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  • General

    Dear  Students,
    Welcome to this course unit.(PHY 359 2.0 /ASP 487 2.0-Telecommunication)

    The aim of this course is to teach the general concepts in communication systems, including Radio Frequency (RF) transmission and its applications.

    On the successful completion of this course, the student should be able to:

    1. Explain basic concepts related to communication systems.
    2. Differentiate between analog and digital communications principles.
    3. Explain different signal propagation methods and their relevance in communications.
    4. Describe the key types of communication systems.
    5. Identify the suitability of different telecommunication systems for a given scenario.
    6. Discuss current trends in the telecommunication sector.

    Course Content:

    1. Introduction to Telecommunication Systems.

    Historical developments and current trends, Radio frequency spectrum and their application.

     

    2. Signals and signal space.

    Continuous and discrete-time sinusoidal signal, Discrete-time unit step and unit impulse sequence, delayed unit impulses, Unit impulse function, Definition of a system, Interconnection of two systems in cascade and parallel, Feed back interconnection of two systems, convolution integral, Linear time-invariant system. Signal flow chart.

     

    3.Elementary concepts in Telecommunications.,

    Types of communication channels, Analog filter design, Oscillator circuits, Bandwidth and filtering, Types of noise, Signal to noise ratio (SNR equation), Analog Modulation theory(AM, FM), Phase modulation.

     

    4.Transmission.

    Guided and unguided transmission, multiplexing, Transmission networks, Multiplexing hierarchies for high speed communication networks.

     

    5. Telecommunication Devices.

    Simple transmitter circuits, The telephone instrument, The radio receiver, The TV receiver, Modems, and Cellular phones.

     

    6. Antenna theory and Signal propagation.

    Types of antenna, Antenna design, Gain and radiation pattern,

     

    7. Transmission line.

    Types of transmission line(coaxial cables, twisted pair), Lumped Parameters and Model of Transmission line theoretical and software base, Smith chart.

     

    8. Broadcasting Systems.

    Basic concepts of broadcasting, television, and radio broadcasting networks.

     

    9. Satellite communication and terrestrial microwave communication.

    Free space and troposphere wave propagation, satellite services, and applications of terrestrial microwave communication.

    References:

    1.      Modern Digital and Analog Communication, B. P. Lathi, Zhi Ding - Oxford University Press (2009)

    2.       Principles of Mobile Communication, Second Edition Gordon L, Stüber, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia USA.

    3.      Microwave Antenna theory and design, Samuel Silver, Hubert M.James, Mcgraw hill book company,   printed in the united states of America.

    4.      Satellite communication systems, Fifth Edition, Michel Bousquet, University of Surrey, UK, A John Wiley and Sons,Ltd Publication.



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