U18ECT3011 – Principles of Communication
1. Modulation
2. Need for Modulation
[Link] Maheswari / AP I / ECE
Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Overview of this
Lecture
• Modulation
• Need for modulation and
Multiplexing
Modulation
What is modulation?
• A process of changing one or more properties of the
analog carrier in proportion to the information signal.
• One of the characteristics of the carrier signal is
changed according to the variations of the modulating
signal.
AM – amplitude, E
FM – frequency , ω
PM - phase , θ
Modulation -Explanation
Information bearing signal
Message signal
Modulating signal
Need for modulation
• Radiate Low frequency Signals
• Reduction in Antenna Height
• Increases the Range of Communication
• Improves the quality of reception
• Multiplexing
• To reduce noise and interferences
Multiplexing
CHANNEL
• Modulation helps in transmitting different message signals using
different carrier frequencies simultaneously over a same channel.
This kind of multiplexing is called Frequency Division
Multiplexing (FDM). FDM further reduces noise and interference.