Telecommunication Systems Project

Code:

EEC0154

Acronym:

PSTEL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2017/2018 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://moodle.up.pt/course/view.php?id=617
Responsible unit:	Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Master in Electrical and Computers Engineering

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIEEC	9	Syllabus	5	-	6	56	162
MI:EF	0	study plan from 2017/18	5	-	6	56	162

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Study of technologies and methodologies relevant to the design of specific telecommunications systems, including optical, wireless access systems, satellite systems, radar systems and their applications. Presentation of key terms, concepts, principles and architectural models with a view to the design and implementation of these systems.

Learning outcomes and competences

The skills to be acquired by students are:

 

- Knowledge in the design of RF and optical telecommunication systems .

- Ability to analyse, simulate, and design of these systems.

 

Learning outcomes are the acquisition of skills for the project, as well as knowledge of relevant current telecommunications systems.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Applications Erbium doped fiber amplifiers(EDFA). Design of WDM systems with EDFAs. Limiting factors in the design of optical systems: dispersion and nonlinear effects. Analysis of the pulse propagation in fiber and the interaction between the dispersion and nonlinear effects. Management dispersion in optical systems. Introduction to multiaccess optical networks: devices and topologies. Transport of radio and microwave frequency signals over optical fibe . Passive optical network access network: principle of operation, components, architectures and system design. Hertzian beam systems: basic concepts, modulation, power balance, system noise, frequency plan, terminal stations and repeaters; system design. Satellite Communications Systems: basic concepts, orbiting satellites, satellite links, access to satellites, the satellite segment, ground segment, satellite series; system design. Radar Systems: basic concepts and principles of operation, pulse radars (search radars, tracking radars, radar indicators movement, signaling radar), radar continuous-wave (CW Doppler radar, radar FM-CW); system design.

Mandatory literature

Govind P. Agrawal; Fiber-optic communication systems. ISBN: 0-471-21571-6
Mário Jorge Moreira Leitão; Apontamentos de Projecto de Sistemas de Telecomunicações

Complementary Bibliography

Gerd Keiser; Optical fiber communications. ISBN: 0-07-232101-6
Paulo André, Mário Lima, Ana Pratas, Liliana Costa, Cláudia Mendonça, António Teixeira; Comunicações Óticas e Aplicações, Lidel, 2017. ISBN: 978-989-752-137-9

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical classes and laboratory sessions for the realization of simulation and practical guided work.

Software

VPI Photonics
Radio Mobile

keywords

Technological sciences > Technology > Telecommunications technology

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	50,00
Participação presencial	5,00
Trabalho laboratorial	45,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	66,00
Frequência das aulas	56,00
Trabalho laboratorial	40,00
Total:	162,00

Eligibility for exams

Terms of frequency: Minimum of 8 points (out of 20) in the distributed component;

Calculation formula of final grade

Lab work: 50%

Final exam: 50%

Terms of approval: minimum of 8 point in the final exam

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

All students must perform the practical lab work.

Classification improvement

• Written exam


• Practical exam for improvement of distributed component associated with the lab work.