COURSE SCHEDULE

Week-01

Introduction to Communication Systems: Communication Systems
SNR, Channel Bandwidth, Modulator, Randomness, Redundancy and coding.

Week-02

Introduction to Signals: Size of signals, Classification of signals, Some useful signal properties, Unit impulse function.


Week-03

Introduction to Signals: Signal Comparison: correlation, Signal representation by orthogonal signal set.


Week-04

Introduction to Signals: Trigonometric Fourier series, Exponential Fourier series, Numerical computation of Dn.


Week-05

Analysis and transmission of signals: Aperiodic signals representation by Fourier integral, Transforms of some useful functions


Week-06

Analysis and transmission of signals: Some properties of Fourier transform, signal transmission through linear system.


Week-07

Analysis and transmission of signals: Ideal and practical filters, Signal distortion over a communication channel


Week-08


Analysis and transmission of signals: signal Energy and energy spectral density, signal power and power spectral density, Numerical computation of fourier transform: DFT


Week-09
Mid-term Exam


Week-10

Amplitude Modulation: Baseband and carrier communication, Double sideband modulation


Week-11
Amplitude Modulation: Amplitude modulation, Quadrature amplitude modulation


Week-12
Amplitude Modulation: Single sideband modulation vestigial sideband modulation


Week-13

Amplitude Modulation: carrier acquisition, superheterodyne AM receiver


Week-14

Angle modulation: concept of instantaneous frequency, bandwidth of angle modulated waves.


Week-15

Sampling and pulse coding modulation: Sampling theorem, Pulse-code modulation


Week-16

Sampling and pulse coding modulation: Differential pulse coding modulation, delta modulation
Week 17 Introduction to probability