Academic year 2015-16
Broad Band Communications
| Degree: | Code: | Type: |
| Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science | 21465 | Optional subject |
| Bachelor's Degree in Telematics Engineering | 21726 | Compulsory subject, 2nd year |
| Bachelor's Degree in Audiovisual Systems Engineering | 22652 | Optional subject |
| ECTS credits: | 4 | Workload: | 100 hours | Trimester: | 3rd |
| Department: | Dept. of Information and Communication Technologies |
| Coordinator: | Carlos Bock |
| Teaching staff: | Carlos Bock |
| Language: | Catalan / Spanish / English |
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| Building: | Communication campus - Poblenou |
This course on Broadband Communications aims to present the basic devices in a typical fiber optics network: the LED, LASER, fiber optics, optical detectors, and the different transmission systems required to build optical networks.
Additionally, technical solutions and systems that are deployed in transport and access networks will be presented.
This course is aimed at students of the degree in Telematics Engineering, being a compulsory subject in the curriculum. The location of the subject in the curriculum (second year, third quarter) allows to present during this course the concepts of transmission media, data transmission and communication networks combined.
Previous knowledge requirements are (concept / course where has been seen):
The basic skills are expected after course completion are:
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General skills |
Specific skills |
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Instrumental 1. Capacity for analysis and synthesis. 2. Troubleshooting. 3. Ability to organize and plan.
Interpersonal 4. Critical thinking.
Systemic 6. Research skills. 7. Ability to learn. 8. Ability to generate new ideas (creativity). 9. Ability to work autonomously. 10. Motivation for quality.
Instrumental G1. Capacity for analysis and synthesis G2. Capacity for organization and planning G3. Ability to apply knowledge to analyze situations and solve problems G4. Skill in finding and managing information G5. Ability decision G6. Property ability to communicate orally and in writing in Catalan and Spanish, both to expert audiences as inexperienced.
Systemic G11. Ability to flexibly and creatively apply the knowledge acquired and adapt to new situations and contexts G12. Ability to progress in the training and learning processes autonomously and continuously G14. Capacity motivation for quality and achievement G15. Ability to generate new ideas
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1. Understand the functions of a transmitter, receiver, and basic operation of a communications channel.
2. Understand the need to transform the "bits" in a tangible physical magnitude for transmission over the channel.
3. Know and understand the basic operation of an LED and a laser for generating light.
4. To understand the operation of the optical fibers as light transmission, their types and essential characteristics.
5. Understand the principles of optical detection and conversion of light into electrical signal.
6. Understand the concept of wavelength multiplexing.
7. Know the basic network topologies (star, point to point, etc.) and be able to design small networks.
8. Know the current technologies in backbone and access networks, as well as their basic design
Specific Professional Skills P1. Ability to write and develop projects in the field of specialty.
P4. Capacity for managing the activities object of the projects in the field of expertise.
P6. Easy to handle specifications, regulations and mandatory standards.
P7. Ability to analyze and assess the social and environmental impact of technical solutions.
P8. Understand and apply basic principles of economics and human resource management, organization and project planning, as well as legislation, regulation and standardization in telecommunications.
Specific Skills Basic Training B12-T. Ability to analyze electronic and photonic devices and their use in telecommunications and bioengineering.
Specific skills of Computer Engineering IN4. Know the advanced computer architectures and applications in industrial and research fields. IN16. Know how data networks in general and the Internet in particular work. IN17. Know the layered protocol architecture used in communications networks. IN18. Understand the basics of digital communication: protocols, services, layers and encapsulation.
IN19. Be able to analyze and design communications access and wide area networks.
IN20. Be able to install and set up devices required to deploy a telecom network.
IN21. Be able to design distributed applications using knowledge of network architectures and protocols.
Specific Skills Common to the branch of Telecommunications T4. Ability to analyze and specify the fundamental parameters of a communications system.
T5. Ability to evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of different technological alternatives development or implementation of communication systems, from the point of view of signal space, and noise disturbances and the analogue and digital modulation.
T13. Ability to recognize, understand and use the concepts of network architecture, communications protocols and interfaces.
T14. Differentiate the concepts of access and transport networks, circuit-switched networks and packet, fixed and mobile networks and systems and distributed network applications, voice, data, video and interactive services.
T15. Know the basic switching and routing principles.
Specific technology skills: Telematics Engineering TE1. Ability to build, operate and manage networks, services, processes and telecom applications, understand these as systems of recruitment, transportation, representation, processing, storage, management and presentation of multimedia information, from the point of view of telematics services.
TE3. Ability to build, operate and manage telematics services, including internet, web, architectural design (data and protocols), software engineering and technology, management distributed knowledge and multimedia information using analytical tools for planning, dimensioning and analysis.
TE5. Ability to follow the technologic progress of transmission, commutation and process to improve the networks and telematics services.
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General evaluation criteria
The evaluation of the course is done individually based on the results obtained by each student in the different activities proposed. There are two evaluation procedures, depending on whether we refer to June or July.
A) June call
B) July second call
July second call assumes that the student has passed the continuous evaluation and has not gotten sufficient mark on the final exam. If the student passes the July exam, the grade for the course will be 5.
Summary:
June Final mark = 0.60 · EF + 0.20 · EC + 0.20 · PR
July Final mark = 5 if EJ > 5 else EJ
EF: Final Exam. EC: Continuous Evaluation Test. PR: Project. EJ: July Exam.
1. Introduction - Optical Communication Systems
2. Digital Communication over Physical Channels
3. Optical transmitters. Light sources (LED, LASER)
4. Optical fibers (SMF, MMF)
5. Optical detectors (PIN, APD)
6. Design of Optical Communications Systems
7. WDM, components and optical devices
8. Core and Access Optical Network
The methodology used will depend on the type of session:
Information resources. Textbooks (paper and electronic)
Information resources. Further reading (paper and electronic)
Information resources. Bibliography reinforcement (paper and electronic)
Didactic resources. Teaching material