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JAWAHARLAL NEHRU TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY HYDERABAD
PRINCIPLES OF ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
(Open Elective -1)

COMPLETE MATERIAL WITH UNIT WISE.

UNIT - I
Introduction: Need for Modulation, Frequency translation, Electromagnetic spectrum, Gain,
Attenuation and decibels.
UNIT - II
Simple description on Modulation: Analog Modulation-AM, FM, Pulse Modulation-PAM, PWM,
PCM, Digital Modulation Techniques-ASK, FSK, PSK, QPSK modulation and demodulation schemes.
UNIT - III
Telecommunication Systems: Telephones Telephone system, Paging systems, Internet Telephony.
Networking and Local Area Networks: Network fundamentals, LAN hardware, Ethernet LANs,
Token Ring LAN.
UNIT - IV
Satellite Communication: Satellite Orbits, satellite communication systems, satellite subsystems,
Ground Stations Satellite Applications, Global Positioning systems.
Optical Communication: Optical Principles, Optical Communication Systems, Fiber –Optic Cables,
Optical Transmitters & Receivers, Wavelength Division Multiplexing.
UNIT - V
Cellular and Mobile Communications: Cellular telephone systems, AMPS, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA.
Wireless Technologies: Wireless LAN, PANs and Bluetooth, ZigBee and Mesh Wireless networks,
Wimax and MANs, Infrared wireless, RFID communication, UWB.

TEXT BOOKS
1. Louis E. Frenzel, “Principles of Electronic Communication Systems”, 3rd Ed., McGraw Hill
publications, 2008.
2. Kennady, Davis, “Electronic Communications systems”, 4Ed., TMH, 1999

REFERENCE BOOKS
1. Tarmo Anttalainen, “Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering”, Artech House
Telecommunications Library.
2. Theodore Rappaport, “Wireless Communications-Principles and practice”, Prentice Hall,
2002.
3. Roger L. Freeman, “Fundamentals of Telecommunications”, 2 Ed. Wiley publications.
4. Wayne Tomasi, “Introduction to data communications and networking”, Pearson Education,
2005.