Principles of Telecommunications 1

Code:

EEC0022

Acronym:

FTEL1

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Telecommunications

Instance: 2011/2012 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://www.fe.up.pt/si/Disciplinas_geral.FormView?P_ANO_LECTIVO=2011/2012&P_CAD_CODIGO=EEC0022&P_PERIODO=2S
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	55	Syllabus (Transition) since 2010/2011	3	-	6	63	162
		Syllabus	3	-	6	63	162

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: the course themes will be exposed in theoretical (tutorial) classes, so that students can be able to acquire knowledge on transmission of information in communication channels. Furthermore, classes aim 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 communication solution and predict problems caused by intersymbol interference, attenuation, distortion or a high error rate probability. Students can get familiar with these concepts in theoretical-practical classes (through the resolution of application problems) and in laboratory classes (through the simulation of communication systems in a Matlab/Simulink environment).
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 communicatiosn: signals and systems, AM modulation, FM modulation, noise and random processes.
2- Digital communications: A/D conversion, baseband communication and passband communication (with digital modulations ASK, FSK, PSK and QAM).

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 and laboratory classes.
Theoretical classes are based on presentation and discussion of concepts and fundamental techniques. Also some typical problems are discussed and solved.
Students will be given a list of problems to solve outside class as practice for the written tests.
In laboratory classes (I006 Lab) students will develop and simulate communication systems using Matlab/Simulink.

Software

Matlab/Simulink

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
Attendance (estimated)	Participação presencial	0,00
	Total:	-	0,00

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 + 0,35xDE

FM: Final Mark
T1 and T2: Tests
DE: Distributed evaluation (average mark of the n-1 best assignments, where n is the number of assignments).

COMMENT 1: All assessment components are based on the scale 0-20.
COMMENT 2: Distributed evaluation is based on students’ performance in practical classes (laboratory) and on students’ assignments and reports.
COMMENT 3: The absence in a Lab class means a zero mark, independently of the absence justification.
COMMENT 4: Students must get a mandatory minimum average mark of 35% in both tests (7.0 out of 20).

Written tests will last 1.30h and will be based on theoretical and theoretical-practical questions. Tests are closed book; however, a formula sheet will be given to the students, who may use a calculator.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Oral or written exam. The distributed evaluation mark will not be taken into account.

Classification improvement

Students can improve their previous mark by solving the two regular tests; the final mark will be computed taking the previous distributed evaluation mark into account.

Observations

Students with a special status (military personnel and working students) and students who attended the course in the previous year (and have got a positive distributed evaluation mark) do not need to attend Lab classes.