CT303: Digital Communication

Section A, Autumn 2023-2024, DAIICT

Lecture-wise breakup of the content, and problems to be solved.

S. No. Lecture Date Focus of the lecture Where to read from? Problems to be solved
1. 24 July, 2023 Introduction to course; 4 categories [1]: Section 1.1; [2]: Sections 1.2.2, 1.2.3 None
of signal; Analog communication
2. 26 July, 2023 Analog vs Digital Communication [1]: Section 1.1.2; [3]: Chapter 1, parts None
(AvD-C) 5,6,7,8; [4]: Section 1-2 (Chapter 1) for
benefits of DC in brief.
3. 28 July, 2023 Closing comments for AvD-C; [3]: Section 3.1; [1]: Section 1.1.2, 1.1.3, None
Introduction to Sampling process 1.1.4
4. 31 July, 2023 Derivation of Sampling theorem [3]: Sections 3.1, 3.2; [3]: Problems 3.2, 3.3
5. 02 August, 2023 Derivation of Sampling theorem [3]: Sections 3.1, 3.2 [4]: Problems 2-46, 2-48,
(contd.) 2-54
6. 04 August, 2023 Recovery after sampling, statement [5]: Page 253 and footnote therein, Pgs. 251- [5]: Problems 6.1-1, 6.1-2,
of sampling theorem, sampling of 255 and Pgs. 258 - 262 6.1-3, 6.1-4, 6.1-5, 6.1-6,
sinusoids 6.1-7, 6.1-8.
7. 07 August, 2023 Recontruction through interpolation; [5]: Section 3.4, 3.5 (pgs. 91-97) and [5]: Pgs. None
Time-limited and Band-limited 258 – 262, Pgs. 251-255; [3]: Section 3.2
paradox
8. 09 August, 2023 Aliasing & Usage of anti-aliasing --------- Same as Above ----------------------- None
filter
9. 11 August, 2023 Discussion on issues with Ideal filter --------- Same as Above ----------------------- None
design and implementation
10. 14 August, 2023 Paley-Wiener Criteria and [5]: Pgs. 258 – 262; [3]: Section 3.6 (pgs. None
introduction to quantization 193-195); [5]: Section 3.7.1 (self-study)
11. 21 August, 2023 Quantization, derivation of average [5]: Section 6.2.2 None
qantization noise error.
12. 23 August, 2023 Expression for SQNR --- Same - as - above ------- None
13. 25 August, 2023 Non-uniform quantization and [6]: Sections 2.7 and 13.2.5; [5]: Section [5]: Problem 6.2-10, 3.7-2,
introduction to companding 6.2.4; PCM system diagram – [4]: Fig. 3- 3.7-3, 3.7-4
7;
14. 26 August, 2023 Companding: Mu-Law & A-Law; --- Same - as - above ------- [5]: Problem 6.2-1, 6.2-2,
PCM – Bandwidth & SQNR with 6.2-3, 6.2-4, 6.2-6, 6.2-8,
companding 6.2-9.
[3]: Problems 3.14, 3.15
15. 26 August, 2023 Line Codes, Differential coding [4]: Section 3-5; [3]: Section 3.7 [4]: Problem 3.30, 3.34
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16. 11 September, 2023 Introduction to DPCM [6]: Section 13.3 – Initial parts; [5]: [3]: Problems 3.8, 3.36,
Section 6.5. 3.3
17. 13 September, 2023 DPCM (Contd.) [5]: Section 6.5. None
18. 15 September, 2023 DPCM transmitter & receiver [5]: Section 6.5. None
19. 18 September, 2023 Time division multiplexing (TDM) [4]: Section 3-9; [3]: Section 3.9 [5]: Problems 6.4-1 to 6.4-
3
20. 20 September, 2023 T1 system & Introduction to [3]: Section 3.9; [4]: Section 3-5; None
transmission over band-limited (BL) [5]: Section 7.3.1 & 7.3.2
channels.
21. 22 September, 2023 Transmission over BL channels [1]: “The role of excess bandwidth” from [5]: Problems 7.3-4 to 7.3-
(Contd.) section 4.3.2; [5]: Section 7.3.1 & 7.3.2 6
22. 27 September, 2023 Nyquist criteirion for ISI avoidance [5]: Example 7.1; [4]: Small discussion on [5]: Problems 7.3-8
“Nyquist’s second and third methods to [1]: Problem 4.4, 4.5, 4.6,
control ISI”; [5]: Section 7.6; [6]: Section 4.9 – leaving all parts on
3.4.2; [3]: Figure 4.34 in section 4.11 QAM.
23. 29 September, 2023 Nyquist criteirion for ISI avoidance ----- Same as above --------- [5]: Problems 7.3-8, 7.7-1
(Contd.) and 7.7-2; [6]: Problem
3.16
24. 04 October, 2023 Nyquist criteirion for ISI avoidance ----- Same as above --------- None
(Contd.)
25. 06 October, 2023 Raised-Cosine pulse & Nyquist ----- Same as above --------- None
second and third criteria
26. 08 October, 2023 Signal Space [5]: Section 2.4.1; To be self-read from [5]: Problem 2.4-1, 2.4-2,
[5]: Sections 2.4.2, 2.4.3, 2.5 and 2.6; 2.4-3, 2.4-4, 2.5-1
[3]: Section 5.2
27. 08 October, 2023 Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization [3]: Section 5.2; [7]: Example 7.1.1 [3]: Problem 5.3, 5.4, 5.5,
5.8
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28. 16 October, 2023 White noise and its impact [3]: Chapter 1 and Sections 4.1 - 4.3 None

