6 ECTS credits
150 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 4004721ENR voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Niet mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Nederlands
Faculteit
Faculteit Ingenieurswetenschappen
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Elektriciteit
Onderwijsteam
Gerd Vandersteen (titularis)
Onderdelen en contacturen
18 contacturen Hoorcollege
72 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
Inhoud

This course focusses on the practical aspects of the physical layer of the OSI communication model. Its aim is to give hands-on experience in setting up a wired or wireless communication system. To make the course accessible to students with various background, from novices to specialists, the course starts with a recap of the important telecommunications aspects required to practically build the physical layer of a communication system. This includes

  • the properties of both wired (coax, twisted pair, optical fiber) and wireless channels (statistical channel models);
  • single carrier modulation (from BPSK to QAM) and concepts such as Bit-Error-Rate, Raised-Cosine filtering, and practical aspects of carrier and time synchronization;
  • multi-carrier modulation (including OFDM for WiFi and Digital Subscriber Loops (xDSL)) and concepts such as fast fading, cyclic prefix, the use of a preamble for symbol synchronization (to determine the start of the OFDM symbol), carrier synchronization (to synchronize the carriers of the transmitter and the receiver), channel estimation (to compensate for the frequency dependent behavior of the channel).

After the introductory lectures, an assignment will be defined where the student must put theory into practice. This assignment can be done either individually or in small groups. The aim of the assignment is to design/simulate/test a communication link with all the practical aspects that come with it. This will be done using the MATLAB communication toolbox and a Software Define Radio: the USRP of Ettus (https://www.ettus.com). This enables to easily perform the computations and simulations in MATLAB while using a real wireless channel (using the USRP) to test the implemented methods.

Students new to telecommunication will receive enough theoretical background to be able to make their own (basic) communication system. Students that already followed other telecom classes will need to focus less on the introductory lectures but will receive a more challenging assignment in order to convert their theoretical knowledge gathered over the years into practice.

Bijkomende info

Student notes in the format of slides, articles and book references will be provided to the students.

Leerresultaten

Algemene competenties

Acquisition of practical knowledge on the physical layer in the OSI model of a communication system: the PHY-layer. This includes the knowledge on wireless and wired transmission media, and digital modulation techniques. Practical applications such as xDSL, WiFi, DAB, and cellular radio (GSM/GPRS/UMTS/WiMAX) will be used as illustrations in the course.

End terms:

  • Knowledge and insight: The practical aspects of the physical layer in a communication channel must be known and understood.
  • Judgement: Ability to solve practical problems regarding the included topics, including a critical thinking to perform a SWOT-analysis to determine the different pros and cons of technologies used.
  • Communication: One should be able to report orally and written on the subjects treated.
  • Learning skills: With the acquired knowledge, one should be able to understand the technology of the physical layer of a telecom technology.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 100% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Mondeling examen met een wegingsfactor 100 en aldus 100% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

The assessment of the course is done using an oral defense of the practical assignment. The student will have to present the obtained results, the learned topics, the encountered obstacles and their solutions. The marks are given according to the increment of knowledge that the student obtained by learning the theory and executing the assignment.

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: elektronica en informatietechnologie: Standaard traject
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: fotonica: Standaard traject
Master in de ingenieurswetenschappen: toegepaste computerwetenschappen: Standaard traject