Course: Fundamentals of Comunication Systems for Informatics

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Course title Fundamentals of Comunication Systems for Informatics
Course code KIV/ZKSI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory, Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Masopust Jiří, Doc. Ing. CSc.
Course content
1. Information. Physical representation of information. 2. Signal. Elementary signals. Continuous and discrete signal representation. Mathematical model of signal and system. 3. Transmission of information. General scheme of the communication system. Data signal. Discrete transmission systems. Baud rate. 4. Attenuation, gain, transmission. Decibels, signal-to-noise ratio. Bandwidth. Signal energy. 5. Communication channel. Noise. Channel capacity. Channel sharing. 6. Lines (model, impedance, reflections), transmission of RF signals over lines. Interconnection of discrete systems. Power and data buses. 7. Wireless data transmission. Modulation. Frequency and wavelength. Frequency bands and their use. Elementary antennas. Periodic and non-periodic systems. 8. Baseband modulation. 9. Modulation with carrier. Multistate modulation. Modulation rate. 10. Basics of signal processing. Principles of filtration. Elementary filters. 11. Interference and its elimination. 12. Basics of computer systems design. Discrete and integrated circuits. Reliability, safety, durability. 13. Thermal conditions of electronic systems, cooling and climatic resistance.

Learning activities and teaching methods
  • unspecified - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 5 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 39 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 10 hours per semester
  • unspecified - 33 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 6 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 13 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Has basic knowledge of high school mathematics, physics and computer science (derivatives, integrals, logarithms, geometry, functions, energy, power, voltage, current, binary system, number representation)
Skills
Can calculate binary, decimal and natural logarithms and enumerate trigonometric functions.
Can adjust relations with logarithms, trigonometric functions and complex numbers
Can work with complex numbers
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
Can describe the signal and its representation
Can describe the communication channel and its parameters
Can describe the basic principles of wireless data transmission systems
Can describe the basic principles of computer systems design in terms of design, reliability, security, thermal conditions and climate resistance
Skills
Can determine the parameters of the communication channel (attenuation, gain, transmission, signal-to-noise ratio, channel capacity)
Can determine the parameters of basic modulations
Competences
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Seminar
Laboratory work
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Skills
Laboratory work
Practicum
Competences
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Combined exam
Competences
Oral exam
Recommended literature
  • Dobeš, Josef; Žalud, Václav. Moderní radiotechnika. Praha : BEN, 2006. ISBN 80-7300-132-2.
  • Martin Sibley. Modern Telecommunications Basic Principles and Practices. CRC Press, 2018. ISBN 978-1138578821.
  • Žalud, Václav. Moderní radioelektronika. Praha : BEN, 2000. ISBN 80-86056-47-3.


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