Communication Technologies

Course title: Communication Technologies

Code: 3ФЕИТ10З020

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

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

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject:

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Introduction to the elements of a telecommunication system, definition of information, introduction to data sampling and processing and basics of digital modulation and demodulation. Introduction to protocol stack, basic types of communication channels, basic protocols in the internet, basic internet services and basics of internet security. Introduction to telecommunication networks and differentiation of the different networks based on their technical specifications.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Introduction and basic terminology and concepts. Elements of the communication system. Definition of information. Analog and digital transmission of information. Sampling, quantization and coding. Transmission channels: copper cables, optical fibers, free space propagation. OSI and TCP/IP protocol stacks. Internet protocol (IP). Addressing and routing. Basic protocols in internet (DNS, DHCP, TCP, UDP). Internet services (e-mail, FTP, telnet, chat, etc. ). Web technology (HTTP, HTML). Security in internet communicaiton. Data networks (LAN, WLAN, WAN etc.). Basic characteristics of telecommunication networks: access networks (ADSL, DOCSIS, FTTx), broadcast networks (DVB, DAB), mobile networks (2G, 3G, 4G), short range networks (WSN, Bluetooth, RFID, NFC). Future direction of information-communication technologies.

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