EEE 3117

Contact hours/week: 3
Communication Engineering I
Credits: 3
Overview of Communication Systems: Basic principles, Fundamental elements, Message sources,
Input-output transducers, Transmission policies, Analog and digital communication systems, their
advantages and disadvantages, Introduction to communication networks, Communication traffics,
Telephone, Satellite communication, RADAR communication, Fiber optic communication, Cellular
communication, Radio and TV broadcasting, Radio switching systems, Cognitive radio networks etc.
Transmitter: Elements of transmitter and their functions, Transmission technologies, Concept of
wireless transmission with antennas, Transmit diversity schemes, state information at the transmitter,
transmission delay. Digitization: Sampling and its classification, Sampling theorem, Nyquist criterion,
Aliasing effect and its elimination, Quantizing, Quantization noise, Non-uniform quantization, Signal to
quantization error ratio, Encoding, Line coding formats, Sample and hold circuit, Quantizer and encoder
circuits, Modulation: Modulation and its principle, Importance of modulation, Definition, Graphical
representation, Generation, Modulated signal's expression, Frequency spectrum and bandwidth
requirements of AM, FM and PM, Design and fabrication of AM, FM and PM transmitter circuits.
Transmission Media: Types of media and their properties, Principle of information transmission through
wire, Coaxial cable, Waveguide, Optical fiber, Radio link etc., Channel and its classification, PDF, CDF
and MGF of channel gain, Modeling of fading channels, Expressions of received signals, Propagation
delay, Bandwidth, Channel capacity and its classification, Outage probability, Bit error rate, Symbol error
rate and their calculations, Effects of noise, Fading, Interference and correlation on the transmission
media, Noise: Sources of noise, Characteristics of various types of noise, Signal to noise ratio , noise
figure , Fading : Types of fading , measures of fading channel , Interference : types of interference and
their mitigation techniques , Correlation: Types of correlation and their mitigation fading channels,
Interference: Types of interference and their mitigation Signal-to-noise ratio, Noise figure, Fading: Types
of fading, Measures of technologies, Digital link, Design of digital link.
Receiver: Receivers, Elements of receiver and their functions,Superheterodyne receiver, Design and
fabrication of matched filter circuit and analog, Digital and correlator receiver circuits, Receiving
antennas and Demodulation and decoding of AM, FM and PM modulated signals, Design Principle of
demodulation and decoding, Importance of demodulation, channel state information at the receiver,
Demodulation and Decoding: Principle of demodulation and decoding , importanc of demodulation ,
demodulation and decoding of AM , PM and FM modulated signals , Design and fabrication of AM, FM
and PM receiver circuits.

EEE 3217 Contact hours/week: 3

Communication Engineering II
Credits: 3
Technologies at the Transmitting Side: Importance of multiplexing, Beamforming and coding
techniques etc.
Modulation: Analog modulation; Principle of DSB-SC, DSB-WC, SSB- SC, SSB-SC and VSB, Analog
pulse modulation, Definition, Graphical representation and generation of PAM, PWM and PPM, Principle
of QAM, MQAM, Digital modulation, Definition, Graphical representation, Generation, Modulated
signal's expression frequency spectrum and bandwidth requirements of ASK, FSK and PSK, Digital pulse
modulation, PCM and DM, Principle of DPSK, BPSK, QPSK, MPSK, MSK, GMSK, CPFSK,
Continuous and discontinuous FSK, DPCM, Adaptive DM, Multi- level modulation, Spaced vector
modulations, Spaced control modulation, Multicarrier modulations, Hybrid modulation and selective
harmonic elimination modulation, Multiplexing: Principle, Features, Receiver synchronization, Frame
synchronization of TDM, FDM, CDM, SDM, WDM, SDH/SONET and PDH, Beamforming: Explicit and
implicit beamforming, 5G beamforming, Analog, Digital, Switched and adaptive beamforming, Coding
Techniques: Source coding, Huffman coding, Linear predictive coding, Block code, Linear block code,
Humming distance, Error correcting code, Convolution code, Cyclic codes, Systematic and nonsystematic
cyclic codes.
Technologies in the Transmission Media: Working principle of voltage, Current and power amplifiers,
Audio, Video, Radio frequency (RF) and intermediate frequency (IF) amplifiers, Working principle of
amplify-and- forward (AF) relay, Decode-and-forward (DF) relay and regenerative repeater.
Technologies at the Receiving Side: Importance of de-multiplexing, Multiple-accessing diversity
combining, Decoding and equalization techniques, Demodulation: Demodulation, Detection and noise
performance of PAM, PWM, PPM, ASK, FSK, PSK, PCM and DM, De-multiplexing: De-multiplexing
of TDM, FDM, CDM, SDM, WDM, SDH/SONET and PDH, Multiple-accesses techniques: Principle and
features of TDMA, FDMA, CDMA and SDMA, Random access techniques; Aloha, Slotted Aloha,
Diversity combining techniques: Principle, Block diagram and maximum signal-to-noise ratio at the
combiner output of Selection combining (SC), Maximal ratio combining (MRC), Equal gain combining
(EGC) and switched-selection combining (SSC), Equalization: Principle of linear and non-linear
equalizations.