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Lovely Professional University, Punjab

FORMAT FOR INSTRUCTION PLAN [for Courses with Lectures, Tutorials (if applicable) and No Labs]
Imp. Note for course planner : Please refer to the revised guidelines for preparation of instruction plan
(document enclosed).
Term:
Course No. ECE-354 Course Title: Communication System II L: 3 T: 1 P: 0 Cr: 4
Textbook: 1. Taub & Schilling, Principle of Communication Systems (2/e)
Other specific books: 2. Communication Systems, Fourth Edition, Simon Haykin, Wiley publication

Other readings:(Only if relevant to the course)
S.No. Journal articles as compulsory readings (Specific articles, Complete reference)
3
Microwave journal: Article: TESTING DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS TRANSMITTERS AND RECEIVERS.
Link: http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-64152403.html


Relevant websites: (Only if relevant to the course)
S.No. Web address (Exact page address) Salient Features
4 http://www.tpub.com/neets/tm/112-2.htm Related to Line Coding
5 http://cbdd.wsu.edu/kewlcontent/cdoutput/TR502/page47.htm Related to Amplitude Shift keying
6 http://www.brownbear.de/fsk_fm.htm Related to frequency Shift Keying
7 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadrature_amplitude_modulation Related to Quadrature Amplitude Modulation
Note : Serial no. of text book , other specific books , other readings and websites should be in continuity and can go to any number, as illustrated in
the format.

Detailed Plan for Lectures
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Week No. Lecture
No.
Topic Chapters/ Sections
of Textbook/ other
reference
1
Homework to be
assigned to
students
3
3
Pedagogical tool
Demonstration/
case study/
images/
animations
etc.planned
4
Pedagogical tool
Demonstration/ case
study/ images/
animations
etc.actually used

Date Delivered
2
(Mention Regular
(R) / Make Up (M)
class)
Part 1 (one fourth of total number of lectures)
1 1 Introduction, 6.1 of Book 1
1 2 Advantages of Digital
transmission
6.1 of Book 1
1 3 Pulse Code
Modulation,PCM
Sampling,Aliasing
5.9 of Book 1
2 4 Quantization, Uniform
and Non-uniform
Quantization,
Dynamic range,
coding efficiency
5.7,5.8 of
Book 1

2 5 Block diagram of PCM
system
5.11 of Book 1 H.W.1
2 6 Delta modulation 5.15 of Book 1
3 7 Continuously variable
slope delta modulator
5.16 of Book 1
3 8 Differential pulse code
modulation,
Intersymbol
Interference
5.14 of Book 1 D.P1
3 9 Line coding & its
properties, NRZ & RZ
types
Ref:4 http://www.t
pub.com
/neets/t
m/112-
2.htm

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4 10 Signalling format for
unipolar, bipolar,polar
Ref:4 http://www.t
pub.com
/neets/t
m/112-
2.htm

Part 2 ( another one fourth of total number of
lectures)

4 11 Manchester coding and
their power spectra
Ref:4 http://www.t
pub.com
/neets/t
m/112-
2.htm

4 12 HDM and B8ZS
signalling,
fundamentals of time
division multiplexing
Ref:4 H.W.2 http://www.t
pub.com
/neets/t
m/112-
2.htm

5 13 Information capacity,
Shannon limit for
information capacity,
Bit-rate, Baud Rate &
M-ary encoding
13.6 of Book 1
5 14 Amplitude shift keying,
ASK modulator
Ref:5 http://cbdd.
wsu.edu/ke
wlcontent/cd
output/TR50
2/page47.ht
m

5 15 Coherent ASK
detector,Non-
Coherent ASK
detector, Frequency
shift keying,
6.7 & 6.8 of
Book 1

6 16 FSK bit and baud rate, Ref:6 http://www.b
4

bandwidth rownbea
r.de/fsk_
fm.htm
6 17 Frequency spectrum of
FSK, FSK transmitter
11.8 of Book 1
6 18 NON-coherent detector,
Coherent Detector
11.6 & 11.8 of
Book 1

