Communication Systems Courses and Certifications

Principles of Digital Communications I

19 ratings

The course serves as an introduction to the theory and practice behind many of today's communications systems.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 30 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Introduction to EECS II: Digital Communication Systems

4 ratings

The course emphasizes connections between theoretical concepts and practice using programming tasks and some experiments with real-world communication channels.

• MIT OpenCourseWare
• 20 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

IIT Guwahati;  NPTEL

Simulation Of Communication Systems Using Matlab

Model stochastic communication systems in MATLAB using Monte Carlo methods, from AWGN and fading channels to MIMO, queueing, and optimal filtering.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

A System View of Communications: From Signals to Packets (Part 1)

8 ratings

Explore the tradeoffs in designing communication systems like mobile phones, and the engineering tools to handle them.

• edX
• 7 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

NPTEL;  IIT Delhi

Communication Engineering

3 ratings

An introduction to analog and digital communication, spanning modulation, receivers, noise, and pulse modulation systems.

• YouTube
• 1 day 12 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

A System View of Communications: From Signals to Packets (Part 2)

2 ratings

Explore the tradeoffs in designing communication systems like mobile phones, and the engineering tools to handle them.

• edX
• 6 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

A System View of Communications: From Signals to Packets (Part 3)

1 rating

Explore the tradeoffs in designing communication systems like mobile phones, and the engineering tools to handle them.

• edX
• 5 weeks, 4-6 hours a week
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course (Audit)

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Analog Communication

Analog modulation from AM and DSB-SC to FM and PCM, ending with noise analysis of band-pass random processes and receiver performance.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Delhi;  NPTEL

Principles of Digital Communications

The objectives of this course is to introduce the basic principles that underlie the analysis and successful design of a digital communication system.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

IIT Kharagpur;  NPTEL

Modern Digital Communication Techniques

Design reliable digital communication links through mathematical modeling of signals, noise, modulation, optimal receivers, synchronization, channel estimation, and equalization.

• Swayam
• 12 weeks
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Jordan University of Science and Technology

现代通信理论与技术

By learning various communication technologies, discover technical advantages of our country; at the same time, know and analyze the gaps in some technical fields, and increase responsibility of students.

• XuetangX
• Self-Paced
• Free Online Course

Communication in Embedded Systems

Explore I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and LIN protocols through hands-on embedded-systems exercises and a vehicle communication project.

• Udacity
• 14 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Embedded Systems: Sensor Integration and Communication

Learn to integrate external and ultrasonic sensors into embedded systems, including HC-SR04 interfacing with ESP32 and fundamental communication protocols.

• Udacity
• 8 hours
• Self-Paced
• Paid Course

Software-Defined Radio (SDR) Hands-on for Communication Systems Design

Design, simulate, validate, and deploy communication waveforms with MATLAB/Simulink and SDR hardware, including over-the-air experiments with real RF signals.

• Swayam
• Available until Oct 9, 2026
• Free Online Course

Communication System Fundamentals

Explains how digital communication systems represent, transmit, filter, and measure signals under noise and bandwidth constraints.

• YouTube
• 4 hours 30 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video