TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF THE PHILIPPINES

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE ECE 502

COURSE NAME DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
CREDITS 4 units (3 units lecture, 1 unit laboratory)
CONTACT HOURS 3 hours lecture, 3 hours laboratory
INSTRUCTOR Dennis Jefferson Amora
Faculty Member, Electronics Engineering Department
TEXTBOOK Mesiya, M. (2013). Contemporary Communication Systems. New York:
Mc Graw-Hill.
Other Supplemental Ha, T. (2011) Theory and design of digital communication systems.
Materials Cambridge: Cambridge University Press
Carlson, B. (2010). Communication system. New York: McGraw-Hill
Haykin, S. & Moher, M. (2010). Communication Systems (5th ed). New
Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Frenzel, L. (2009). CPrinciples of electronic communication systems (3rd
ed). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Rice, M. (2009). Digital communications: A discrete-time approach.
New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall
SPECIFIC COURSE INFORMATION
a. Course Description
This course deals with the theory and applications of the various techniques used in digital
communications. It covers topics such as information measures and channel capacity, random
variables, error detection and correction schemes, digital transmission and modulation techniques,
multiplexing and multiple accessing techniques.
b. Prerequisites ECE 004 (Principles of Communications)
Co-requisites None
c. Course Classification Required
(Required/elective/
selected elective)
SPECIFIC GOALS FOR THE COURSE
a. Course Objective
The course aims to equip students with analytical understanding about the concepts of digital
communication system. It also aims to provide students with the knowledge needed in designing
simple digital communication systems and to develop skills necessary in industry, research and/or
professional work.
b. Course Outcomes
By the end of the course, the students will be able to:
1. Interpret concepts of information theory.
2. Analyze how error control is implemented in various digital communications schemes
 3. Analyze the processes involved in pulse modulation as fundamental to digital transmission.
4. Differentiate the various digital modulation schemes in terms of generation, detection, BER,
state-space diagram.
5. Differentiate the various multiplexing techniques and multiple accessing techniques.
6. Design a simple digital communication system in accordance to standards.
7. Reflect on personal transformation along the TIP Graduate Attributes.
8. Submit the compilation of all requirements such as the TLA’s and SO.
c. Student Outcomes Addressed by the Course
Students will be able to:
b. identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems;
d. design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze, and interpret data, and synthesize
information to provide valid conclusions for investigating complex problems.
COURSE TOPICS
Prelim Period (Weeks 1-6)
I. Introduction; TIP Vision and Mission; TIP Graduate Attributes/ Institutional Intended
Learning Outcomes; Program Educational Objectives/Student Outcomes; Course
Objectives/Course Intended Learning Outcomes; Course Policies;
II. Introduction to Digital Communication; Concept of Digital Communication; Information
Theory; Entropy
III. Error Control; Error Correction; Error Detection; Linear Block Codes; Cyclic Codes;
Convolutional Codes; Turbo Codes
IV. Digital Transmission; Line Coding; Pulse Modulation; Sampling Process; Quantization;
Noise Considerations; PCM; DM; ADM; DPCM

Midterm Period (Weeks 7-12)

V. Digital Signal Transmission through time dispersive channels; ISI; Equalization; Eye
Diagrams; Adaptive Equalization;
VI. Passband Data Transmission; Passband Transmission Model; ASK, FSK, MSK, PSK,
QAM, (Generation, Detection, Signal Space Diagram, BER and Power Spectra); DPSK.

Final Period (Weeks 13-18)

VII. Multiplexing; FDM; TDM; WDM; other types
VIII. Multiple Accessing Schemes; CSMA; FDMA; TDMA; CDMA
IX. Other Related Topics; OFDM, Wavelets.