'Communication Theory' is a course offered for the B. Tech. (Bachelor of Technology) in Electronics and Communication Engineering at School of Engineering, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham.
Unit 1
Introduction to analog communication system - Amplitude Modulation (AM) - Double Sideband Suppressed Carrier (DSB-SC) - Single Sideband (SSB) - Quadrature AM (QAM) - Vestigial Sideband (VSB) – Generation and demodulation of AM signals.
Unit 2
Frequency Modulation (FM) - Phase Modulation (PM) - Bandwidth of FM signals - Generation and demodulation of FM signals - Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM) - Superhetrodyne receiver
Unit 3
Complex low pass representation of narrow band signals - Introduction to random processes - Characterization of noise - Noise analysis of analog modulation systems - Sampling theorem - Time division multiplexing.
TEXTBOOKS
- Simon Haykin, “An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications”, Wiley, Second Edition, 2006,
REFERENCES
- J. Proakis, M. Salehi, “Fundamentals of Communications systems”, Pearson Education, Second Edition, 2005.
- Herbert Taub, Donald Schilling, “Principles of Communications”, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2008.
- Bruce Carlson, “Communication Systems”, McGraw-Hill, Fifth Edition, 2010.
