Introduction to telecommunications

Course title: Introduction to telecommunications

Code: FEIT10Z003

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

Weekly number of classes: 3+1+1+0

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: Passed: Mathematics 1, Taken course: Mathematics 2

Course goals/Competences: Students will get familiar with contemporary communication technologies and the way of processing and transmission of signals in communication systems.

Total available number of classes: 180

Curriculum: Basic concepts: communications, telecommunications, and information. Communication systems building blocks, analog and digital signals. Analog to digital conversion. PCM. Sampling, quantization and coding. Noise and detection in communication systems. Data transmission, serial and parallel transmission. Synchronous and asynchronous transmission. Detection and error correction. Modulated signals. Analog and digital modulation. Transmission media: copper cables, optical fiber, free space as a transmission medium and satellite communications. Multiplexing: FDM, TDM. Circuit switching, packet switching. Data compression. Radio and TV diffusion. Digital radio broadcasting (DAB). Digital television (DTV). Cable distribution networks. Telephone network. ADSL. Fiber to the home. Communication networks. Topologies and network categories. Internet Protocol. Network devices. Internet. Mobile communication systems.

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