digital encoding is divided into three categories:

o Unipolar Encoding
o Polar Encoding
o Bipolar Encoding
Unipolar:
o Digital transmission system sends the voltage pulses over the medium
link such as wire or cable.

o In most types of encoding, one voltage level represents 0, and another

voltage level represents 1.

o The polarity of each pulse determines whether it is positive or negative.

o This type of encoding is known as Unipolar encoding as it uses only one

polarity.

o In Unipolar encoding, the polarity is assigned to the 1 binary state.

o In this, 1s are represented as a positive value and 0s are represented as

a zero value.

o In Unipolar Encoding, '1' is considered as a high voltage and '0' is

considered as a zero voltage.

o Unipolar encoding is simpler and inexpensive to implement.

Unipolar encoding has two problems that make this scheme less
desirable:

o DC Component

o Synchronization
Polar:
o Polar encoding is an encoding scheme that uses two voltage levels:
one is positive, and another is negative.

o By using two voltage levels, an average voltage level is reduced, and

the DC component problem of unipolar encoding scheme is alleviated.

NRZ:
o NRZ stands for Non-return zero.

o In NRZ encoding, the level of the signal can be represented either

positive or negative.

The two most common methods used in NRZ are:

NRZ-L: In NRZ-L encoding, the level of the signal depends on the type
of the bit that it represents. If a bit is 0 or 1, then their voltages will
be positive and negative respectively. Therefore, we can say that the
level of the signal is dependent on the state of the bit.

NRZ-I: NRZ-I is an inversion of the voltage level that represents 1 bit.

In the NRZ-I encoding scheme, a transition occurs between the
positive and negative voltage that represents 1 bit. In this scheme, 0
bit represents no change and 1 bit represents a change in voltage
level.
RZ:
o RZ stands for Return to zero.

o There must be a signal change for each bit to achieve synchronization.

However, to change with every bit, we need to have three values:
positive, negative and zero.

o RZ is an encoding scheme that provides three values, positive voltage

represents 1, the negative voltage represents 0, and zero voltage
represents none.

o In the RZ scheme, halfway through each interval, the signal returns to

zero.

o In RZ scheme, 1 bit is represented by positive-to-zero and 0 bit is

represented by negative-to-zero.
Disadvantage of RZ:

It performs two signal changes to encode one bit that acquires more
bandwidth.

Biphase:
o Biphase is an encoding scheme in which signal changes at the middle
of the bit interval but does not return to zero.

Biphase encoding is implemented in two different ways:

Manchester:

o It changes the signal at the middle of the bit interval but does not
return to zero for synchronization.

o In Manchester encoding, a negative-to-positive transition represents

binary 1, and positive-to-negative transition represents 0.

o Manchester has the same level of synchronization as RZ scheme

except that it has two levels of amplitude.

o
Differential Manchester:

o It changes the signal at the middle of the bit interval for

synchronization, but the presence or absence of the transition at the
beginning of the interval determines the bit. A transition means binary
0 and no transition means binary 1.

o In Manchester Encoding scheme, two signal changes represent 0 and

one signal change represent 1.
 Bipolar:
o Bipolar encoding scheme represents three voltage levels: positive,
negative, and zero.

o In Bipolar encoding scheme, zero level represents binary 0, and binary

1 is represented by alternating positive and negative voltages.

o If the first 1 bit is represented by positive amplitude, then the second

1 bit is represented by negative voltage, third 1 bit is represented by
the positive amplitude and so on. This alternation can also occur even
when the 1bits are not consecutive.

Bipolar can be classified as:

AMI-
o AMI stands for alternate mark inversion where mark work comes from
telegraphy which means 1. So, it can be redefined as alternate 1
inversion.

o In Bipolar AMI encoding scheme, 0 bit is represented by zero level and

1 bit is represented by alternating positive and negative voltages.
Advantage:

o DC component is zero.

o Sequence of 1s bits are synchronized.

Disadvantage:

o This encoding scheme does not ensure the synchronization of a long

string of 0s bits.

B8ZS-
o B8ZS stands for Bipolar 8-Zero Substitution.

o This technique is adopted in North America to provide synchronization

of a long sequence of 0s bits.

o In most of the cases, the functionality of B8ZS is similar to the bipolar

AMI, but the only difference is that it provides the synchronization
when a long sequence of 0s bits occur.

o B8ZS ensures synchronization of a long string of 0s by providing force

artificial signal changes called violations, within 0 string pattern.

o When eight 0 occurs, then B8ZS implements some changes in 0s

string pattern based on the polarity of the previous 1 bit.

o If the polarity of the previous 1 bit is positive, the eight 0s will be

encoded as zero, zero, zero, positive, negative, zero, negative,
positive.
o If the polarity of previous 1 bit is negative, then the eight 0s will be
encoded as zero, zero, zero, negative, positive, zero, positive,
negative
2) Pulse Amplitude Modulation:
Today communication is the heart of the technology. Communication is
achieved over a transmitter and a receiver through signals. These
signals carry the information through modulation. Pulse Amplitude
Modulation is one of the kinds of modulation techniques used in signal
transmission. Pulse amplitude modulation is the simplest form of
modulation. It is Analog to digital conversion method where the
message information is encoded in the amplitude of the series of signal
pulses.
Pulse Amplitude Modulation-
Pulse amplitude modulation is the basic form of pulse modulation. In
this modulation, the signal is sampled at regular intervals and each
sample is made proportional to the amplitude of the modulating signal.
Before we study in detail about PAM lets know the concepts of
modulation.

