Course Details
Course Information Package
Course Unit Title | DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS | ||||||||
Course Unit Code | ACOE412 | ||||||||
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Number of ECTS credits allocated | 5 | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes of the course unit | By the end of the course, the students should be able to:
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face | ||||||||
Prerequisites | ACOE313 | Co-requisites | NONE | ||||||
Recommended optional program components | NONE | ||||||||
Course Contents | Data transmission: Data transmission terminology. Parameters (amplitude, phase, frequency) of an analog and a digital signal in time and frequency domains. Comparison of analog and digital data transmission. Transmission impairments. Shannon’s and Nyquist’s theorems. Channel capacity over noisy and noise-free environments.
Transmission media: Introduction to the electromagnetic spectrum. Guided and unguided transmission media and their associated characteristics. Wireless transmission. Signal routes over wireless propagation links. Free space loss over line of sight transmission.
Signal encoding techniques: Digital encoding schemes (RZ, NRZ-L, NRZI, Bipolar-AMI, Pseudoternary, Multiplexing: Frequency Division, Synchronous and Statistical Time Division Multiplexing techniques. Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line.
Digital Data Communication Techniques: Asynchronous and synchronous transmission methods over serial digital data communication links. Types of error for digital data. Error detection and correction techniques. Line configurations of various data links. Characteristics and relevant specifications of serial interfaces (USB, RS-232, Firewire). | ||||||||
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods | Students are taught the course through lectures by means of computer presentations.
Homework require students to describe, explain, justify, and illustrate the main concepts taught at lectures.
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Language of instruction | English | ||||||||
Work placement(s) | NO |