EE361 - Communication Theory (3 Credit Hours)

Pre-Requisite: Signals and Systems (EE351)

Instructor: Sadia Khaf
Office: G07
Email: sadia.khaf@giki.edu.pk
Phone Extension: 2587
Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday 10:00-11:30 | Thursday 15:30-16:30 | Friday 14:30-15:30

Course Introduction
The objective of this course is to make students familiar with the fundamentals of analog and digital communication.
At the end of this course, the students will have understood the fundamental principles which underpin the analysis
and design of communication systems, analysis of different types of modulation for both analog and digital
communication, and behavior of different communication systems in the presence of noise. This course will provide a
foundation of knowledge on which expertise can be built in advanced courses like digital communications,
telecommunication systems, wireless communications, coding theory, and information theory.

Course Contents
 Comparison and analysis of communication signals
 Amplitude modulation - concept, demodulation, single side band, double side band, quadrature amplitude
modulation, vestigial side band, AM receiver and other applications
 Angle modulation - concept, frequency modulation, demodulation, FM receiver and other applications
 Sampling and reconstruction
 Differential pulse code modulation and delta modulation - concept and applications
 Digital communication systems, digital line coding, pulse shaping, and scrambling - concept and
applications
Mapping of CLOs & PLOs
CLOs Course Learning Outcomes PLOs Blooms Taxonomy
CLO-1 Analyze communication signals to PLO-2 Cognitive Level 4 (Analyzing)
determine orthogonality and correlation
using formulas
CLO-2 Explain amplitude modulation systems PLO-4 Cognitive Level 5 (Evaluating)
using concepts of signals and systems and
Fourier transform
CLO-3 Explain angle modulation systems using PLO-4 Cognitive Level 5 (Evaluating)
concepts of signals and systems and
Fourier transform
CLO-4 Explain the basics of digital PLO-1 Cognitive Level 2 (Understanding)
communication using signals and systems
concepts and Fourier transform
CLOs Assessment Mechanism
Assessment Tools CLO-1 CLO-2 CLO-3 CLO-4
Quizzes 35% 25% 40% 40%
Assignments 5% 5% - -
Midterm Examination 35% 40% - -
Final Examination 25% 30% 60% 60%
Overall Grading Policy
Assessment Tools Percentage
Quizzes (Surprise + Scheduled) 15%
Assignments 05%
Midterm Examination 35%
Final Examination 45%
 Text and Reference Books
Text Book:
Lathi, B. P., & Ding, Z. (2009). Modern digital and analog communication systems (4th ed.). Oxford, UK: Oxford
University Press.
Reference Books:
1. Hsu, H. P. (2009). Schaum's outline of signals and systems (2nd ed.). Columbus, OH: McGraw-Hill Education.
2. Haykin, S. (2009). Communication systems (2nd ed.). John Wiley & Sons.
3. Couch, II, L. W. (2007). Digital and analog communication systems (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
4. Proakis, J. G., & Salehi, M. (2005). Fundamentals of Communication Systems. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
Administrative Instruction
 According to institute policy, 80% attendance is mandatory to appear in the final examination.
 In any case, there will be no retake of (scheduled/surprise) quizzes.
 For queries, kindly follow the office hours in order to avoid any inconvenience.

Computer Usage
Students are encouraged to solve some assigned homework problems using the available engineering software, such
as MATLAB

Lecture Breakdown
Week Chapters (Lathi & Ding)
1 1, 2
2 2
3 3
4 3
5 4
6 4
7 4
8 4
9 5
10 5
11 5
12 5
13 6
14 6
15 Chapter 7 (7.1 – 7.4)