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The document provides information about a Digital Communication course including its objectives, topics covered, learning outcomes, and textbooks. The course introduces principles and techniques of digital communication, including sampling and reconstruction, quantization, baseband transmission, digital modulation techniques, and information theory/coding. It covers these topics over 5 units spanning topics such as introduction to digital frameworks, transmission through AWGN channels, carrier modulation schemes, and information theory fundamentals.

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Course Plan

The document provides information about a Digital Communication course including its objectives, topics covered, learning outcomes, and textbooks. The course introduces principles and techniques of digital communication, including sampling and reconstruction, quantization, baseband transmission, digital modulation techniques, and information theory/coding. It covers these topics over 5 units spanning topics such as introduction to digital frameworks, transmission through AWGN channels, carrier modulation schemes, and information theory fundamentals.

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Course Course

Name of Course L T P Credit


Type Code
DC ECC306 Digital Communication 3 0 0 6

Course Objective

Digital Communication is at the heart of the modern communication paradigm. Understanding the key principles and
techniques of digital communication is one of the defining qualifiers of a modern electronics and communication
engineer.

This course introduces the principles and techniques of digital communication suitable for undergraduate students with
a basic knowledge of analog communication and signals and systems.
Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, the student must be able to


Sampling and Reconstruction
Quantization
Baseband and Bandlimited digital transmission
Digital modulation techniques
Fundamentals of information theory and coding

Unit Lecture
Topics to be Covered Learning Outcome
No. Hours
Introduces the students to the digital
Introduction to the digital communication communication paradigm and
1 6
framework: review of basics; overview of a introduces sampling and
communication system; sampling and quantization quantization procedures
Introduction to the most basic
Digital transmission through AWGN baseband digital transmission schemes and its
2 channel: introduction to signal spaces; signalling 9 performance analysis
schemes; matched filter; probability of error; symbol
synchronization
Introduction to digital transmission
Digital transmission through bandlimited AWGN through bandlimited channels
3 6
channels: ISI, Nyquist criterion for zero ISI; probability
of error; Equalization
The students will get acquainted
Digital bandpass transmission through carrier with the basic digital carrier
4 9
modulation: BPSK, QPSK, QAM, BFSK; probability modulation schemes and their
of error; symbol synchronization. performance analysis
Introduction to Information theory and coding: Student will get familiar with
5 Entropy; source coding; mutual information; capacity; 9 fundamental concepts of
linear block codes information and error control codes

Text Books:
• John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, “Fundamentals of Communication Systems”, Pearson, 2018.

Reference Books:
• John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, “Digital Communications”, Mc Graw Hill, 5th Edition, 2014.

• Simon Haykin, “Communication Systems”, Wiley, 4th Edition, 2006.

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