COURSES

Goals

The aim of the course is to familiarize the student with the knowledge in the field of telecommunication systems. The competencies of the students completing this course successfully will include the ability to analyse, synthesize and anticipate solutions and consequences, to gain the mastery over research methods, procedures and processes and a development of the critical judgment.

Curriculum

Introduction: definition and role of telecommunications, types of telecommunication services, tele-communication standards and regulations, basic model of communication system Source Coding: information, entropy and channel capacity, analogue and digital source coding, sampling and quantization Channel Coding: block coding, Hamming distance, convolutional coding, Viterbi decoding, FEC, speech coding Modulation Techniques: fundamentals of modulation schemes, analogue modulations (AM, PM, FM), digital modulations (PCM, DPCM, DM, BPSK, QPSK, M-PSK, QAM, M-APSK) FSK, M-FSK, MSK, GMSK), signal detection, advanced coding and modulation schemes Transmission Media: copper pairs and cables, optical fibres, atmosphere Digital Signal Transmission and Noise: random processes and noise, decision theory and optimal signal reception, intersymbol interference, jitter, equalization, interleaving Digital Multiplexing: time division multiplexing, asynchronous transfer mode, synchronous digital hierarchy Digital Networks: circuit switching, packet switching, ISO/OSI reference model, TCP/IP network architecture, fixed-mobile convergence, next generation networks Wireless Communications: fundamentals of wireless communications, wireless communication networks and services, mobile, stratospheric and satellite communications