| CODE | CCE2314 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Introduction to Communications | ||||||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | ||||||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will introduce basic telecommunication concepts, including the telecommunications system model, telecommunications channels, relationship between bandwidth, bit-rate, capacity, transmission delay, multiplexing, modulation techniques, media, antennas and transmission lines. Study-Unit Aims: The study-unit aims at introducing basic background of communication systems. The concepts of modulation, transmission, and multiplexing on theoretical noise-free channels will be covered. Moreover, the study-unit presents the basic theory of simple antenna designs. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Distinguish between different analogue and digital modulation techniques; - Value the notion of bandwidth and how this is shared amongst users; - Assess the behavior of signals as they propagate on a transmission line; - Determine the matching required for maximum power transfer; - Develop simple antennas. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Select the appropriate modulation scheme; - Work the delay a signal would experience while travelling on the medium; - Read antenna patterns from datasheets. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts: - An Introduction to Analog and Digital Communications, 2nd Edition, Simon Haykin, Michael Moher. - Digital and Analog Communication Systems (7th Edition or later), Leon W Couch II Prentice Hall. - Fundamentals of Applied Electromagnetics, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Prentice Hall. Supplementary Readings: - Communication Systems, F.G. Stremler, Addison Wesley. - Electronic Communication Systems, Wayne Tomasi, Prentice Hall. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture, Independent Study, Practicum & Tutorial | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Saviour Zammit |
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