CITY UNIVERSITY

OF SCIENCE & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

COURSE OUTLINE
Engineering Department
Code ELE-304 Title Digital Communication
Credit Hours 3 Semester 2010 Spring
Course This course gives the basic concepts associated with information, coding
Objective modulation, detection and signal processing in the presence of noise.
These concepts are applicable to the design of contemporary
communications and digital telephony such as television, radio and
satellite communication.

Instructor Engr. Asar Ali

Taub Schilling , Principle of Communication Systems,

Suggested Book (s) 2nd Edition, McGRAW-HILL, 1986
B.Sklar, Digital Communications, 4th Edition, 2003,

Author, Book-Name, Edition, Publisher, Year

Jhon G. Proakis and Masoud Salehi,
Communication Systems Engineering, 2nd Edition, Prentice Hall,
Reference Book (s)
Simon Haykin, Communications SYSTEMS, 4TH Edition,

Bruce Carlson, Communication Systems, Latest Edition.

B. P. Lathi , Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems ,

Latest Edition, Oxford University press.

Leon W. Couch , Digital and Analog Communication Systems ,

Latest Edition.
Author, Book-Name, Edition, Publisher, Year

Web Resource (s)

Class Policy 1. Students must reach the class-room in time. Attendance shall be
marked at the start of the class. Late-comers may join the class,
but are not entitled to be marked as ”present”.
2. Students failing to secure 75% attendance shall not be allowed
to sit in the Final Examination.
3. Students, who are absent on the announcement date of
assignment / test, must get the topic / chapter of the test /
assignment confirmed through their peers.
4. Assignment submission dead-line must be observed. In case
of late submission, 10% marks per day may be deducted after
 due date.
5. Mobile phones must be switched-off in the class-room.
6. Course-books and relevant course-material is available in the
Library for reference and photo-copying.
Evaluation Criteria Internal Evaluation = 50 Marks External Evaluation = 50 Marks
Mid-Term Exam =15 Marks Final Term Exam 50 Marks
Attendance =05 Marks
Major Assignments =10 Marks
Tests/Quiz/Presentation/Assignment
=19 Marks
Teacher Evaluation =01 Marks

Date of Topic
Week Topics to be Covered
Covered

1. Amplitude Modulation System:

Introduction to Communication Systems and the basic concept of

Message Signal, Carrier Signal and Modulation. Time and
Frequency Domain. Significance of digital communication.

2. Base Band Modulation, Analogue to Digital Conversion. Assignment#1

3. Sampling Theory and its Application, Quantization and its Quiz#1

types(Uniform and Non-Uniform Quantization).

4. Pulse Code Modulation (PCM), Differential PCM, Delta Assignment#2

Modulation.

5. ADPCM, PCM Pulse Shaping, Inter –Symbol Interference, Quiz#2

Equalization..
6. Synchronization, Basic Detection Theory and optimum Receiver
Design, Multiplexing.

7. Quiz#3

TDM , FDM, T-1 Systems and Hierarchy,

8. E-1 Systems Hierarchy Assignment#4

MID - TERM EXAMINATION

9 Presentation#1

Digital Modulation Techniques, Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK),

Frequency Shift Keying (FSK) and Phase Shift Keying (PSK).

10 DPSK, DEPSK, QPSK Quiz#4

11 Differential Encoding, M-Ary Signaling, Assignment#5

12. Performance of Binary and M-Ary Signaling, Quiz#5

13 Performance Comparisons of Modulation Schemes. Assignment#6

14 Forward Error Correction Codes, Quiz#6

15 Basic Concepts of information and coding. Presentation#2

16 Tests and Presentations.

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