This course has been designed to be offered as an
integrated course covering:
- SIGNAL
THEORY: Representation of deterministic signals: Orthogonal representation of
signals. Dimensionality of signal spaces. Construction of orthogonal basis
functions. Random Processes: Definition and classification, stochastic
integrals, Fourier transforms of random processes, stationary and
non-stationary processes, correlation functions. Ergodicity, power spectral
density, transformations of random processes by linear systems.
- DIGITAL
COMMUNICATION SYSTEM: characterization of communication signals, signal space
representation, equalization, matched filtering, binary PSK, QPSK, FSK, QAM
& M-Ary modulation techniques and their representation. Coherent &
non-coherent detection, carrier & symbol synchronization, bits vs. symbol
error probability, bandwidth efficiency, Spread spectrum modulation: Pseudo
noise sequences, DS & FH spread spectrum.
- Satellite Communication systems: satellite link:
design and analysis, multiplexing techniques, multiple accesses for satellite
links: FDMA, TDMA CDMA &DAMA, propagation effects, DBS-TV, GPS. VSAT:
Network architecture, access control protocol & link analysis.
- DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING: DFT & its
properties. Decimation in time and decimation in frequency FFT algorithms,
discrete cosine transform. IIR Filter design: Butterworth design, bilinear
transformation. Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass and Band Stop digital filters.
Spectral transformation of IIR filters.
- Cellular communication systems, Microwave
Communication systems