Course No.

EC 382
Analog and Digital Communication Systems
Instruction: Lectures/ Tutorials: 3 Hours/week Credits: 3
Examination: Theory: 150 minutes.
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Pre-requisites: EE 303- Digital Signal Processing, MA282- Numerical Methods and Statistics

Topic Classes

1. Introduction:
Elements of electronic communication system, classification of signals and
systems, 2
Basics of frequency domain representation of signals, signal transmission through
linear system, 2
Probability distributions, random processes, representation of narrowband
noise, SNR, Noise bandwidth, Noise temperature, Noise figure. 3

2. Amplitude Modulation:
Time and frequency domain representations, 2
Generation and detection of DSBFC, 2
DSBSC, SSB, VSB Sweep Circuits: 6

3. Angle Modulation:
PM, FM, Time and frequency domain representations 2
Generation and detection of NBFM, WBFM, 3
comparison with amplitude modulation schemes 1

4. Sampling theorem and Pulse Modulation:

Sampling theorem, Time domain representations 3
Generation and detection of PAM, PWM, PPM, PCM, 3
Noise performance of PCM systems, DPCM, ADPCM, DM, ADM, 3
CVSDM, Vocoders, comparison with amplitude modulation schemes 2

5. Digital Modulation Techniques:

Geometric representation of signals, Time domain representation, 2
Signal constellation and generation and detection of ASK, PSK, FSK, 4
QAM, MSK, 2

TEXT BOOKS:
1. TL Singal, ‘Analog & Digital Communications’, TMH, New Delhi, 2012.B. P. Lathi, Zhi
Ding, ‘Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems’, Fourth Edition, Oxford
University Press, 2010.
Reference Books:
1. K. Sam Shanmugam, ‘Digital and Analog Communication Systems’, John Wiley, 2006.
2. Simon Haykin, ‘Communication Systems’, John Wiley, 2006.
Online Resources:
1. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117/105/117105143/
2. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/117/101/117101051/
3. https://nptel.ac.in/courses/108/102/108102096/

Course Outcomes: After the completion of the course the student will be able to:
CO1: Analyze a communication system, its noise and desired output
CO2: Identify the modulation scheme based on the time domain or frequency
domain transformation to the signal or signal constellation description
CO3: Assess the bandwidth requirements of different modulation schemes
CO4: Propose end-to-end physical layer block diagram for a communication system
CO5: Determine the effect of noise in the digitization of an analog signal
CO6: Compare the performance of various modulation schemes