MODULE DESCRIPTION Module code EiT_S_I_PT Module name Podstawy telekomunikacji Module name in English The Fundamentals of Telecommunications Valid from academic year 2012/2013 MODULE PLACEMENT IN THE SYLLABUS Subject Level of education Studies profile Form and method of conducting classes Specialisation Unit conducting the module Module co-ordinator Electronics and Telecommunications 1 st degree (1st degree / 2nd degree) General (general / practical) Full-time (full-time / part-time) The Department of Telecommunications, Photonics, and Nanomaterials Tomasz Kaczmarek, PhD, Eng. Approved by: MODULE OVERVIEW Type of subject/group of subjects Module status Language of conducting classes Module placement in the syllabus - semester Subject realisation in the academic year Initial requirements Examination Number of ECTS credit points 5 Major (basic / major / specialist subject / conjoint / other HES) Compulsory (compulsory / non-compulsory) Polish 3 rd semester Winter semester (winter / summer) Mathematics 1, Physics 1, Circuits and Signals (module codes / module names) No (yes / no) Method of conducting Lecture Classes Laboratory Project Other classes Per semester 30 30 TEACHING RESULTS AND THE METHODS OF ASSESSING TEACHING RESULTS
Module target The aim of the module is to familiarise students with basic notions as regards telecommunications, the fundamentals of telephone network functioning, digital transmission, digital transmission networks, modulation types, and with the types of noises. Effect symbol Teaching results Teaching methods (l/c/l/p/other) subject effects effects of a field of study W_01 W_02 W_03 U_01 U_02 A student has basic knowledge as regards the following issues: telephone network functioning, digital transmission networks, service quality in voice, data, and image transmission, the causes of decreasing quality of telephone services, a subscriber s loop in voice telephony, digital networks, and the fundamentals of the PCM standard. A student has fundamental knowledge as regards signalling; signalling techniques, signalling in the subscriber s loop, local as well as long-distance networks, the types of transmission media; and data transmission. A student has basic knowledge on: corporate networks, i.e. LAN and WAN, metropolitan networks, signalling system No 7, voice transmission in package networks, cable TV, mobile telephony system, broadband formats of digital transmission: SONET, SDH, and ATM, network management. A student is able to list modulation types, media types as well as signal parameters utilised in telecommunications; a student can also determine signal-to-noise relationship, amplitude and phase deformations, design a subscriber s loop, sample, quantise, and encrypt an analogue signal in PCM systems. A student can interpret the signalling in subscriber s loop, design a long-distance telephone network, determine transmission parameters of long-distance telephone networks, determine the parameters and apply microwave and satellite radio and optical fibre lines, as well as the lines based on a concentric cable in the systems of long-range telecommunications; a student is also able to determine the capacity of a transmission channel and determine the functions of communication protocols. A student can determine design parameters and topologies of local networks, list protocols used in local networks, and determine protocols used in urban networks (WAN); a student is also able to explain the application of systems compliant with IEEE 802.11, 802.15, and 802.16 standards (and give their parameters); in addition, a student can do the following: determine the architecture of the signalling system No 7 as well as its relationship with the OSI model, make a technological description of the VoIP telephony, describe protocols utilised in VoIP telephony, define critical parameters l l l c c c K_W04 K_W20 K_W05 K_W04 K_W20 K_W05 K_W20 K_W05 K_W23 K_U10 K_U12 K_U13 K_U10 K_U12 K_U13 K_U10 K_U12 K_U13 K_U25 T1A_W01 T1A_W06 T1A_W07 T1A_W01 T1A_W06 T1A_W07 T1A_W06 T1A_W07 T1A_W09 T1A_U07 T1A_U08 T1A_U07 T1A_U08 T1A_U07 T1A_U08 T1A_U10
of a video signal, transmission standards concerning a video signal, determine the methods of transmitting a video signal in LOS microwave system; furthermore, a student is capable of: designing a cable TV system based on a concentric as well as fibre-optic cable (together with the mixed system), designing a bidirectional voice and data transmission in cable TV systems, use radio wave propagation in mobile telephony system, utilise network access techniques, determine the format of the STS-N/OC-N frame in the SONET system as well as the format of the STM-N frame, utilise the properties of the ATM standard, define connection types in ATM networks, define the ATM cell, manage telephone, corporate, and ATM networks. A student is aware of the advantages and disadvantages of transmission on the closed channel compared to the propagation of signal (with the use of a radio); a student is also aware of the negative effects concerning wave propagation in free space on living organisms. l/c K_K02 T1A_K02 Teaching contents: Teaching contents as regards lectures Lecture number Teaching contents teaching results for a module W_01 1 The notion of telecommunications, the quality of telephone services, telecommunications standards, signals and their types. 