4th Sem, ECE

Principles of Communication Systems ECE 4th Sem Syllabus for VTU BE 2017 Scheme

Principles of Communication Systems detail syllabus for Electronics & Communication Engineering (Ece), 2017 scheme is taken from VTU official website and presented for VTU students. The course code (17EC44), and for exam duration, Teaching Hr/week, Practical Hr/week, Total Marks, internal marks, theory marks, duration and credits do visit complete sem subjects post given below.

For all other ece 4th sem syllabus for be 2017 scheme vtu you can visit ECE 4th Sem syllabus for BE 2017 Scheme VTU Subjects. The detail syllabus for principles of communication systems is as follows.

Course Objectives:

This course will enable students to:

  • Design simple systems for generating and demodulating AM, DSB, SSB and VSB signals.
  • Understand the concepts in Angle modulation for the design of communication systems.
  • Design simple systems for generating and demodulating frequency modulated signals.
  • Learn the concepts of random process and various types of noise.
  • Evaluate the performance of the communication system in presence of noise.
  • Analyze pulse modulation and sampling techniques.

Module 1

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Module 2

ANGLE MODULATION: Basic definitions, Frequency Modulation: Narrow Band FM, Wide Band FM, Transmission bandwidth of FM Signals, Generation of FM Signals, Demodulation of FM Signals, FM Stereo Multiplexing, Phase-Locked Loop: Nonlinear model of PLL, Linear model of PLL, Nonlinear Effects in FM Systems. The Superheterodyne Receiver (refer Chapter 4 of Text).

Module 3

RANDOM VARIABLES & PROCESS: Introduction, Probability, Conditional Probability, Random variables, Several Random Variables. Statistical Averages: Function of a random variable, Moments, Random Processes, Mean, Correlation and Covariance function: Properties of autocorrelation function, Cross-correlation functions (refer Chapter 5 of Text).
NOISE: Shot Noise, Thermal noise, White Noise, Noise Equivalent Bandwidth (refer Chapter 5 of Text), Noise Figure (refer Section 6.7 of Text).

Module 4

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Module 5

DIGITAL REPRESENTATION OF ANALOG SIGNALS: Introduction, Why Digitize Analog Sources?, The Sampling process, Pulse Amplitude Modulation, Time Division Multiplexing, Pulse-Position Modulation, Generation of PPM Waves, Detection of PPM Waves, The Quantization Process, Quantization Noise, Pulse-Code Modulation: Sampling, Quantization, Encoding, Regeneration, Decoding, Filtering, Multiplexing (refer Chapter 7 of Text), Application to Vocoder (refer Section 6.8 of Reference.Book 1).

Course Outcomes:

At the end of the course, students will be able to:

  • Determine the performance of analog modulation schemes in time and frequency domains.
  • Determine the performance of systems for generation and detection of modulated analog signals.
  • Characterize analog signals in time domain as random processes and in frequency domain using Fourier transforms.
  • Characterize the influence of channel on analog modulated signals
  • Determine the performance of analog communication systems.
  • Understand the characteristics of pulse amplitude modulation, pulse position modulation and pulse code modulation systems.

Text Books:

Communication Systems, Simon Haykins & Moher, 5th Edition, John Willey, India Pvt. Ltd, 2010, ISBN 978 – 81 – 265 – 2151 – 7.

Reference Books:

  1. Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, B. P. Lathi, Oxford University Press., 4th edition.
  2. An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communication, Simon Haykins, John Wiley India Pvt. Ltd., 2008, ISBN 978-81-265-3653-5.
  3. Principles of Communication Systems, H.Taub & D.L.Schilling, TMH, 2011.
  4. Communication Systems, Harold P.E, Stern Samy and A.Mahmond, Pearson Edition, 2004.
  5. Communication Systems: Analog and Digital, R.P.Singh and S.Sapre: TMH 2nd edition, 2007.

For detail syllabus of all other subjects of BE Ece, 2017 scheme do visit Ece 4th Sem syllabus for 2017 scheme.

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