NPTEL : NOC:Principles of Communication - Part 1 (Electrical Engineering)

Co-ordinators : Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham


Lecture 1 - Basics - Definition of Energy and Power of Signals

Lecture 2 - Frequency Domain Representation and Introduction to Discrete Fourier Series

Lecture 3 - Discrete Fourier Series Example and Parseval's Theorem for Periodic Signals

Lecture 4 - Fourier Transform (FT), Inverse Fourier Transform (IFT) of Continuous Signals, Example of FT of Pulse and Sinc Function

Lecture 5 - Modulation Property of Fourier Transform, Dirac Delta or Unit Impulse Function - Definition and Fourier Transform

Lecture 6 - Duality Property of Fourier Transform and Introduction to Linear Time Invatiant (LTI) Systems

Lecture 7 - Transmission of Signal through Linear Time Invariant (LTI) Systems and Cross- Correlation of Signals

Lecture 8 - Auto-Correlation of Signal and Energy Spectral Density (ESD)

Lecture 9 - Example for Auto-Correlation of Signal and Energy Spectral Density (ESD)

Lecture 10 - Introduction to Amplitude Modulation (AM), Modulation Index, Envelope Distortion and Over Modulation

Lecture 11 - Spectrum of Amplitude Modulated(AM) Signals and Introduction to Envelope Detection

Lecture 12 - Envelope Detection for Amplitude Modulated (AM) Signals and Time Constant for Capacitor in Envelope Detector

Lecture 13 - Power of Amplitude Modulated (AM) Signals and Power Efficiency of AM Signals

Lecture 14 - Double Sideband (DSB) Suppressed Carrier (SC) Modulation, Spectrum of DSB-SC Signals and Coherent Demodulation

Lecture 15 - Double Sideband(DSB) Suppressed Carrier (SC) Demodulation, Non-coherent demodulation, Impact of Carrier Phase Offset

Lecture 16 - Carrier Phase Offset Example for Double Sideband (DSB) Suppressed Carrier (SC) Demodulation- Wireless Cellular Communication with User Mobility

Lecture 17 - Phase Synchronization using Costas Receiver for Double Sideband (DSB) Suppressed Carrier (SC) Demodulation

Lecture 18 - Introduction to Quadrature Carrier Multiplexing (QCM) and Demodulation of QCM Signals.

Lecture 19 - Introduction to Single Sideband (SSB) Modulation

Lecture 20 - Generation of Single Sideband (SSB) Modulation Signals through Frequency Discrimination

Lecture 21 - Frequency Domain Description of Hilbert Transform – Fourier Spectrum of the Hilbert Transformer

Lecture 22 - Time Domain Description of Hilbert Transform – Impulse Response of the Hilbert Transformer

Lecture 23 - Phase Shifting Method for Generation of Single Sideband (SSB) Modulated Signals based on Hilbert Transform

Lecture 24 - Complex Pre-Envelope and Complex Envelope of Passband Signals

Lecture 25 - Complex Pre- Envelope and Complex Envelope of QCM (Quadrature Carrier Modulated) Signals

Lecture 26 - Introduction to Vestigial Side Band(VSB) Modulation and Non- Ideal Filtering, Spectral Efficiency

Lecture 27 - Properties of Vestigial Side Band Filter for Reconstruction of Message Signal without Distortion

Lecture 28 - Introduction to Angle Modulation, Description of Phase Modulation (PM) and Frequency Modulation (FM)

Lecture 29 - Frequency Modulation (FM) with Sinusoidal Modulation Signal and Pictorial Examples, Insights of PM and FM signals

Lecture 30 - Indirect Method for Generation of FM Signals - Generation of Narrowband FM Signal

Lecture 31 - Indirect Method for Generation of FM Signals - Generation of Wideband FM Signal through Frequency Multiplication

Lecture 32 - Spectrum of Frequency Modulated (FM) Signals

Lecture 33 - Bandwidth of Frequency Modulated (FM) Signals - Carson's Rule

Lecture 34 - Demodulation of Frequency Modulated (FM) Signals, Condition of Envelope Detection

Lecture 35 - Analog to Digital Conversion of Signals and Introduction to Sampling

Lecture 36 - Spectrum of Sampled Signal, Aliasing and Nyquist Sampling Theorem

Lecture 37 - Ideal Impluse Train Sampling, Reconstruction of Original Signal from Samples, Sinc Interpolation

Lecture 38 - Introduction to Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), Sample and Hold, Flat Top Sampling

Lecture 39 - Pulse Amplitude Modulation (PAM), Spectrum of PAM Signal , Reconstruction of Original Signal from PAM Signal, Equalization

Lecture 40 - Introduction to Quantization, Uniform Quantizer, Mid- Tread Quantizer

Lecture 41 - Quantization, Mid- Rise Quantizer, PDF and Power of Quantization Noise, Quantization Noise Power versus Quantizer Resolution

Lecture 42 - Introduction to Lloyd- Max Quantization Algorithm, Optimal Quantizer Design

Lecture 43 - Lloyd- Max Quantization Algorithm, Iterative Computation of Optimal Quantization Levels and Intervals

Lecture 44 - Companding for Non- Uniform Quantization, Mu-law Compressor, A- Law Compressor

Lecture 45 - Introduction to Delta Modulation, One-bit Quantizer

Lecture 46 - Signal Reconstruction in Delta Modulation, Schematic Diagrams, Slope Overload Distortion and Granular Noise

Lecture 47 - Differential Pulse Coded Modulation (DPCM), DPCM Signal Reconstruction and Schematic Diagram

Lecture 48 - Frequency Mixing and Translation in Communication Systems, Heterodyne and Super Heterodyne Receivers

Lecture 49 - Frequency Translation and Super Heterodyne Receivers, Problem of Image Frequency

Lecture 50 - Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM), Carrier Spacing in FDM

Lecture 51 - Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), Operation of TDM, Sample Spacing in TDM

Lecture 52 - Bandwidth Requirements for Time Division Multiplexing (TDM), The T1 TDM System : A Case Study