Simulation Methods in Telecommunications

Course title: Simulation Methods in Telecommunications

Code: 3ФЕИТ10Л033

Number of credits (ECTS): 6

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

Prerequisite for enrollment of the subject: None

Course Goals (acquired competencies): Knowledge of techniques, methods and models for simulation of telecommunication systems. Writing computer simulations and applications for the design and analysis of telecommunication systems.

Total available number of classes: 180

Course Syllabus: Methods for computer modeling and writing computer simulation. Sources of error in simulation. Baseband equivalent representation of signals and systems. Sampling at the same and at different sampling rates. Modeling and simulation of linear systems. Linear and polynomial interpolation. Sampling and quantization of stationary random processes. Random number generators. Generators of Gaussian noise. Generating correlated random sequences. Monte Carlo simulation. Evaluation of the output parameters of the computer simulation. Quality of the estimator: centering and efficiency. Point-to-point estimation of parameters. Confidence interval. Histogram. Periodogram. Signal-to-noise ratio. Monte Carlo estimators for telecommunication systems. Estimation of error probability. Synchronization and calibration of simulations. Examples for computer modeling and simulations in Matlab of sources of information, A/D conversion, communication channel, communication modulators and detectors, channel encoders and decoders.

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