Principles of Telecommunications 1

Code:

EEC0022

Acronym:

FTEL1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2009/2010 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	http://www.fe.up.pt/si/conteudos_geral.conteudos_ver?pct_pag_id=1639&pct_parametros=p_ano_lectivo=2009/2010-y-p_cad_codigo=EEC0022-y-p_periodo=1S
Responsible unit:	Telecommunications
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	102	Syllabus since 2007/2008	3	-	9	98	240

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

This course aims to acquaint students with technical knowledge on important aspects of analogue and digital communications. At the same time, this course aims to develop students’ personal and professional skills.
This course will be based on three different types of classes (theoretical, theoretical-practical and practical). It will be divided into two parts:
1) Acquisition of technical knowledge: Theoretical classes will be based on the presentation of the themes of the course, so that students will be able to acquire knowledge on transmission of information in communication channels. Furthermore, it aims to acquaint students with analogue and digital modulations with digital baseband transmission and with noise effects in communication, so that students can choose the most adequate solution of communication and predict problems with intersymbol interference, attenuation, distortion or error rate probability. Students can get familiar with these concepts in theoretical-practical classes (through the resolution of application solutions) and in laboratory classes (students will have a chance to apply their knowledge).
Learning outcomes:
2) Development of personal and professional attitudes
The exercises and assignments done in theoretical-practical classes and in laboratory classes contribute to develop students’ “engineering reasoning and problem solving” and “experimentation and knowledge discovery”.

Program

1- Analogue communication: signals and systems, AM modulation, FM modulation, noise and random processes
2- Digital communication: A/D conversion, base band communication and introduction to digital modulations (ASK, BFSK, BPSK and QPSK).

Mandatory literature

Haykin, Simon; Communication systems. ISBN: 0-471-17869-1
Sílvio A. Abrantes; Apontamentos de Telecomunicações 2, 2004

Complementary Bibliography

Schwartz, Mischa; Information transmission, modulation, and noise. ISBN: 0-07-055782-9
Sklar, Bernard; Digital Communications. ISBN: 0-13-084788-7
Carlson, A. Bruce; Communication systems. ISBN: 0071121757
Taub, Herbert; Principles of communication systems. ISBN: 0-07-100313-4
Couch, Leon W.; Digital and analog communication systems. ISBN: 0-13-08123-4

Teaching methods and learning activities

This course is divided into theoretical, practical-theoretical and laboratory classes.
Theoretical classes are based on presentation and discussion of concepts and fundamental techniques.
Theoretical-practical classes are based on problem solving. Students will be asked to solve problems as homework.
In laboratory classes (I220, Building I) students will be asked to do simulation tasks using Matlab/Simulink and tasks in hardware.

Software

Matlab/Simulink

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Subject Classes	Participação presencial	117,00
Exams	Exame	3,00
Lab work preparation	Trabalho escrito	15,00
	Total:	-	0,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Description	Type	Time (hours)	End date
Class accompaniment	Estudo autónomo	80
Exam preparation	Estudo autónomo	25
	Total:	105,00

Eligibility for exams

According to the rules, students cannot exceed the absence limit of classes.

Calculation formula of final grade

FM = 0,65x(T1+T2)/2 + 0,35xCA

FM: Final Mark
T1 and T2: Tests
CA: Continuous Assessment (average mark of the best assignments)

COMMENT 1: All assessment components are based on the scale 0-20
COMMENT 2: Continuous Assessment is based on students’ performance in practical classes (laboratory) and on students’ assignments and reports.
COMMENT 3: Students who did not attend to the practical class in which the assignments are assessed, will not be assessed.
COMMENT 4: Students have to reach a minimum average mark of 35% in both tests (7 out of 20).

Written tests will last 1.30h and will be based on theoretical and practical-theoretical questions. They are closed book test, however, students can use a calculating machine and a form will be given to students.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

An exam (oral or written). Continuous assessment mark will not be taken into account (practical assignments).

Classification improvement

Students can improve their mark by attending to two tests, while the mark of the continuous assessment component will be the same.

Observations

Students with a special status (military personnel and working students) and students, who attended to the course in previous years, do not need to attend classes.