Modern digital communication techniques

By Prof. Suvra Sekhar Das | IIT Kharagpur

Learners enrolled: 1397

The course Modern Digital Communication Techniques in taught in IIT Kharagpur as a 4 credit (4 hrs / week) core subject in the Masters program of Telecommunications systems engineering in the department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering. It is taken in the first semester by master degree students, PhD students and Masters by research students. It is also taken as elective by final year UG students. It is also taken as a core subject by Dual degree students who specialize in the field of communication engineering.

Digital communications has had one of the most profound influences in the development of the mankind. It is behind the success of today’s networked society. The objective of this course is to present the engineering principles, theories and practices, which are fundamental to the successful design of a digital communication system.

The course will delve into the design principles of transmitter and receiver so as to establish a reliable communication link. This course aims at enabling the participants to establish unambiguous mathematical statements describing every step of transmitting and receiving a signal through a communication link. It aims at exposing the details of noise, its modeling and its effect on communication systems design. It will cover methods of performance analysis of digital communication systems. Through use of fundamental knowledge developed in related areas of signal processing, the course aims at presenting a unified way of analyzing and designing a digital communication system. It will encompass fundamental aspects of estimation and detection theory, which are crucial in designing a complete receiver (synchronization, channel equalization, etc.).

At the end of the course, the participant will be equipped with methods of systematic representation, analysis and design of a digital communication system which are essential in designing communication systems with complex and futuristic requirements.

INTENDED AUDIENCE :

Students belonging to Electrical sciences with specialization in communication engineering.
Students on IT
Instrumentation, etc. may also take this subject as per curriculum requirement.

PRE-REQUISITES :

Analog communications in UG level
Digital communications in UG level
Signals and systems in UG level

INDUSTRY SUPPORT :

All telecommunication equipment manufacturers and service providers
Defense officials
Research laboratories
ISRO,
BEL etc.

Summary

Course Status :	Completed
Course Type :	Elective
Duration :	12 weeks
Category :	Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
Credit Points :	3
Level :	Undergraduate
Start Date :	18 Jan 2021
End Date :	09 Apr 2021
Enrollment Ends :	01 Feb 2021
Exam Date :	24 Apr 2021 IST

Note: This exam date is subjected to change based on seat availability. You can check final exam date on your hall ticket.

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Course layout

Week 1: Introduction to digital communication systems

Week 2: Source Coding

Week 3: Characterization of Communication Signals & Systems

Week 4: Signal space Representation

Week 5: Representation of Memory less Modulation MethodsI

Week 6: Nonlinear modulation methods

Week 7: Optimal receivers of AWGN

Week 8: Receiver for non-ideal channel

Week 9: Probability of error of different modulation schemes

Week 10: Fundamentals of estimation and detection theory used in digital communication

Week 11: Carrier phase and symbol timing synchronization techniques

Week 12: Channel estimation and equalization techniques, Power Adaptation methods for colored noise channel

Books and references

1. Digital Communications by John G. Proakis

2. Digital Communications by Bernard Sklar

3. Digital Communications by Robert Gallager

4. Digital Communications by Simon Haykin

5. Modern Digital and Analog communications by B.P. Lathi.

Instructor bio

Prof. Suvra Sekhar Das

IIT Kharagpur

Dr. Suvra Sekhar Das is currently serving as associate professor at the G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunictions in Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. He has completed Ph.D. from Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark. He has worked as Senior Scientist with the Innovation Laboratory of Tata Consultancy Services. His research interests include cross-layer optimization of mobile broadband cellular networks, 5G, Broadband Mobile Communications, 5G Waveform design GFDM FBMC UFMC, heteogeneous networks Femto Cells Device to Device communication, Multi objective optimization for radio access networks, Green radio network design Packet Scheduling and radio resource allocation with link adaptation, MIMO communications, base-band transceiver design for broadband wireless communication systems. He has delivered several tutorials and seminars on next generation wireless communications. He has guided several PhD students, published several research papers in international journals and conferences. He has co-authored two books titled “ Adaptive PHY-MAC Design for Broadband Wireless Systems”and “Single- and Multi-Carrier MIMO Transmission for Broadband Wireless Systems” . He has developed teaching resource “fading channel and mobile communications ” freely available as interactive web material for learners of mobile communications (http://fcmcvlab.iitkgp.ac.in/ with nearly 2 lacs hits). He has taught several subjects such as Modern digital communication techniques, Broadband access systems, mobile communications and fading, teletraffic engineering, introduction to wireless communication and MIMO communications.

Course certificate

The course is free to enroll and learn from. But if you want a certificate, you have to register and write the proctored exam conducted by us in person at any of the designated exam centres.
The exam is optional for a fee of Rs 1000/- (Rupees one thousand only).
Date and Time of Exams: 24 April 2021 Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon Session 2pm to 5pm.
Registration url: Announcements will be made when the registration form is open for registrations.
The online registration form has to be filled and the certification exam fee needs to be paid. More details will be made available when the exam registration form is published. If there are any changes, it will be mentioned then.
Please check the form for more details on the cities where the exams will be held, the conditions you agree to when you fill the form etc.

CRITERIA TO GET A CERTIFICATE

Average assignment score = 25% of average of best 8 assignments out of the total 12 assignments given in the course.
Exam score = 75% of the proctored certification exam score out of 100

Final score = Average assignment score + Exam score

YOU WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR A CERTIFICATE ONLY IF AVERAGE ASSIGNMENT SCORE >=10/25 AND EXAM SCORE >= 30/75. If one of the 2 criteria is not met, you will not get the certificate even if the Final score >= 40/100.

Certificate will have your name, photograph and the score in the final exam with the breakup.It will have the logos of NPTEL and IIT Kharagpur .It will be e-verifiable at nptel.ac.in/noc.

Only the e-certificate will be made available. Hard copies will not be dispatched.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.

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