What is Modulation?
Modulation is a process of changing the characteristics of a carrier
signal like amplitude, frequency and width, etc. It is the process of
adding information to the carrier signal. A carrier signal is a steady
waveform with constant amplitude and frequency.

Modulation
Modulation is normally applied to electromagnetic signals like radio
laser and optical signals. The Audio, video, images and text data are
added to the carrier signal for transmission over telecommunication
.
 Types of Modulation:
Modulation is categorized into two types depending on the type of
signal.

 Continuous-wave Modulation
 Pulse Modulation
Continuous-wave modulation and Pulse modulation are further
categorized as shown below.

Types of Modulations

Continuous-wave Modulation
In continuous wave modulation signal is used as a carrier signal which
modulates the message signal. There are three parameters that can be
altered to achieve modulation namely, frequency, amplitude and phase.
Thus, there are three types of modulations.
1. Amplitude Modulation
2. Frequency Modulation
3. Phase Modulation

Types of Analog Modulation

Pulse Modulation
Pulse modulation is a technique in which the signal is transmitted with
the information by pulses. This is divided into Analog Pulse Modulation
and Digital Pulse Modulation.

Analog pulse modulation is classified as

 Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM)

 Pulse Width Modulation (PWM)
 Pulse Position Modulation (PPM)
Digital modulation is classified as

 Pulse Code Modulation

 Delta Modulation
Pulse Amplitude Modulation
Pulse amplitude modulation is a technique in which the amplitude of
each pulse is controlled by the instantaneous amplitude of the
modulation signal. It is a modulation system in which the signal is
sampled at regular intervals and each sample is made proportional to
the amplitude of the signal at the instant of sampling. This technique
transmits the data by encoding in the amplitude of a series of signal
pulses.

Pulse
Amplitude Modulation Signal:

There are two types of sampling techniques for transmitting a signal

using PAM. They are:

1. Flat Top PAM

2. Natural PAM
Flat Top PAM: The amplitude of each pulse is directly proportional to
modulating signal amplitude at the time of pulse occurrence. The
amplitude of the signal cannot be changed with respect to the analog
signal to be sampled. The tops of the amplitude remain flat.
 Flat
Top PAM

Natural PAM: The amplitude of each pulse is directly proportional to

modulating signal amplitude at the time of pulse occurrence. Then
follows the amplitude of the pulse for the rest of the half-cycle.

Natural PAM

Circuit Design of Pulse Amplitude Modulation

A PAM is generated from a pure sine wave modulating signal and a
square wave generator which produces the carrier pulse and a PAM
modulator circuit.
A sine wave generator is used which is based on Wien Bridge Oscillator
circuit. This can produce distortion less sine wave at the output. The
circuit is designed such that the amplitude and the frequency of the
oscillator can be adjusted using a potentiometer.

Sine Wave Generator

The frequency can be varied by varying the potentiometer R2 and the

amplitude of the adjusted using the potentiometer R. The frequency of
the sine wave generated is given by

F = 1/(2π√R1R2C1C2)
The square wave is generated using op-amp based astable circuit. The
op-amp is used to reduce the complexity of generating the square wave.
The ON time and the OFF time of the pulse can be made identical and
the frequency can be adjusted without changing them.
 Square
Wave Generator

The time period of the pulses generated depends on the value of the
resistance R and the capacitance C. The period of the op-amp astable
circuit is given by

T = 2.2RC
Types of PAM
Pulse amplitude modulation is categorized into two types

1. Single Polarity PAM

2. Double Polarity PAM
Single polarity PAM is a situation where a suitable fixed DC bias is
added to the signal to ensure that all the pulses are positive.
Double polarity PAM is a situation where the pulses are both positive
and negative.
Demodulation of PAM
For the demodulation of the PAM signal, the PAM signal is fed to the
low pass filter. The low pass filter eliminates the high-frequency ripples
and generates the demodulated signal. This signal is then applied to the
inverting amplifier to amplify its signal level to have the demodulated
output with almost equal amplitude with the modulating signal.

Demodulation of PAM signal

Applications of PAM
 It is used in Ethernet communication.
 It is used in many micro-controllers for generating the control signals.
 It is used in Photo-biology.
 It is used as an electronic driver for LED lighting.
Advantages
 It is a simple process for both modulation and demodulation.
 Transmitter and receiver circuits are simple and easy to construct.
 PAM can generate other pulse modulation signals and can carry the
message at the same time.
Disadvantages
 Bandwidth should be large for transmission PAM modulation.
 Noise will be great.
 Pulse amplitude signal varies so the power required for transmission
will be more.
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