Army Public College of Management &

Sciences, Rawalpindi
(Affiliated with UET Taxila)

Department of Engineering Sciences

(Electrical Engineering Department)

Course Handbook
Communication Systems

Subject
Credit Hours
Instructor
Class Timing
Room Location
Course
Description
Pre-Requisite
Pre-Requisite to
Text book

Reference
Books

(EE-422)
04(3+1)
Engr Muhammad Ali Raza Anjum
Not Defined yet
Room no 22, 2nd Floor (EXT-134)
Bsc Electrical Engineering 12
Network Analysis
Digital Communications, Wireless Communications
Principles of Electronic Communication Systems.
Frenzel, Louis (Latest Edition3/E

Objective

Simon Haykin, Communication Systems Second

Edition, John Wiley and Sons
Haykin, M. Moher Analog and Digital
Communications, 2nd edition, John Willey and
Sons, 2007
L.W. Couch, Digital and Analog Communication
Systems, 7th Edition,

Objective of this course is to

Familiarization with the principles and techniques
of modern communication systems.
The various aspects of communication system
design will be presented.
Specific topics include: signal and system
representation in communication systems; AM and
FM/PM modulation and demodulation; pulse
shaping and matched filtering;
Upon completion, students should be able to
Interpret analog and digital communication circuit
diagrams, analyze transmitter and receiver.

Grading Policy

Assignments: 10%
Quizes:10 %
Mid-Term: 20%
Lab: 20%
End-term: 40%

WEEKLY BREAKDOWN
Chapter/Section of
Text/reference book

Week

Topics

Remarks

01

Introduction to
Electronic
Communication &
Fundamentals: A
Review

1.1
The Significance
of Human
Communication
1.2
Communication
Systems
1.3
Types of
Electronic
Communication
1.4
Modulation and
Multiplexing
1.5
The
Electromagnetic
Spectrum Bandwidth
1.6
A Survey of
Communication
Applications
1.7
Careers in the
Communication
Industry
2.1
Gain, Attenuation,
and Decibels
2.2
Tuned Circuits
2.3
Filters
2.4
Fourier Theory

Class
Discussion

02-03

Amplitude Modulation
Fundamentals

3.1
AM Concepts
3.2
Modulation Index
and Percentage of
Modulation
3.3
Sidebands and
the Frequency Domain
3.4
AM Power
3.5
Single-Sideband

Assignme
nt-01 &
Quiz-01
IEEE
Introducti
ons &
papers are

04 &
05

06-07

08

09

Amplitude Modulator
and Demodulator
Circuits

Fundamentals of
Frequency Modulation

Modulation
3.6
Classification of
Radio Emissions

discussed
for
Understan
ding

4.1
Basic Principles of
Amplitude
4.2
Amplitude
Modulators
4.3
Amplitude
Demodulators
4.4
Balanced
Modulators Modulation
4.5
SSB Circuits

Assignme
nt 02 &
Quiz-02

5.1
Basic Principles of
Frequency Modulation
5.2
Principles of Phase
Modulation
5.3
Modulation Index and
Sidebands
5.4
Noise-Suppression Effects
of FM
5.5
Frequency
Modulation versus
Amplitude

Simulation
s on
MATLAB
will help
for better
understan
ding

Discussion
of
semester
course
project

6.1
Frequency
Frequency Modulation
Modulators
6.2
Phase Modulators
Circuits
6.3
Frequency
Demodulators
MID TERM EXAMS
Digital Communication
Techniques

Digital Transmission of
Data
Parallel and Serial
Transmission
Data Conversion
Pulse Modulation
Digital Signal
Processing

Link
theoretica
l results
with
MATLAB
simulation
s

10

Radio Transmitters

11-12

Communication
Receivers

13-14

Multiplexing and
Demultiplexing

15

The Transmission of
Binary Data in
Communication
Systems

Transmitter
Fundamentals
Carrier Generators
Power Amplifiers
Impedance-Matching
Networks
Typical Transmitter
Circuits
Basic Principles of
Signal Reproduction
Super heterodyne
Receivers
Frequency Conversion
Intermediate Frequency
and Images
Noise
Typical Receiver Circuits
Receivers and
Transceivers

Assignme
nt-03 &
Quiz-03

Multiplexing Principles
Frequency-Division
Multiplexing
Time-Division
Multiplexing
Pulse-Code Modulation
Duplexing

Assignme
nt-04 &
Quiz-04

Digital Codes
Principles of Digital
Transmission
Transmission Efficiency
Modem Concepts and
Methods
Wideband Modulation
Broadband Modem
Techniques
Error Detection and
Correction
Protocols

Semester
Course
Project
will be
demonstra
te by
students

16

Wireless Technologies
&
Microwave
Communication

Wireless LAN
PANs and Bluetooth
ZigBee and Mesh
Wireless Networks
WiMAX and Wireless
Metropolitan Area
Networks
Microwave Concepts
Microwave Lines and
Devices
Waveguides and Cavity
Resonators
Microwave Antennas
Microwave Applications

END SEMESTER EXAMS