UNIT I

Pulse Digital Modulation: Elements of digital communication systems, advantages of digital communication systems, Elements of PCM: Sampling, Quantization & Coding, Quantization error, Companding in PCM systems. Differential PCM systems (DPCM). Time Division Multiplexing & Demultiplexing.

Delta Modulation: Delta modulation, its draw backs, adaptive delta modulation, comparison of PCM and DM systems, Noise in PCM and DM systems. Illustrative Problems.

UNIT II

Digital Modulation Techniques: Introduction, ASK modulator, Coherent and Non-Coherent ASK detector, FSK modulator, Spectrum of FSK, coherent reception, non-coherent detection of FSK. BPSK transmitter, Coherent reception of BPSK, DPSK, QPSK.

Data Transmission: Base band signal receiver, probability of error, The optimum filter, Matched filter, probability of error using matched filter.Optimum filter using correlator.Probability of error of ASK,FSK,BPSK and QPSK. Illustrative Problems.

UNIT III

Information Theory: Discrete messages, Concept of amount of information and its properties. Average information, Entropy and its properties. Information rate, Mutual information and its properties, Illustrative Problems.

Source Coding: Introduction, Advantages, Hartley Shannon’s theorem, bandwidth –S/N trade off, Shanon- Fano coding, Huffman coding, Illustrative Problems.

UNIT IV

Linear Block Codes: Introduction, Matrix description of Linear Block codes, Error detection and error correction capabilities of linear block codes, Hamming codes. Cyclic Codes: Encoding, Syndrome Calculation, Decoding,

UNIT V

Convolution Codes: Introduction, encoding of convolution codes, time domain approach, transform domain approach. Graphical approach: State, Tree and Trellis diagram. Decoding using Viterbi algorithm Illustrative Problems.