Dr. K. Vinoth Babu, B.E., M.Tech., Ph.D.

(Dr. மரேவ . ேனாத் பா )

Department of Communication Engineering,
School of Electronics Engineering (SENSE),
Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore Campus, Tamil Nadu, India.
Text Books:
1. B. P.Lathi, “Modern Analog and Digital Communication Systems”, 3rd Edition, Oxford
University Press, 2007.

Reference Books:
1. Simon Haykin, “Communication Systems”, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009
2. Rappaport T.S, "Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice", 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education, 2007
3. H.Taub, D L Schilling and G Saha, “Principles of Communication”, 3rd Edition, Pearson
Education, 2007.
ECE3024 Analog and Digital Communication L T P J C
2 0 2 0 3
Prerequisite: Integrated Circuits Syllabus version
v.1.0
Course Objectives:
⦁ To make students understand analog and digital communication techniques
⦁ To teach data and pulse communication techniques
⦁ To introduce source and Error control coding
⦁ To provide knowledge on multi-user radio communication

Expected Outcomes:
The student will be able
⦁ to apply the essentials of analog and digital communication techniques
⦁ to code the information and calculate the error in transmission.
⦁ to solve the various channel coding problems

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO): 1,2,6and 9

Module:1 Analog Communication 5 hours SLO:

1,2,9
Noise: Source of Noise - External Noise- Internal Noise - Noise Calculation. Introduction to
Communication Systems: Modulation – Types - Need for Modulation. Theory of Amplitude
Modulation - Evolution and Description of SSB Techniques - Theory of Frequency and Phase
Modulation – Comparison of various Analog Communication System (AM, FM, PM)
Module:2 Digital Communication 5 hours SLO:
1,2
Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK) – Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) Minimum Shift Keying (MSK) –
Phase Shift Keying (PSK) – BPSK – QPSK – 8 PSK – 16 PSK - Quadrature Amplitude
Modulation (QAM) – 8 QAM – 16 QAM – Bandwidth Efficiency– Comparison of various Digital
Communication System (ASK – FSK – PSK – QAM)

Module:3 Data Communication 5 hours SLO:

1,2
History of Data Communication - Standards Organizations for Data Communication- Data
Communication Circuits - Data Communication Codes - Error Detection and Correction
Techniques - Data communication Hardware - serial and parallel interfaces

Module:4 Pulse Communication 4 hours SLO:

1,2
Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM) – Pulse Time Modulation (PTM) – Pulse code Modulation
(PCM) - Comparison of various Pulse Communication System (PAM – PTM – PCM)

Module:5 Source and Error Control Coding 4 hours SLO:

1,2
Entropy, Source encoding theorem, Shannon fano coding, Huffman coding, mutual information,
channel capacity, channel coding theorem, Error Control Coding, linear block codes, cyclic codes,
convolution codes, viterbi decoding algorithm

Module:6 Multi-user Radio Communication 3 hours SLO:

1,2
Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS) - Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) –
Code division multiple access (CDMA) – Cellular Concept and Frequency Reuse - Channel
Assignment and Hand off -
Module:7 Multiple Access Schemes 2 hours SLO:
1,2
Overview - Satellite Communication - Bluetooth.

Module:8 Contemporary Issues 2 hours SLO:2

Total Lecture: 30 hours

Text Books:
Singal, Analog And Digital Communication, Tata McGraw Hill Education Private Ltd, 2012.
Reference Books:
Wayne Tomasi, Advanced Electronic Communications Systems, Pearson Publisher, 2013.

Rappaport T.S, "Wireless Communications: Principles and Practice", 2nd Edition, Pearson
Education, 2010
Andrew J. Viterbi, Jim K. Omura, Principles of Digital Communication and Coding, Dover
Publications Ltd, 2013.
Simon Haykin, “Communication Systems”, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 2009