Telecommunication devices and networks

Higher education teachers: Umek Anton
Študijski program od študijskega leta 2014/15

Subject description

Prerequisits:

• Enrollment in the study year.

Content (Syllabus outline):

• Introduction to telecommmunications: a historial overview.
• Fundamentals on communication signals: analog and digital signals.
• Signal processing for communication: coding, modulation and multiple access.
• Network connections: communication media, channel model and capacity.
• Communication protocols fundamentals: protocol layering and standardization, common types of protocols.
• Basic network devices and its functionality.
• Telecommunication networks: topology, hierarhy and key technologies.
• Broadband Internet access networks: technologies overview, availability and security.

Objectives and competences:

• Intruductory subject in the field of multimedia communications. It presents the basics of digital communications.
• Introduction to telecommmunication network topologies, protocols and technologies.

Intended learning outcomes:

• Basic knowledge on transmitting and receiving information.
• Understanding the basic principles of telecommunication networks.
• The course also offers an overview of the telecommunication network key technologies.

Learning and teaching methods:

• Lectures and practical laboratory work.

Study materials