Course: Communications

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Course title Communications
Course code KEEZ/PTARK
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Krčmář Vítězslav, Ing. Ph.D.
Course content
Standards for information and communication technologies, Fundamental terms - data, transmission capacity. Data transmission and evaluation. Signal types. Time and frequency domain of signal. Homogeneous line. Transmission channels - aerial lines, cables, optical fibre, Metallic transmission lines. Digital signal modulation. Pulse modulation, delta modulation, pulse code modulation. Source coding, channel coding. Synchronous and asynchronous data transmission. Multiplex transmission. Data networks, OSI Reference Model. Wireless communication systems. Mobile communication systems. Satellite navigation systems.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing)
Learning outcomes
The course provides to students essential knowledge of data transmission through transmission lines and associated linear distortion effects. The students should acquire the main principles in pulse modulation, source coding, channel coding, data modems, data transmission services, wireless and mobile communication systems.
The students acquire theoretical and practise knowledge and skills of data transmission through metallic transmission lines, data coding, pulse modulation and wireless communication systems.
Prerequisites
Students should know basics of electrical engineering, differential and integral calculus.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination

The assignment is granted upon attendance at seminars and completion of the laboratory protocols. The examination is written and oral.
Recommended literature
  • Svoboda J. a kol. Telekomunikační technika, Díl 1, Hüthig a Beneš, Praha 1999, ISBN 80-901936-3-3.
  • Svoboda J. a kol. Telekomunikační technika, Díl 2, Hüthig a Beneš, Praha 1999, ISBN 80-901936-4-1.
  • Svoboda J. a kol. Telekomunikační technika, Díl 3. Hüthig a Beneš, Praha, 1999.
  • Svoboda,J. Základy teleinformatiky. ČVUT Praha, 2000.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Transport Engineering Study plan (Version): Management, Marketing and Logistics in Communications (2016) Category: Transportation and communications 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer