TELECOMMUNICATIONS
[ELEC1360]
[30h + 30h] 5 credits
This course is taught in the 2d semester.
Teacher(s): Luc Vandendorpe
Language: French
Level: First
Aims
- Understand and explain the performances of the main systems transmitting either analog or digital information (like for instance AM radio, FM, ADSL, digital TV, WIFI, satellite communications, etc...)
- Understand, use and dimension the main modulation techniques
- Model and simulate (taking into account implementation aspects) transmission systems.
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
- Signals : speech, audio, image, video, data
- Noise sources and types (thermal, shot, impulsive)
- Signals and systems : analytic signal, complex envelope, random signals
- Decibels
- Analog modulations : DSB (SC), SSB, VSB, demodulation, effect of noise, frequency change
- Angular modulations : FM (narrowband and wideband), demodulation, noise effect, capture, threshold effect
- Superheterodyne receiver
- Baseband transmission, line codes, matched filter, correlation, noise effect, Nyquist criterion, carrierless amplitude/Phase modulation
- Passband transmission : linear modulations, spectral efficiency
- Discrete time simulation of a communication chain
- Time Multiplexing
- Error correcting codes : block codes, convolutional codes, hard decoding, soft decoding
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)
Learning shall be based on theoretical courses interleaved with practical training (possibly MATLAB sessions) and laboratories
Pre-requisite :
FSAB 1106
Evaluation :
Based on an examination possibly with course notes