(Communication Systems - 1 (CT 1301

Students are introduced to: Communication systems elements;  Classification of data signals; Spectrum and Bandwidth; Data transmission and impairments: signal types, Attenuation and distortion; Fading; Noise; Nyquist and Shannon Capacity; Transmission Media: Guided and unguided media; Encoding and decoding techniques; Digital Signal Properties; Digital signal encoding; Digital modulation: Modulation types; Amplitude shift; Frequency shift; Phase shift; Multiplexing: Frequency Division Multiplexing (FDM); Time Division Multiplexing (TDM)