TelecommunicationsLaajuus (3 ECTS)

Objective

Student gets basic understanding about communications networks and their operation. He/she knows fundamental limitations for information transmission and characteristics of different transmission channels.

Student will be able to estimate feasibility of different transmission methods and media for a given communication demand. He/she has basic understanding of telecommunications for later studies.

Content

• Architecture and operation of circuit switched public telecommunication network, e.g., PSTN,
• A/D conversion and PCM for speech
• Decibel (dB)-käsite and it’s use in telecommunication
• Theoretical maximum data rate over a channel with given bandwidth and signal-to-noise ratio
• Overview of telecommunication signals in time and frequency domain
• Characteristics and applications for different transmission media, such as copper cable, optical fiber and radio path
• Carrier modulation methods, line codes and their characteristics
• Local Area Networks (ethernet) and fast data transmission (DSL)

Further information

Class room teaching: 35 h
Laboratory exercises: 12 h
Exam: 3h
Student individual workload: 30 h
Total: 80 h
Follow-up of the student workload analysis is performed: -