1. EE255 Digital Communications (I)
Faculty of Engineering
EE255 Digital Communications (I)
Lecturer
DR Shawki Shaaban

2. Introduction Course information Course staff
EE255 ; Digital Communications (I)
Course staff
Lecturer : Dr Shawki Shabban
Office hours : Monday (2:30-3:30)
Assistant : Eng/ Mohamed Abdelkarim
Office hours : Sunday(9:30-12:30)

3. Assessment Criteria 30 Marks : 9th Exam 10 Marks: assignments
10 Marks : quizes
50 Marks : final exam

4. Course outlines Introduction to digital communications
Digital communication system block diagram
Introduction to Source coding
Sampling
quantization
Coding
Introduction to binary digital modulation techniques
BASK
BPSK
BFSK

5. Course Outlines(cont.)
Spectral efficiency for modulation techniques
Bit error rate calculations for different binary modulation techniques

6. Time table Lecture Tutorial Monday (8:30 – 11:30) location : E421

7. Contents / weeks topic week Introduction to digital communications 1
Digital communication block diagram 2
Source coding 3
Sampling 4
Quantization 5
6th exam 6
Vacation 7
Introduction to digital modulation techniques 8
Binary amplitude shift keying 9
Binary phase shift keying 10
Binary frequency shift keying 11
12th exam 12
Bit error rate calculations for different modulation techniques 13
Spectral efficiency for different modulation techniques 14

8. Reference book
B.P. Lathi , Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems , third edition ,oxford university Press