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COURSE PLAN
FIRST: BASIC INFORMATION
College
College : Faculty of Engineering
Department :Electrical Power Engineering Department
Course
Course Title : Communications
Course Code : (30107334)
Credit Hours 3
Prerequisite Electronics 2
Instructor
Name :Dr.Mohammed Rasoul Al-Hadidi
Tel (Ext) :
E-mail :mohammad_hadidi@bau.edu.jo
Office Hours 11:00 to 12:00 Sun, Tuesday
Class Times Building Day Start Time End Time Room No.
Online Su.. Tu. Thursday 08:00 AM 09:00AM Online

Text Book
Title : Text Books: Introduction to Communication Systems. Ferrel G. Stremler;
Addison Wesley Longman, Third edition.1990.
References
1. Communication Systems. Simon Haykin; John Wiley & Sons Inc. third edition.
2. Modern Digital & Analog Communication Systems, third ed., B.P.Lathi.
3. Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications. Bernard Sklar; Prentice-Hall International 1988.

SECOND: PROFESSIONAL INFORMATION

COURSE DESCRIPTION
Introduce the student to the theory, techniques, and application of Communications Systems.
COURSE OBJECTIVES
To develop a fundamental understanding of what Analog and Digital Communication systems &components are.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

At completing this module the student should be able to:
1 To develop a fundamental understanding of what Communication systems &components are.

2 To understand the signals and systems and be able to classify the signals.
3 To understand the Spectral Density and Correlations and Energy&Power Spectral density
4 Be able to use basic trigonometric equations and Fourier analysis to design and analyze analog
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communication systems.
5 Recognize different kinds of Analog and Digital modulation
6 To distinguish between different types of amplitude modulation systems: double-sideband
suppressed carrier, conventional amplitude modulation, and single-sideband.

COURSE SYLLABUS
Week Course Topic Notes
Week 1 Introduction to Communication systems
Week 2 Complex signals and Representations.
Signals Analysis and classification.
Week 3 Operation on Signals
Parseval’s Theorem for power signals.
Week 4 - Fourier Transform and applications
Week 5 - The Spectral Density Functions.
Parseval’s theorem for Energy signals
Week 6 Spectral Density and Correlations
- Energy Spectral density
- Power Spectral Density
- Time-Averaged Noise Representations
Week 7 - Correlation and autocorrelation Functions
- Properties of Correlation Functions
Correlation Functions for Finite-Energy Signals
Week 8 Mid Exam
Week 9 - Amplitude Modulation: Suppressed Carrier
Week 10 - Amplitude Demodulation: Suppressed Carrier
Week 11 - Amplitude Modulation: Large Carrier
- Single-Sideband Modulation
Vestigal-Sideband Modulation
Week 12 - Review and Consultations
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Week 13 Course Project
Week 14 Pulse Amplitude Modulation
The quantization processes.
Pulse-Code Modulation.
Week 15 - Amplitude Shift Keying
- Frequency Shift Keying
- Phase Shift Keying
Week 16 Final Exam
COURSE LEARNING RESOURCES
The course learning resources based on theory explaining, Problems discussion and solving, Slides
contains move, picture and diagram as well as text on data show
ONLINE RESOURCES
The Ref. books and some notes can be downloads from my electronic page/ AlBalqa' Applied University
website .
ASSESSMANT TOOLS
)Write assessment tools that will be used to test students ability to understand the course material
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and gain the skills and competencies stated in learning outcomes

ASSESSMENT TOOLS %
Quizzes 0
Researches, Reports
H.W, and Project 6
Participation 2
Activities/attendance 2
Presentation 0
Exams 40
Final Exam 50
TOTAL MARKS 100
THIRD: COURSE RULES
ATTENDANCE RULES
Attendance and participation are extremely important, and the usual University rules will apply.
Attendance will be recorded for each class. . Attendance will be recorded for each class. Absence of 15% or
more will result in forfeiting the course and the student will not be permitted to attend the final
examination.

GRADING SYSTEM - Example

88 – 100 A
83 – 87 A-
78- 82 B+
73 – 77 B
68 – 72 B-
63 – 67 C+
58 – 62 C
53- 57 C-
49- 52 D+
44- 48 D
37- 43 D-
Less than 36 F
REMARKS

COURSE COORDINATOR

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