29. 18 October, 2023 Introduction to Matched Filter Rx. [3]: Sections 4.1 - 4.3 [3]: Problems 4.1
[7]: Problems 7.18
30. 20 October, 2023 Derivation of Matched Filter Rx. [3]: Sections 4.1 - 4.3 [6]: Problem 3.5, 3.6, 3.7

31. 23 October, 2023 Error rate due to noise [3]: Sections 4.1 - 4.3 [3]: Problems 4.5, 4.6, 4.9-
4.11
32. 25 October, 2023 Error rate due to noise (contd.) [3]: Sections 4.1 - 4.3 [7]: Problems 7.9, 7.10, 7.11,
7.12, 7.13, 7.14, 7.23
33. 27 October, 2023 Average prob. of error calculation [3]: Sections 4.1 - 4.3 None

34. 01 November, 2023 Detection theory for DC [3]: Sections 5.3 - 5.6 None

35. 03 November, 2023 Correlation Receiver [3]: Sections 5.3 - 5.6 [7]: Problems 7.20, 7.21,
7.22, 7.32, 7.34
36. 06 November, 2023 Max. aposteriori Prob. receiver [3]: Sections 5.3 - 5.6 [3]: Problem 5.12, 5.17

37. 08 November, 2023 Maximum likelihood receiver [3]: Sections 5.3 - 5.6 None

38. 10 November, 2023 Passband system, I and Q channel [1]: Section 2.7 & 2.8 [1]: Examples 2.8.1, 2.8.2 &
orthogonality 2.8.3
[6]: Problem 4.1, 4.3, 4.11
39. 20 November, 2023 Complex baseband representation [1]: Section 2.7 & 2.8 ------ same as above ------
and other things related to passband
transmission
40. 22 November, 2023 M-ary signalling vs binary [3]: Sections 4.7, 6.1 – pg. 346 ------ same as below -------
signalling, Bandwidth efficiency
41. 24 November, 2023 BPSK (contd.), QPSK and M-ary [3]: Sections 6.1, 6.2 & 6.3 [3]: Problem 6.1(a), 6.4, 6.5,
PSK – Tx/Rx structures, error 6.6,
probabilities in each case, Bandwidth [7]: Problems 7.42, 7.43,
efficiency for M-PSK 7.46, 7.48 - part 1 & 2,

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References:

[1] Introduction to Communication systems, U. Madhow.

[2] Digital Signal Processing: principles, algorithms and applications, 4th edition, J. G. Proakis and D. G. Manolakis.
[3] Communication Systems, S. Haykin, 4th edition.
[4] Digital and Analog Communication systems, 6th edition, Leon W. Couch II.
[5] Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B. P. Lathi and Z. Ding, International 4th edition.
[6] Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd edition, B. Sklar and P. B. Ray.
[7] Communication Systems Engineering, 2nd edition, J. G. Proakis and M. Salehi, LPE, Pearson Education