U18ECT3011 – Principles of Communication

1. Modulation
2. Need for Modulation

Ms.V.Uma Maheswari / AP I / ECE

Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Overview of this
Lecture
• Modulation
• Need for modulation and
Multiplexing
Modulation
What is modulation?
• A process of changing one or more properties of the
analog carrier in proportion to the information signal.
• One of the characteristics of the carrier signal is
changed according to the variations of the modulating
signal.
 AM – amplitude, E
 FM – frequency , ω
 PM - phase , θ
Modulation -Explanation

Information bearing signal

Message signal
Modulating signal
 Need for modulation

• Radiate Low frequency Signals

• Reduction in Antenna Height
• Increases the Range of Communication
• Improves the quality of reception
• Multiplexing
• To reduce noise and interferences
Multiplexing

CHANNEL

• Modulation helps in transmitting different message signals using

different carrier frequencies simultaneously over a same channel.
This kind of multiplexing is called Frequency Division
Multiplexing (FDM). FDM further reduces noise and interference.