HE1037 Data- and Telecommunication 10.0 credits

• Educational level

  First cycle

• Academic level (A-D)

• Subject area

  Techonology
  

• Grade scale

  A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

• Course page on KTH Social

Learning outcomes

To provide fundamental knowledge about the process of electronic communication

After passing the course you should be able to

• Explain important concepts and terminology within the communication field

• Describe the basic components in a communication system

• Analyse signals in the domain of time and frequency

• Explain the difference between digital and analogue signals and the coversion between them

• Describe the fundamentals for TCP/IP-based communicationfunction

• Calculate the data rate in a data channel

• Describe analogue and digital methods of modulation

• Apply the theory about coding and modulation in a communication system

• Describe in what way noise, damping and interference influence the signal in a transmission media

• Describe the appearance of electromagnetic waves and perform a link budget calculation

• Discuss and compare different ways of sollving particular problems in the communication process

Course main content

• Signals in the domain of time and frequency

• Fourier series

•Influence on the signal:

network for limitation of bandwidth, damping, sampling and PCM converting

• Analogue and digital modulation.

• Data transmission: Bandwidth, media of transmission.

• Data rate versus modulation rate and bandwidth versus pulse width.

• Transmission systems: cables (forward and reflected power)

• Antennas and wave propagation

• Equipments in and functions of computer networks.

• The function of protocols in local networks

• Applications: wired and wireless communication systems

Eligibility

To take the course the student need basic knowledge of mathematics, circuit theory and electronics.

Literature

Wallander, Per, 17 lektioner i TELEKOMMUNIKATION, Perant AB, ISBN 91-86296-10-8

Kihl, Maria, Datorkommunikation, En inledande översikt, Studentlitteratur, ISBN 9789144008172

Examination

• LAB1 - Lab Work, 3.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• NÄR1 - Attendance, 1.0 credits, grade scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• TEN2 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grade scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

To get the lower grades the student kust be able to describe och perform calculations on individual systems using a handbook.

To get the higher grades a deeper understanding for the connection between the different functions and properties is required.

The final grade is based mainly on the written exams. Grading A-F.

Offered by

STH/Computer and Electrical Engineering

Examiner

Version

Course plan valid from: Autumn 12.
Examination information valid from: Autumn 12.