MID-TERM
Part 3 (another one fourth of total number of
lectures)

7 19 BPSK transmitter, 6.2 of Book 1 H.W.3
7 20 Coherent PSK detection 6.5 of Book 1
7 21 Quadrature phase shift
keying, QPSK
demodulator
6.5 of Book 1
8 22 Offset QPSK,/4
QPSK,Comparison of
conventional QPSK
6.5 of Book 1 D.P.2
8 23 M- ary BPSK 6.3 of Book 1
8 24 Quadrature Amplitude
modulation, 8 QAM &
16 QAM transmitters
6.2 of Book 1 http://en.wiki
pedia.or
g/wiki/Q
uadratur
e_amplit
ude_mo
dulation

9 25 Receivers Ref:7 H.W.4
9 26 Minimum shift keying,
Guassian Minimum
shift keying
6.11 of Book 1
9 27 Discrete Sequence 17.2 of Book 1
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spread spectrum,
Part 4 (another one fourth of total number of
lectures)




10 28 Use of spread spectrum
with CDMA
17.3 of Book 1
10 29 Ranging using discrete
sequence spread
spectrum
17.4 of Book 1
10 30 Frequency hoping
spread spectrum,
17.5 of Book 1
11 31 Generation and
characteristics of PN
sequence
17.6 of Book 1
11 32 Acquisition of Frequency
hoping,
17.7
11 33 Tracking of FH signal 17.8 of Book 1
12 34 Acquisition of DS signal 17.9 of Book 1
12 35 Tracking of DS signal 17.10 of Book
1

12 36 Tracking of DS signal 17.10 of Book
1

Notes: 1. Use S. No. Of the readings above
2. To be filled in on the date of delivery of lecture by the instructor
3. Put homework number from Homework Table (below) against the lecture in which planned to be assigned.
4. Do not write Lecture, OHP, LCD projector etc.
5. DoA :Date of Allotment
6. DoS : Date of Submission
7. DoT : Date of Test

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Details of Homework and Case Studies Planned:
Homework
No.
Topics of the homework Nature of Homework
(Group/individual/fieldwork)
Actual
DoA
5

Actual
DoS
6
&
DoT
7

Actual date of
of task
evaluation
1 Pulse Code Modulation Common to All
2 Line Coding, Information Capacity Common to All
3 ASK,FSK,MSK Common to All
4 Spread Spectrum, Frequency Hoping Common to All


Scheme for CA: (out of 100)
Component Frequency Marks for each Total Marks
Homework based tests/quizzes 3 20 60
Design Problem 2 20 40
Lab performance (only if there is a lab component)
Any other: specify
Total 100

List of suggested topics for term paper [at least 15] (Student to spend about 15 hrs on any one specified term paper)
S.No. Topic
1


15


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Plan for Tutorials: (Plan for 7 x T before MTE , 6 x T after MTE)(Please do not use these time slots for syllabus coverage)
S. No. Topic (s) Type of pedagogical
tool(s) planned
(case analysis,
problem solving,
test, role play,
business game etc)
Pedagogical tool
actually used
mention the title.
(case analysis,
problem solving,
test, role play,
business game)
Date held for
group A.
Date held
for group B
1 Pulse Code Modulation, PCM Sampling Problem Solving
2 Quantization error numericals Problem Solving
3 Coding efficiency numericals Problem Solving
4 Delta modulation numericals Problem Solving
5 Information capacity numericals Problem Solving
6 ASK,FSK, PSK numericals Problem Solving

MID TERM
7 Coherent PSK detection Problem Solving
8 QPSK demodulator Problem Solving
9 QAM related numericals Problem Solving
10 Minimum shift keying related numericals Problem Solving
11 Spread Spectrum Problem Solving
12 PN Sequence Problem Solving




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