Telecommunications Engineering
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CM-0233D
2015/6
Semester 2
A
FHEQ Level 5
Standard module
Computer Science
SCIM (Dept of Computer Science)
Dr S.M.R. Jones
Prof. R.A. Abd. Alhameed
None
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To provide you with a broad grounding in telecommunications principles and practice.
Laboratory classes enable you to understand how principles are applied in practice and to develop your familiarity with bench test equipment, engineering measurement, computer simulation and good practice in recording, presentation and analysis of data.
Supplementary assessment: repair deficiencies.
Study Hours: | ||||||
Lectures: | 36.00 | Directed Study: | 126.00 | |||
Seminars/Tutorials: | 12.00 | Other: | 0.00 | |||
Laboratory/Practical: | 24.00 | Formal Exams: | 2.00 | Total: 200.00 |
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
describe and explain the architecture and principles of current fixed and wireless telecommunications systems and subsystems.
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
apply analytical techniques to telecommunications signals, systems and protocols.
On successful completion of this module you will be able to...
make use of practical measurement, computer modelling and simulation techniques to characterise aspects of telecommunications signals and systems.
001. | Assessment Type | Duration | Percentage |
Coursework | 50% | ||
Description | |||
Portfolio of coursework demonstrating basic competences | |||
002. | Assessment Type | Duration | Percentage |
Examination - closed book | 2.00 | 50% | |
Description | |||
Examination closed book 2 hours |
Services, classification and properties. Multimedia signals.
Transducers and transmission media. PSTN topology and infrastructure. Switching, routing and multiplexing for circuit switched signals, PDH, SDH.
Traffic and blocking probability.
Network types and topologies: LANs, MANs and WANs. MAC protocols CSMA, CSMA/CD, Token Rings.
Criteria for performance assessment: grades of service, throughput, delay, packet loss probability.
Layers and standardisation: OSI and TCP/IP. Network security. Time and frequency duplex and multiplex.
Communications Principles
Characteristics of sinusoidal and pulse waveforms. Peak and mean normalised power/energy, gain and loss, units and dBs. Frequency spectrum and bandwidth. Noise, density and distribution function of nondeterministic signals. Central limit theorem. SNR and Eb/No.
Analogue versus digital, the regenerative property of digital transmission.
PCM. Signal-to-quantisation noise ratio, dynamic range, and bandwidth of a digitised signal.
Baseband digital transmission in Gaussian noise. Error detection and correction. Line coding.
ShannonHartley capacity and communications resources.
Time and frequency representation of DSBAM, ASK, FSK and PSK, QPSK.
Incoherent and coherent demodulation.
Transmission Lines: Equivalent circuits, primary characteristics, characteristic impedance,
Reflection coefficient, VSWR, impedance matching, attenuation and phase shift, lossless
Lines.
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