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IE302303 TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND MOBIL COMMUNICATION

Course Code
IE302303

Course Name
TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS AND MOBIL COMMUNICATION

Credits
15.00

Target Audience
3. years students Telecommunication.

Prerequisites

1.year and 2.year course.

Objectives

-understand transmission media, transmitters, receivers and signal shaping and modulation used on this media.
-have good knowledge of the structures and the main components in all types of telecommunication networks.
-understand the principles for errorfree-, efficient- and secure communication.
-undertand different switching and access methods.
-knowlegde of telecommunication services, particularly the GSM/GPRS-network.
-knowlegde of different forms of TV-distribution.

Topics

-Wire transmission: Coaxial line and parallell line, waveguides and optical fibers.
-Wireless transmission: Wave propagation, antennas, transmitter and receivers system. Satellite communications.
-Signal modulation: Analog and digital modulation method and baseband linecoding.
-Noise and noise calculation.
-Network structure and examples of networks.
-Multiplexing: PDH and SDH.
-Synchronizing, error correction coding, cryptography, authentication.
-Circuit- and packetswitching. ATM, signaling.
-Accesstechnices: ISDN and ADSL.
-TV-systems and satelite-TV.
-Mobil communication: GSM, GPRS, UMTS,DECT, Bluetooth.

Instruction

Lecture, weekly excercisses, 4 lab excercises, project. The project is based on Matlab Comm Blockset and Comm Toolbox.

Mandatory Assignments

4 lab excercies and project are mandatory and will be placed in the students portfolio. The weekly exercies is voluntary, but are this delivered in time they will allsow be placed in the portfolio. The students will get the portfolio back on the exam. 50% of the exam will be based on the portfolio.

Evaluation

The project shall be done in groups of 2 students and project period is approximately 4 weeks.It shall result in a written report which counts for 40% of the grade. 3 hours individual written exammination in the end of the course which counts for 60% of the grade.

Grades
ABCDEF

Revised date
2006.06.16