EE-328 Digital Communication (Spring 2017)

ee.iitb.ac.in/course/~ee328/

Instructor: Prof. Abhay Karandikar

Lecture Hours: Slot 1

Monday 8:30-9:25 AM
Tuesday 9:30-10:25 AM
Thursday 10:35-11:30 AM
Extra Class (if required and will be announced, but kindly block this) : Wednesday 8:30-9:30 AM

Grading:

Class Tests 15% (Class tests will involve Surprise tests)

Mid Sem Examination 35%
End sem Examination 50%

Course contents:

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1. Review of Quantization, Pulse Code Modulation, Differential Pulse Code Modulation (DPCM)
2. Elements of Statistical Decision Theory

Principles of Detection of signal in noise - Maximum A-Posteriori and Maximum Likelihood function
Scalar and Vector Communication over Continuous memoryless channel, Error probability
performance, Minimum distance receivers, Union bound on M-ary vector receivers

3. Review of Stochastic Processes

Gaussian Process
Correlation function and Power spectral density

4. Coherent Communication with Waveforms

Geometric representation of signals

Optimum receiver design in White Gaussian noise, Correlator receiver, Matched filter, Probability of
error
Efficient signal design

5. Baseband Pulse Transmission

Intersymbol Interference, Nyquist criterion

Correlative level coding
M-ary PAM transmission

6. Pulse sequence transmission

Maximum Likelihood Sequence Detection, Viterbi receiver

Optimum linear receiver
Equalization- Decision directed and Decision feedback equalization

7. Bandpass digital Transmission

Representation of Bandpass signals

Coherent Phase and Frequency shift keying
Quadrature amplitude modulation(QAM)

8. Digital Communication over Wireless Channel

9. Introduction to Multiple Access Techniques

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Classical Text:

1. J.M.Wozencraft, I.M.Jacobs, "Principles of Communication Engineering",John Wiley 1965

Other Reference Books:

1. Haykin S. "Communication Systems", John Wiley 2001.

2. J.G.Proakis, "Digital Communications", McGraw Hill 2008, 5th Edition.

3. Gallagar RG, "Digital Communications" Cambridge University Press 2008.

4. Madhow, U, "Fundamentals of Digital Communications", Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Problem Sets:

Coordinating Teaching Assistants:

1. Arghyadip Roy (arghyadip@ee.iitb.ac.in)

2. Rashmi Kamran (rashmikamran@ee.iitb.ac.in)
3. Sadaf Ul Zuhra (sadafshah@ee.iitb.ac.in)

Teaching Assistants:

1. Shashi Ranjan (shashi.svk@ee.iitb.ac.in)

2. Ojas Kanhere (ojas@ee.iitb.ac.in)
3. Ashwini Marathe (ashmarathe@ee.iitb.ac.in)
4. Indu Yadav (indu@ee.iitb.ac.in)

Announcements will be made in Moodle

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