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INFORMATION TRANSMISSION

ACCADEMIC YEAR2019/2020

COD. 1006193

dati insegnamento:

DEGREE: COMPUTER, ELECTRONIC AND COMMUNICATIONS ENGINEERING

TYPE OF COURSE: COMPULSORY SUBJECTS, CHARACTERISTIC OF THE CLASS

LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION: Italian

LECTURERS:

COLAVOLPE Giulio

ACADEMIC YEAR: 2019/2020

YEAR OF STUDY: 3

SEMESTER: First semester

NUMBER OF CREDITS: 6

UNIT COORDINATOR: COLAVOLPE Giulio

CONTACT HOURS: 48

INDIVIDUAL WORK HOURS: 102

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Knowledge and understanding
The main goal of this course is to provide students with the ability to understand:
- the analog communication systems and the elements for their design, selection, and analysis;
- the digital communication systems and the elements for their design, selection, and analysis.

Applying knowledge and understanding
The abilities to apply the acquired knowledge and understanding result to be:
- design and analyze the performance of analog communication systems;
- design and analyze the performance of digital communication systems.

Prerequisites

Signal Theory

Course contents summary

Introduction--Lowpass equivalent of bandpass deterministic or random signals.

Analog Modulations--Amplitude modulation (AM): signal time-domain expression, spectrum, bandwidth, and transmitted power. DSB and SSB modulations. Detection of AM signals. Detection in the presence of phase and frequency errors. Carrier recovery for AM signals. Frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM). Bandwidth and transmitted power. Detection of FM and PM signals. The phase-locked loop (PLL). Frequency division multiplexing (FDM).

Digital modulations--Pulse code modulation (PCM), quantization noise. Time division multiplexing (TDM). Baseband digital transmissions. Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM). Matched filter. Error probability for binary and M-ary modulations. Nyquist pulse. Intersymbol interference. Eye diagrams. Equalization. Bandpass digital transmissions.

Course contents

Introduction
- Lowpass equivalent of bandpass deterministic or random signals. (6 hours)

Analog Modulations
- Amplitude modulation (AM): signal time-domain expression, spectrum, bandwidth, and transmitted power. DSB and SSB modulations. Detection of AM signals. Detection in the presence of phase and frequency errors. Carrier recovery for AM signals. (8 hours)
- Frequency modulation (FM) and phase modulation (PM). Bandwidth and transmitted power. Detection of FM and PM signals. (8 hours)
- The phase-locked loop (PLL). (2 hours)
- Frequency division multiplexing (FDM). (2 hours)

Digital modulations
- Pulse code modulation (PCM), quantization noise. (3 hours)
- Time division multiplexing (TDM). (1 hours)
- Baseband digital transmissions. Pulse amplitude modulation (PAM). Matched filter. Error probability for binary and M-ary modulations. Nyquist pulse. Intersymbol interference. Eye diagrams. (12 hours)
- Equalization. (4 hours)
- Bandpass digital transmissions. (4 hours)

Teaching methods

Lectures and exercises (approximately with a ratio 70%-30%). For the latter, the teacher will solve on the blackboard the exercises assigned to the students one week in advance. In this way, the students can try to solve them at home, will take advantage much more of the interaction with the teacher, and can explain their work.

Assessment methods and criteria

Written and oral exams. It is required to pass the written exam to be admitted to the oral exam. The final mark will be the arithmetic mean of both marks. The written exam is about the design and analysis of a digital communication system, the oral exam on the theoretical aspects. Intermediate written exams will be considerated upon students' request. A final project using Matlab is also foreseen.

OTHER COURSES

YEAR: 3

ALGORITHMS AND MODELS FOR DECISION SUPPORT
APPLIED ELECTROMAGNETICS
DIGITAL SIGNAL LABORATORY
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS (UNIT 1)
DIGITAL SYSTEMS AND COMMUNICATIONS (UNIT 2)
INFORMATION TRANSMISSION
LABORATORY INTERNSHIP
MOBILE SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING (UNIT 1)
MOBILE SYSTEMS PROGRAMMING (UNIT 2)
PHOTONICS
PROGRAMMING OF MOBILE SYSTEMS
TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
TELEMATICS
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