BHARATHIAR INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING FOR WOMEN

DEVIYAKURICHI 636 112

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
DEPT / YEAR / SEM
: ECE(B.E) / II/ IV
SUBJECT TITLE
:COMMUNICATION THEORY (EC6402)
STAFF
: Ms.G.Yasotha, AP/ECE
1. TEXT BOOKS:
A. J.G.Proakis, M.Salehi, Fundamentals of Communication Systems, Pearson Education 2006.
B. S. Haykin, Digital Communications, John Wiley, 2005.
2. REFERENCES:
C. B.P.Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd Edition, Oxford University
Press, 2007.
D. B.Sklar, Digital Communications Fundamentals and Applications, 2nd Edition Pearson Education 2007
E.H P Hsu, Schaum Outline Series - Analog and Digital Communications TMH 2006
F. Couch.L., "Modern Communication Systems", Pearson, 2001.
3. LECTURE PLAN
S.No

TOPIC

UNIT I

AMPLITUDE MODULATION

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Generation and detection of AM wave

spectra-DSBSC
Hilbert Transform
Pre-envelope
complex envelope
SSB and
VSB
comparison
Superheterodyne Receiver
Total Hours

UNIT - II

10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.

NO.OF
HOURS

BOOKS

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

1.2
1.59-1.75
1.59-1.75
1.1&3.1
1.14-1.58
1.16-1.58
1.94-1.119
3.75-3.90
1.119-1.141

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

1.59-1.75
1.59-1.75
1.76-1.78
1.79-1.93
4.5-4.10
2.19-2.30
4.132-4.20
2.40-2.50
2.1-2.18&4.1-4.4

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

5.1-5.2
5.34-5.36
5.8-5.10
5.17-5.18
5.38-5.41
5.46
6.1-6.2
6.2-6.3
6.1-6.4

1
1
1
1
1

G
G
G
G
G

7.2-7.5
7.2-7.6
8.1-8.7
7.23-7.31
8.7-8.14

PAGE.NO

ANGLE MODULATION

Phase modulation
frequency modulation
Narrow Band FM
Wind band FM
Spectrum
FM modulation and demodulation
FM Discriminator
PLL as FM Demodulator
Transmission bandwidth
Total Hours 9

UNIT - III

19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.

RANDOM PROCESS

Random variables
Central limit Theorem
Random Process
Stationary Processes
Mean, Correlation & Covariance functions
Power Spectral Density
Ergodic Processes
Gaussian Process
Transmission of a Random Process Through a LTI filter
Total Hours

UNIT - IV NOISE CHARACTERIZATION

28.
29.
30.
31.
32.

Noise sources and types

Noise figure and noise temperature
Noise in cascaded systems
Narrow band noise
PSD of in-phase and quadrature noise

33.
34.
35.
36.

Noise performance in AM systems

Noise
performance in FM systems
Pre-emphasis and de-emphasis
Capture effect, threshold effect

G
G

7.31-7.45

1
1

G
G

8.14-8.16
8.14-8.16

1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

10.9-10.24
10.34-10.36
10.3-10.6
10.6-10.9
10.34-10.36
10.34-10.36
10.24-10.25

Total Hours

7.31-7.45

UNIT V INFORMATION THEORY

37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

Entropy
Discrete Memoryless channels
Channel Capacity
Hartley method
Shannon law
Source coding theorem
Huffman
Shannon
Fano codes

Total Hours
9
TOTAL HOURS = 45 Hrs.
4. TESTS
As per the schedule proposed by the College/University.

STAFF INCHARGE
(Ms.G.Yasotha, AP/ECE)

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