2 Service quality in voice, data, and image transmission; the causes of W_01 decreasing quality of telephone services; the intension of telecommunication traffic; switching and multiplexing. 3 A subscriber s loop in voice telephony; digital networks; the fundamentals of W_01 the PCM standard; a digital subscriber s loop 4 Signalling, signalling techniques, and signalling in a subscriber s loop; local W_02 and long-distance networks; transmission parameters of a long-distance telephone network. 5 The types of transmission media. W_02 6 Data transmission. W_02 7 Corporate networks (LAN and WAN). W_03 8 Metropolitan networks; a signalling system No 7. W_03 9 Voice transmission in package networks. W_03 10 Television signal transmission. W_03 11 Cable television. W_03 12 The systems of mobile telephony. W_03 13 Broadband formats of digital transmission, i.e. SONET, SDH. W_03 14 Broadband formats of digital transmission, i.e. ATM. W_03 15 Network management. W_03
Teaching contents as regards classes Class number Teaching contents teaching results for a module U_01 1 Modulation and media types; the parameters of signals utilized in telecommunications. 2 Signal-to-noise relationship; amplitude and phase deformations; noises. U_01 3 Designing a subscriber s loop in voice telephony; sampling; quantisation and U_01 encryption in PCM systems. 4 Signalling in a subscriber s loop; designing long-distance telephone networks; U_02 transmission parameters of long-distance telephone networks. 5 The parameters and applications of radio lines (microwave and satellite U_02 ones), optical fibre lines, as well as the lines based on a concentric cable in the systems of long-range telecommunications 6 Binary digital transmission; digital transmission in the analogue channel; transmission channel capacity; the functions of communication protocols. 7 Design parameters as well as local network topologies; the protocols utilised in local networks; protocols utilised in urban networks (WAN). 8 The parameters and applications of systems compliant with IEEE 802.11, 802.15, and 802.16 standards; the architecture of the signalling system No 7 as well as its connection with the OSI model. 9 A technological description of the VoIP telephony; protocols utilised in VoIP telephony. 10 Critical parameters of a video signal, transmission standards concerning a video signal; transmitting a video signal in LOS microwave system; digital television. 11 Cable TV systems based on a concentric as well as fibre-optic cable, and mixed systems; bidirectional voice and data transmission in cable TV systems. U_02 12 Radio wave propagation in mobile telephony system; network access techniques. 13 The format of the STS-N/OC-N frame in the SONET system as well as the format of the STM-N frame. 14 The properties of the ATM standard, interfaces, connection types in ATM networks, the ATM cell, and services. 15 Managing telephone, corporate, and ATM networks. The methods of assessing teaching results Effect symbol W_01 W_03 W_03 U_01 U_02 Methods of assessing teaching results (assessment method, including skills reference to a particular project, laboratory assignments, etc.) STUDENT S INPUT
ECTS credit points
Type of student s activity Student s workload 1 Participation in lectures 30 2 Participation in classes 30 3 Participation in laboratories 4 Participation in tutorials (2-3 times per semester) 3 5 Participation in project classes 6 Project tutorials 7 Participation in an examination 8 9 Number of hours requiring a lecturer s assistance 63 (sum) 10 Number of ECTS credit points which are allocated for assisted work (1 ECTS credit point=25-30 hours) 2.52 11 Unassisted study of lecture subjects 15 12 Unassisted preparation for classes 32 13 Unassisted preparation for tests 15 14 Unassisted preparation for laboratories 15 Preparing reports 16 Preparing for a final laboratory test 17 Preparing a project or documentation 18 Preparing for an examination 19 Preparing questionnaires 20 Number of hours of a student s unassisted work 62 (sum) 21 Number of ECTS credit points which a student receives for unassisted work (1 ECTS credit point=25-30 hours) 2.48 22 Total number of hours of a student s work 125 23 ECTS credit points per module 1 ECTS credit point=25-30 hours 5 24 Work input connected with practical classes Total number of hours connected with practical classes 63 25 Number of ECTS credit points which a student receives for practical classes (1 ECTS credit point=25-30 hours) 2.52