American International University- Bangladesh

(AIUB) Faculty of Engineering

Principles of Communications Lab
OBE Assessment Lab Project
Course Name: Principles of Communications
Course Code: EEE 3215 Section:
Semester: Spring 2023-24 Group No:

Assignment Name: Final Term Lab Project

Design solution for a data communication-based engineering problem in
Assessed CO2: accordance with professional practices.
Assessed POI: P.f.2.C6

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Student Name: Student ID: SL:

Project Report Mark distribution (to be filled by Faculty):

Proficient Good Needs Improvement Secured
Objectives Indicator
[10-8] [7-4] [3-1] Marks
Student was able to apply
Design process is not Design process contains
in-depth engineering
Depth of completely supported by in- mistakes and does not display
knowledge achieved by
knowledge depth engineering knowledge enough in-depth engineering
appropriate research about
displayed achieved by appropriate knowledge achieved by
P1 digital/analog
through research about digital/analog appropriate research about
communication to design
appropriate communication, some but not digital/analog communication.
the communication model
research all of the design criteria are Most of the design criteria
correctly and fulfilled all
fulfilled. are not fulfilled.
design criteria.
Student’s attempts to analyze
Student defended the
the diversified approach taken
diversified approach taken
to solve the problem is not Student did not attempt any
to solve the problem with
Depth of enough in-depth, some of in-depth analysis of the
P3 well-justified in-depth
analysis design choices do not designed system and displayed
analysis that
demonstrate adequate no abstract thinking.
demonstrated abstract
abstract thinking and are not
thinking.
properly justified.
Student was able to identify
Student correctly identified Student was able to identify
Level of only one/two of the problems
all problems and some of the problems
integration correctly and could not
successfully integrated the correctly and integrated the
of multiple properly integrate the
interdependent parts into a interdependent parts into a
sections of interdependent parts into a
P7 high-level design using a high-level design using a
design for high-level design using a block
block diagram. block diagram.
solution of diagram.
Block diagram was at best Some parts of the block
high-level Only one/two blocks were
match with the given diagram were not a good
problem correct and/or block diagram
problem. match for the given problem.
was incomplete.
Total Marks
(Out of 30):
Comments: Total Marks
(Converted to
10):
Marking Rubric for Project Presentation (10):
Proficient Good Acceptable Secured
Category Unacceptable [1-0]
[5] [4] [3-2] Marks
 Working procedure is  Working procedure is  Working procedure is  Working procedure is
clearly presented. given for the experiment missing some steps absent or missing
 Methods are clearly to be sufficient. and/or contains some major steps and/or
shown including all  Methods are correct but mistakes. contains mistakes.
steps in sufficient the steps may be lacking  Simulation runs but  Simulation is fully
detail for the in detail, making the output is significantly wrong or does not
experiment to be experiment hard to be different or work at all due to
repeated. repeated. simulation does not major mistakes.
 Simulation runs  Simulation runs but run due to small  Needed diagrams are
correctly and gives output is somewhat mistakes. missing or are missing
expected output. different from expected.  Diagrams are important labels.
 Clear, accurate  Diagrams are included included and are  Results are missing or
Procedure diagrams are included and are correctly labeled labeled, minor completely incorrect.
Accuracy with prop in brief, but there may mistakes may be
 Diagrams are labeled be some lack of clarity. present.
neatly and accurately  Most criteria are met,  Experimental Data
with excellent detail. but there may be some and results do not
 Experimental data lack of clarity and/or match exactly with
meets all criteria; incorrect information. the theoretical values
results are described  Project questions are and/or analysis is
clearly and accurately. answered correctly but unclear.
 Project questions are may be lacking detail or  Project questions are
properly answered contain minor logical answered but contain
with detailed error. wrong information or
justification or major logical error.
calculations.
Delivery Style  Information is clear  Too much information  Too much  Too much information
and and concise with proper in complete sentences on information in in complete sentences
Originality key information in slides along with the complete sentences on on slides;
points or phrases; necessary key many slides;  No or few proper key
 Very visually information in phrases;  Some proper key information;
appealing and engaging  Some visual appeal information;  Repetition of the same
 Regular eye contact;  Adequate volume and  Minimal effort made information on multiple
 Appropriate speaking energy; to make slides slides;
volume & body  Generally good pace appealing  No visual appeal
language; and diction;  More volume or  Low volume and
 Proper pace and  Few or no distracting energy needed at times; energy;
diction; gestures;  Pace too slow or  Pace too slow or fast;
fast;  Poor diction;
 Fluent avoidance of  Few repetitions,  Some distracting  Lots of distracting
repetitions, hesitations, hesitations, gap fillers gestures or posture; gestures or posture;
gap fillers  Clear plagiarism is not
 Frequent repetitions,
 Project shows effort detected and result is  Some repetitions, hesitations, gap fillers
through unique unique, but approach is hesitations, gap fillers
solution and no common showing low  Partial plagiarism of  Almost completely or
plagiarism is detected. effort. process is found completely plagiarized.
showing minimal
effort but final result
unique.

Total Marks
Comments:
(Out of 10):
Question:
Suppose you want to send a message which contains the FIRST NAME of all group members. Using
MATLAB, perform the following tasks and explain each step of your design.
1. Convert the message to its ASCII Code.
2. Convert the ASCII code to the right number format for transmission.
3. Convert digital data to digital signal using at least 100 + VAL1 × 20 sample data for each signal
level.
4. Now, modulate the digital signal using 4ASK to send via a transmission channel and show the
constellation diagram.
5. Introduce some noise during transmission, assuming that the SNR of the channel is VAL1+30 dB
and show the constellation diagram.
6. Demodulate the received signal.
7. Convert the binary data to retrieve the message.
8. Confirm if message in step 6 matches original message.
9. Change the SNR value and find the threshold of SNR where transmitted message cannot be
reconstructed at the receiver anymore. Show the received signal constellation diagram for this
case.
Values and/or waveforms of input message and the outputs of all steps must be shown. Constellation
diagrams only needed in steps 4, 5, 9.

Parameters:
Consider, your group number = VAL1.
Use scatterplot(sig_var) for plotting constellation diagram where sig_var is the variable whose diagram
you want to plot.
Instructions:
1. Plagiarism is strictly prohibited.
2. Please use MATLAB software to accomplish the project.
3. Submit the soft copy of the project report containing all codes and plots. Follow the format provided
below.
4. Submit a presentation video explaining how you solved each task. (Either submit the file itself or
submit a text file containing link to the video.)
5. First slide of the ppt must credit the group members who contributed to the project.

Your project report should include the following sections:

 Purpose
This is a summary statement of the work to be accomplished in this experiment. An overall
direction forlaboratory investigation, the obtained result and summary of conclusions must be
provided.
 Procedure
Explain step-by-step procedure in a numbered sequence so that other learners can comprehend
the experiment and be able to reproduce the experiment by reading your procedure.
  Results
The MATLAB code used along with the necessary plots to represent the proper functioning of
the experiment should be provided with proper labeling. Any other explanation or answers to
task questions should also be included.
 Discussion and Conclusions
This section should summarize the information described in the report and is the closure of your
report. Any problems encountered, while performing a particular step in the experiment can also
be mentioned here.
 Reference
Proper referencing of the report is required.