Communication Engineering - EC8395

ANALOG MODULATION

=> Noise - Analog Communication
=> External Noise, Internal Noise
=> Introduction to Communication System
=> Modulation, Types, Need for Modulation
=> Theory of Amplitude Modulation
=> Frequency Spectrum and Bandwidth Requirement of Angle Modulated Wave
=> The Concept of Angle Modulation and Its Waveform, Frequency and Phase Modulation
=> Important Short Questions and Answers: Analog Communication

PULSE MODULATION

=> History of Data Communication, Standards Organizations for Data Communication
=> Data Communication Circuits, Data Communication Codes
=> Error Detection and Correction Techniques
=> Pulse Communication
=> Important Short Questions and Answers: Data and Pulse Communication

DIGITAL MODULATION AND TRANSMISSION

=> Introduction to Digital Communication
=> Frequency Shift Keying (FSK), Minimum Shift Keying (MSK)
=> Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK), Phase Shift Keying (PSK)
=> Concept of Binary Phase Shift Keying to BPSK, 8 PSK, 16 PSK
=> Quadrature Amplitude modulation (QAM)
=> Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK) Techniques and its Block Diagram
=> Important Short Questions and Answers: Digital Communication

INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING

=> Entropy, Source Encoding Theorem
=> Techniques used for compression of information
=> Huffmann Coding Techniques
=> Mutual Information
=> Entropy
=> Channel Capacity theorem
=> Cyclic codes, Error Control Coding
=> Linear Block Codes
=> Viterbi Algorithm
=> Convolutional Codes
=> Important Short Questions and Answers: Source and Error Control Coding

SPREAD SPECTRUM AND MULTIPLE ACCESS

=> Multi-User Radio Communication
=> Advanced Mobile Phone Services (AMPS)
=> Cellular Concept and Frequency Reuse, Channel Assignment and Handoffs
=> Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) Code division multiple access (CDMA)
=> Satellite Communication
=> Important Short Questions and Answers: Multi-User Radio Communication