Objectives and competences
The objective of this course is for students to be able to analyze and compare different communication systems.
Content (Syllabus outline)
• Introduction to communications systems: the difference between analog and digital communications systems.
• Building blocks of a communications system: information sources, formating, sampling, quantization, probability, entropy, redundancy, symbol rate, information rate, data rate, source coding, Huffman code, Hamming distance and code, noise and intersymbol interference, channel coding, multiplexing, multiple access, overview of baseband and bandpass modulation, spread-spectrum techniques, multiple access, detection, eye pattern.
Learning and teaching methods
• lectures
• tutorial
• lab work
Intended learning outcomes - knowledge and understanding
On completion of this course the student will be able to
• explain the difference between the analog and the digital communications systems,
• explain the functionality of building blocks of the communication system (sampling, quantization, coding, modulation, ...),
• design selected building blocks in a simulation environment,
• analyse and compare different communications systems.
Intended learning outcomes - transferable/key skills and other attributes
• Communication skills: oral lab work defence, manner of expression at written examination.
• Use of information technology: use of communication system simulation and design software tools.
Readings
• B. Vlaovič: Komunikacijski sistemi: zapiski predavanj, delovno gradivo, Univerza v Mariboru, Fakulteta za elektrotehniko, računalništvo in informatiko, Maribor, 2022.
• B. Sklar: Digital Communications, Second Edition, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, 2001.
• Proakis, John, and Masoud Salehi. Communication Systems Engineering. 2nd ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2001.
• T. Anttalainen: Introduction to Telecommunications Network Engineering, Second Edition, Artech House, Norwood, 2003.
Additional information on implementation and assessment The written exam may be substituted with continuous knowledge testing and assessment.
