ELG 3175 Introduction to Communication Systems

3 units
Electrical Engineering
Faculty of Engineering
Review of linear systems, the sampling theorem, and Fourier analysis. Noiseless analysis of the linear modulation schemes: double sideband, inphase-quadrature, single sideband, vestigial sideband and conventional AM. Superheterodyne receivers. Angle modulation: phase modulation, and frequency modulation. Carson's rule. Discriminator and phase-locked loop detection of FM. Basic digital modulation techniques: ASK, PSK, FSK. Bandwidth requirements of PAM (Nyquist's criterion). Pulse code modulation and companding. Introduction to error control coding and to information theory.

Components:

Laboratory
Lecture
Tutorial

Requirements:

Prerequisite: ELG 3125 . ELG 3126 is corequisite to ELG 3175 .

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Winter
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Organized

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Learned a Lot

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Fair Assessments

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