ELT-40006 Basic Course on Communications Engineering, 4 cr

Lisätiedot

The course introduces the basic concepts and operating principles for understanding the current and future communications systems. It is explained during the course, how data is transferred efficiently from a transmitter to a receiver, and how the properties of transmission medium affect the achievable data transfer rate. In addition, the course describes how single devices together form complete communications networks. The course also concretizes the significance of communications engineering in the present-day society which is evolving due to digitalization.

Vastuuhenkilö

Markus Allen, Mikko Valkama

Opetus

Osaamistavoitteet

After completing the course, the student 1) understands the significance of communications engineering in modern society and knows the main technological trends, 2) knows the essential terminology of communications engineering and is able to use it correctly, 3) knows transmission media and their fundamental properties, 4) knows the most essential analog and digital modulations, 5) knows the essential operational blocks of transmitters and receivers and is able to explain their general working principles, 6) is able to analyze TCP/IP protocols and traffic from a communications network.

Sisältö

Ohjeita opiskelijalle osaamisen tasojen saavuttamiseksi

The exam evaluates how well the student has learned the core content of the course. The laboratory part of the course assignment and the related written report reveals student's ability to apply the learned core content to practical measurement tasks.

Arvosteluasteikko:

Numerical evaluation scale (0-5)

Osasuoritukset:

Completion parts must belong to the same implementation

Oppimateriaali

Esitietovaatimukset

1 . Finnish or English implementation

Tietoa esitietovaatimuksista
Or equivalent knowledge acquired in other prior studies, essentially meaning basic math related to sinusoidal signals.

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