Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
ELE 635 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
Winter 2003
This course is a comprehensive introduction to basic principles of communication theory with emphasis on analog
modulation systems. Lecture topics include: Fourier methods of signal and system representation, signal transmission
through linear systems, amplitude modulation, angle modulation, frequency division multiplexing, super-heterodyning, and
effects of noise in analog communication systems.
All course related information, announcements and material such as sample programs, lab instruction sheets, pre-lab
assignments, hand-outs are available from this course home page at:
http://www.ee.ryerson.ca/~courses/ele635/
Please refer to this depository for all course-related material.
INSTRUCTORS
Name Office Tel. Email Consulting Hours
A. Anpalagan T214 6079 [email protected] Thursday 15:00 – 18:00
M. Zeytinoglu T200C 6078 [email protected] Monday 15:00 – 18:00
TEACHING ASSISTANTS
Name Sect Office Tel. Email Consulting Hours
L. Huang 6 and 9 T228 7594 [email protected] Friday 14:00 –16:00
LECTURE-LABORATORY-TUTORIAL HOURS and ROOMS
For lecture rooms please refer to your timetable. Laboratory sessions will be held in room T201. Tutorials will be
held in T222.
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COURSE EVALUATION
Laboratory and Tutorials
Attendance and Participation 10%
IMPORTANT: Students must achieve passing
grades in both the lecture and the laboratory
Quizzes 20%
components of the course in order to pass the
course.
Formal Report 5%
Lecture
Mid-term Examination 25%
Final Examination 40%
NOTES:
• Mid-term Examination: It is scheduled for the week of February 17, 2003 during the 2-hour lecture period.
• Assignments: There will be regular assignments from each chapter of the textbook. Information about these
assignments will be posted on the course homepage.
• Formal Report: This is a team project. You and your team have to select a topic related to communication
systems as discussed in this course; research the topic; write and submit a formal report on this topic. Please
see the Course Schedule table on page 3 for deadlines regarding the preparation of the formal report. Further
information about the formal report will be provided in the class. Reports will be assessed not only on their
technical or academic merit, but also on the communication skills of the authors as exhibited through
these reports. In addition to a seminar on technical report writing seminar to be given during the Study Week,
you can find technical report writing guidelines from the course homepage.
MAJOR TOPICS
• Introduction, Representation of Signals and Systems:
Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 6 (section 6.1): Introduction to signal representations, time and frequency domain
representations, review of Fourier Transform, properties, applications of Fourier Transform to the analysis of
linear systems, frequency response, bandwidth, filters, distortionless transmission, sampling theorem.
• Amplitude (Linear) Modulation:
Chapter 4: suppressed carrier modulation, large carrier modulation, vestigial sideband modulation, single-
sideband modulation, superheterodyne receiver structure, comparison of AM systems, frequency division
multiplexing.
• Angle Modulation:
Chapter 5 : Frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM), narrowband FM, wideband FM,average
power in angle modulated waveforms, generation of wideband FM, demodulation of FM signals.
• Effects of noise in analog communication systems:
Chapters 11 (sections 11.4 and 11.5) and 12: Transmission of a random process through as linear system,
energy and power spectral density functions, Gaussian process, correlation functions, narrow-band noise,
receiver model, noise in DSB-SC receivers, noise in SSB receivers, noise in FM receivers, pre-emphasis and de-
emphasis in FM, propagation effects, threshold effect in FM.
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COURSE SCHEDULE
Week Date Lecture Lab/Tutorial Comments
1 Jan 6 – Introduction and review Tutorial
Representation of Signals and
2 Jan 13 – Experiment 1
Systems
Representation of Band-Pass
3 Jan 20 – Tutorial Quiz 1
Signals and Systems
Report topic proposal
4 Jan 27 – Amplitude Modulation (AM) Experiment 2
due
5 Feb 3 – AM (cont'd) Tutorial Quiz 2
6 Feb 10 – AM (cont'd) Experiment 3 Report topic finalization
7 Feb 17 – AM (cont'd) / Angle Modulation Tutorial and Exp. 4-Part 1 Mid-term test
Feb 24 – Study Week
8 Mar 3 – Angle Modulation (cont’d) Experiment 4-Part 2
9 Mar 10 – Angle Modulation (cont'd) Tutorial Quiz 3
Angle Modulation (cont'd) /
10 Mar 17 – Experiment 5
Random processes
Instructor Course
11 Mar 24 – Effects of Noise Tutorial and Exp 6-Part 1
Evaluations; Quiz 4
12 Mar 31 – Effects of Noise (cont'd) Experiment 6-Part 2 Formal report due
13 Apr 7 – Effects of Noise and Review Tutorial Quiz 5
Apr 14–30 Final Examinations
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LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS
• Experiment 1: Spectral Analysis
• Experiment 2: Transmission Loss and Repeaters
• Experiment 3: Sampling of Analog Signals
• Experiment 4: Amplitude Modulation and Envelope Detection
• Experiment 5: Phase Locked Loop
• Experiment 6: Frequency Modulation.
REFERENCES
Required Texts
• B.P. Lathi, Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Oxford University Press, 1998.
• Laboratory experiment descriptions and procedures are available in Postscript format separately for each
experiment from the course home page. See also Guidelines for Formal Report.
Other References
• S. Haykin, Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Wiley and Sons, 1994.
• F .G. Stremler, Introduction to Communication Systems, 3rd edition, Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. Inc.,
Reading, 1990.
• M. Schwartz, Information, Transmission, Modulation and Noise, McGraw Hill, 1990.
• L.W. Couch, Digital and Analog Communication Systems, 4th edition, Macmillan Publishing Co., 1993.
• A. Carlson, Communication Systems, 3rd edition, McGraw Hill, 1986.
