National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Syllabus

Course Details

Subject {L-T-P / C} : EE4405 : Digital Communication { 3-0-0 / 3}

Subject Nature : Theory

Coordinator : Dr. Suman Kr. Dey

Syllabus

MODULE-I (7 hours)
Introduction to information theory: Review of probability theory and random processes Uncertainty, information, and entropy Source-coding theorem Lossless Data Compression Algorithms - Prefix coding, Huffman Coding, & Shannon-Fano coding Discrete memoryless channels Mutual information Channel capacity Channel-coding theorem Differential entropy and mutual information for continuous random ensembles Information capacity theorem Rate distortion theory.

MODULE-II (7 hours)
Digital Baseband MOdulation: Review of Sampling theory & Quantization Pulse code modulation (PCM) Noise in PCM systems Linear Prediction Differential PCM (DPCM) Adaptive DPCM (ADPCM) Delta modulation (DM) Adaptive Delta modulation (ADM) Line coding techniques-Binary and multilevel line codes Optimum receiver filter Match Filter Error rate due to channel noise in a match filter receiver.

MODULE-III (13 hours)
Digital Passband MOdulation: Geometric Representation of Signals Conversion of the Continuous AWGN Channel into a Vector Channel Optimum Receivers Using Coherent Detection Probability of Error Bandpass transmission model Digital modulation schemes with coherent detection - Binary amplitude-shift keying (BASK), Binary phase-shift keying (BPSK), QPSK, M-ary PSK (M-PSK), M-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM), Binary frequency-shift keying (BFSK), Non-linear modulation schemes- Continuous-phase FSK (CPFSK), minimum shift keying (MSK), Gaussian MSK (GMSK) (Transmitter and receiver structures, Signal constellation diagrams, Probability of error calculation for various modulation schemes in AWGN chan-
nel, BER analysis, & spectral efficiency) Detection of signal with unknown phase Digital modulation schemes with non-coherent detection - BFSK, Differential PSK (DPSK) BER Comparison of Signaling Schemes over AWGN Channels.

MODULE-IV (4 hours)
Signaling over Band-Limited Channels: Intersymbol Interference (ISI) Signal Design for Zero ISI Ideal Nyquist Pulse for Distortionless Baseband Data Transmission Raised-Cosine spectrum Eye diagram Equalization techniques Clock recovery Carrier recovery techniques.

MODULE-VI (5 hours)
Error control coding: Introduction Error control using forward error correction Linear block codes Cyclic codes Convolution codes Optimum decoding of convolution codes.

Course Objectives

  • To develop an understanding of information-theoretic capacity limits for distortionless transmission over a noisy channel in a digital communication system.
  • To develop an understanding of fundamental operations namely sampling, quantization, and reconstruction required to design a digital communication system.
  • To develop an understanding of digital baseband transmission (i.e., PCM, DPCM, DM) and digital passband transmission techniques (i.e., BPSK, QPSK, BFSK, QAM, noncoherent BFSK, DPSK, etc.).
  • To develop an understanding of error control coding for reliable data transmission over a noisy channel in a digital communication system.

Course Outcomes

CO1 Understand the random process and the limits set by information theory for distortionless transmission over a noisy channel in a digital communication system. <br />CO2 Acquire knowledge to design and implement baseband transmission schemes and also understand the designing of various waveform coding for digital communication systems. <br />CO3 Acquire knowledge to design and implement passband signaling schemes. <br />CO4 Analyze the performance of various signaling schemes and understand the requirements of error control coding schemes for reliable data transmission over a noisy band-limited channel.

Essential Reading

  • Simon Haykin, Digital Communications Systems (An Indian Adaptation), Wiley India Pvt. Ltd , 2021.
  • B. P. Lathi, Zhi Ding, Modern Digital and Analog communication Systems, Oxford University Press , 4th Ed., 2017

Supplementary Reading

  • Bernard Sklar, Digital Communications: Fundamentals and Applications, Pearson Education , 2nd Ed., 2001.
  • John G. Proakis, Masoud Salehi, Digital Communications, McGraw-Hill Education , 5th Ed., 2008.