Communication Systems - I

EE 341, Autumn’21
S.N. Merchant, Gaurav S. Kasbekar
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
IIT Bombay
 Basic Information
• Instructors: S.N. Merchant, Gaurav S. Kasbekar
Email: merchant@ee.iitb.ac.in,
gskasbekar@ee.iitb.ac.in
• Teaching Assistants:
– Aboobackkar Sidhique (174070021)
– Komal Ojha (194070013)
– Shivani Vilas Nandgaonkar (17D070003)
– Naveen Prathipati (203070002)
– Santosh Kumar Singh (184070016)
– Rahul Naredi (203070017)
• Credits: 6
 Basic Information (contd.)
• Before the start of each week, pre-recorded lecture videos
will be uploaded on Google Drive and links to them will be
posted on course Moodle page
Several of the lectures will be divided into smaller modules
Note: Even if some of the modules seem to start/ end somewhat
abruptly, we will ensure that continuity is maintained
• Live interaction sessions will be held on every Tuesday from
9.30 am to 10.25 am
using Microsoft Teams
join the “EE 341” team if not already done so
o you can join the live interaction sessions using the link posted in "General--
>Posts"
recording of each live interaction session will be posted shortly
after the session
o you can find it in the "Files" tab of the "General" channel of the "EE 341"
team
• Lecture slides will be posted on course Moodle page
 Course Contents
• Review of signals and systems, Fourier transform, and random
processes
• Low-pass representation of band-pass signals and systems: down-
conversion and up-conversion
• Analog modulation techniques: Amplitude modulation, DSB, SSB, VSB
modulation, Angle modulation: FM and PM
• Sampling, quantization and pulse modulation: Sampling and pulse
amplitude modulation, PCM and DPCM, Delta modulation, scalar and
vector quantization
• Overview of multiplexing and multiple access techniques: TDMA,
CDMA, FDMA and OFDM(A)
• Digital modulation techniques: Basics of PSK, ASK, FSK, QAM; ML
demodulator implementation with matched filter, decision regions
and probability of error analysis
• Digital communication over bandlimited channels: Intersymbol
interference, Nyquist criterion for ISI-free pulse, raised cosine pulse,
ML sequence detection for bandlimited channels
• Optional topics: Hardware / Software Radio demos, PLL and
Synchronization
 Textbooks
• S. Haykin, M. Moher, “Communication
Systems”, Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons,
2010
• S. Haykin, “Digital Communication Systems”,
John Wiley & Sons, 2014
• Indian editions of both the above books
available
 Other References
• B.P. Lathi, Z. Ding, “Modern Digital and Analog Communication
Systems”, Oxford, Fourth edition, 2011
• J. G. Proakis, M. Salehi , "Communication Systems Engineering",
Pearson Education, Second edition, 2001
• U. Madhow, “Fundamentals of Digital Communication",
Cambridge University Press, 2008
• U. Madhow, “Introduction to Communication Systems",
Cambridge University Press, 2014
• J. G. Proakis, M. Salehi , “Digital Communications", McGraw Hill
Education, Fifth edition, 2008
• S. Haykin, M. Moher, “Introduction to Analog & Digital
Communications”, Second edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2012
• B. Sklar, P.K. Ray, “Digital Communications: Fundamentals and
Applications”, Second edition, Pearson Education, 2009
• H. Taub, D. Schilling, G. Saha, “Principles of Communication
Systems”, McGraw Hill Education, Third edition, 2007
• Indian editions of all the above books available
 Grading
• Quizzes (best 2 out of 3): 10 % each
• Mid-sem: 30 %
• End-sem: 50 %
• Homework (won’t be graded)