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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Lectures 1. Metallic transmission line - Introduction, model, primary and secondary parametres 2. Metallic transmission line - energy and signal movement along the line, termination of line 3. Metallic transmission line - specific types of line: lossless, nondistorsive 4. Metallic transmission line - interferences, xDSL systems, structured cabling 5. Optical communications - Introduction, optic fiber - types, light spreading principle 6. Optical communications - transmission characteristics of fibers - attenuation, dispersion 7. Optical communications - nonlinear effects, production of fiber, special fibers 8. Optical communications - optical cables, interconnection of fibers 9. Optical communications - optical sources 10. Optical communications - optical receivers 11. Optical communications - optical modulation and amplification 12. Optical communications - processing of optical signal 13. Optical communications - modern optical networks, WDM system Laboratory work 1. Examples calculation - odd week group 2. Examples calculation - even week group 3. 1. measurement - odd week group 4. 1. measurement - even week group 5. 2. measurement - odd week group 6. 2. measurement - even week group 7. 3. measurement - odd week group 8. 3. measurement - even week group 9. 4. measurement - odd week group 10. 4. measurement - even week group 11. 5. measurement - odd week group 12. 5. measurement - even week group 13. Semestral project presentation
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Presentation preparation (report) (1-10)
- 5 hours per semester
- Preparation for an examination (30-60)
- 30 hours per semester
- unspecified
- 36 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 16 hours per semester
- Contact hours
- 52 hours per semester
- Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40)
- 20 hours per semester
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain the basics of theoretical electrical engineering and electromagnetic field theory |
| Apply basic knowledge of physics of solids |
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| to work with basic electrotechnical instruments and devices |
| Competences |
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| N/A |
| N/A |
| learning outcomes |
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| Knowledge |
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| to explain the principles of electrical signal propagation through metallic transmission line |
| to explain the principles of light propagation in the optical fiber |
| to compare advantages and disadvantages of metallic and optical lines for use in telecommunications |
| to classify the causes of attenuation and dispersion of the signal in optical fiber |
| to compare the characteristics of different fiber types and the suitability of their use |
| to explain the principles of light generation and detection used in optical telecommunications |
| to quantify the power balance of the optical link |
| to categorize operations and components of the optical signal processing |
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| to work with basic measurement instruments in the field of optical telecommunications |
| to design the composition of the backbone optical link and the link in the access network |
| to analyze the differences between the backbone optical link and the link in the access network |
| Competences |
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| teaching methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Laboratory work |
| Students' portfolio |
| Skills |
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| Laboratory work |
| Competences |
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| Lecture supplemented with a discussion |
| Multimedia supported teaching |
| Students' portfolio |
| assessment methods |
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| Knowledge |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Skills |
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| Combined exam |
| Test |
| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Competences |
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| Individual presentation at a seminar |
| Combined exam |
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Recommended literature
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Miloslav Filka. Optoelektronika pro telekomunikace a informatiku. Brno, 2009. ISBN 978-80-86785-14-1.
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Sudhir Warier. The ABCs of Fiber Optic Communication. 2017. ISBN 9781630814144.
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