Analog and Digital Communication

Course taught during fall 2015 and 2018.

The course is based on excerpts of many textbooks such as Digital Communication by John G. ProakisDigital Communications by Bernard Sklar  and Modern Digital and Analog Communication by B.P. Lathi. The key components of this course include

  1. Representation of signals
  2.  Sampling of Analog Signals
  3. Amplitude, Phase and Frequency Modulation
  4. Phase Lock Loop
  5. Information and Entropy
  6. Source Coding
  7. Data Format, Line coding formats and Pulse Shapes
  8. Communication Channels
  9. Inter-symbol Interference and Eye Diagram
  10. Matched filter and Equalization
  11. Channel coding Techniques
  12. BER analysis

Course Materials

Course Outline

Course Handouts

Exercise Sheets

Modulation Techniques               Entropy and Channel Capacity                        Channel Coding Techniques

Lab Handouts