Communication Systems

Објавено: June 28, 2022
1. Course Title Communication Systems
2. Code 4ФЕИТ10З028
3. Study program ТКИИ
4. Organizer of the study program (unit, institute, department) Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technologies
5. Degree (first, second, third cycle) First cycle
6. Academic year/semester III/5 7. Number of ECTS credits 6
8. Lecturer D-r Dr Borislav Popovski
9. Course Prerequisites Taken course: Fundamentals of Telecommunications
10. Course Goals (acquired competencies): Upon successful completion of this course, students should be able to:
1. Analyze digital communication systems based on different technologies: fiber optic, copper, hybrid fiber-coaxial, satellite.
2. Understand the trade-offs in terms of bandwidth, reliability, and complexity requirements between fiber-optic, xDSL, HFC and satellite based systems.
3. Understand optical waveguide components, including single and multimode fiber, fiber couplers, connectors, and fiber amplifiers.
4. Design and test communication systems to solve a given communications problem.
5. Identify and measure fundamental system impairments and know the mitigation methods.
6. Operate instrumentation for measuring system properties
7. Write a good technical report.
In addition, students should be able to:
1. Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering and science
2. Communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
3. Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
4. Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
11. Course Syllabus: Transmission characteristics of optical fiber, attenuation, dispersion, nonlinear effects. Light sources and receivers. Passive and active optical components (couplers, filters, multiplexers, amplifiers). Noise and detection. Error probability. Link Budget. Hybrid Fiber-Coaxial Networks HFC, DOCSIS. xDSL technologies, VDSL, VDSL vectoring. Microwave radio-relay systems. Satellite communications. Comparison of different technologies and their optimal implementation.
12. Learning methods: Lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises, individual work, project work and preparation of seminar papers.
13. Total number of course hours 3 + 1 + 1 + 0
14. Distribution of course hours 180
15. Forms of teaching 15.1. Lectures-theoretical teaching 45
15.2. Exercises (laboratory, practice classes), seminars, teamwork 30
16. Other course activities 16.1. Projects, seminar papers 20
16.2. Individual tasks 20
16.3. Homework and self-learning 65
17. Grading 17.1. Exams 10
17.2. Seminar work/project (presentation: written and oral) 20
17.3. Activity and participation 10
17.4. Final exam 60
18. Grading criteria (points) up to 50 points 5 (five) (F)
from 51to 60 points 6 (six) (E)
from 61to 70 points 7 (seven) (D)
from 71to 80 points 8 (eight) (C)
from 81to 90 points 9 (nine) (B)
from 91to 100 points 10 (ten) (A)
19. Conditions for acquiring teacher’s signature and for taking final exam Regular attendance at lectures, auditory and laboratory exercises
20. Forms of assessment During the semester, two partial written exams are provided (at the middle and at the end of the semester, lasting 120 minutes), tests that are conducted during the classes and a test from laboratory exercises. The points from the partial exams, the tests are included in the final grade. In the planned exam sessions, a written exam is taken (duration 120 minutes).
21. Language Macedonian and English
22. Method of monitoring of teaching quality Internal evaluations and surveys
23. Literature
23.1. Required Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Joseph C. Palais Fiber Optic Communications Pearson 2005
2 A.Shami, M.Maier, C.Assi Broadband Access Networks, Technologies and Deployments Springer Science 2009
23.2. Additional Literature
No. Author Title Publisher Year
1 Jeremy E. Allnutt and Timothy Pratt Satellite Communications Wiley 2019