Digital Communication

Digital Communication is a free engineering handbook covering important course topics, detailed notes, diagrams, equations, formulas and study materials. Download this digital book and reference guide for Diploma, BE, BTech and other engineering degree courses.

Learn digital communication systems, PCM, DPCM, delta modulation, line coding, pulse shaping, ASK, FSK, BPSK, QPSK, probability, information theory and error-control coding. Useful for exams, viva, interviews, assignments, projects and quick revision.

RELATED ENGINEERING BRANCHES
Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE), Electronics Engineering, Electrical and Electronics Engineering (EEE), Electrical Engineering, Telecommunication Engineering, Computer Science Engineering (CSE), and Communication Systems.

ALL 57 UNIQUE TOPICS COVERED

DIGITAL COMMUNICATION & PCM
1. Elements of Digital Communication Systems
2. Advantages of Digital Communication Systems
3. Elements of PCM: Sampling, Quantization and Coding
4. Quantization Error
5. Companding in PCM Systems
6. Differential PCM Systems (DPCM)
7. Delta Modulation
8. Adaptive Delta Modulation
9. T1 Carrier System
10. Comparison of PCM and DM Systems
11. Noise in Communication Systems
12. Noise Considerations in PCM Systems

LINE CODING & PULSE SHAPING
13. Line Coding
14. Line Codes: RZ and NRZ
15. Intersymbol Interference
16. Pulse Shaping
17. Nyquist Criterion
18. Raised Cosine Spectrum

DIGITAL MODULATION & DETECTION
19. Amplitude Shift Keying (ASK)
20. Frequency Shift Keying (FSK)
21. Coherent Detection of ASK
22. Non-Coherent ASK Detector
23. Bandwidth and Frequency Spectrum of FSK
24. Non-Coherent FSK Detector
25. Coherent FSK Detector
26. FSK Detection Using PLL
27. Binary Phase Shift Keying (BPSK)
28. Quadrature Phase Shift Keying (QPSK)
29. Minimum Shift Keying (MSK)
30. M-ary Modulation

PROBABILITY & RANDOM PROCESSES
31. Conditional Probability
32. Joint Probability
33. Statistical Independence
34. Continuous Random Variables
35. Discrete Random Variables
36. Gaussian Probability Density Function
37. Rayleigh Probability Density Function
38. Rician Probability Density Function
39. Mean and Variance
40. Random Process
41. Stationary and Ergodic Processes
42. Correlation Coefficient
43. Covariance
44. Random Binary Wave
45. Power Spectral Density

INFORMATION THEORY & CHANNEL CODING
46. Information and Entropy
47. Conditional Entropy and Redundancy
48. Shannon-Fano Coding
49. Mutual Information
50. Information Loss Due to Noise
51. Huffman Coding
52. Variable-Length Coding
53. Source Coding
54. Hamming Bound
55. Generator Matrix
56. Cyclic Codes
57. Encoding of Convolutional Codes

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Ideal for Diploma and degree students, ECE and EEE learners, telecommunications students, teachers and engineering professionals. Use this free Digital Communication ebook as a syllabus companion, study guide and reference for communication theory and digital modulation.