OVERVIEW

Electric systems are developing more and more in the territory with the need for increasingly sophisticated management and remote control in order to optimize production, monitoring and costs. Remote control is based on five fundamental parameters: sense, communication, computing, visualization, and control. In this perspective, the knowledge of telecommunication signals, systems and networks is of great importance for the comprehension and design of future systems.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course provides a unified view of the main topics of the telecommunications sector: representation and analysis of signals, transmission of signals on telecommunication channels, transmission of information through telecommunications networks. The theoretical principles underlying these issues will be briefly recalled along with the main techniques on which modern devices and telecommunications equipment are based.

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

At the end of the course a student will be able to evaluate the properties of a signal (band occupation, power, periodicity,…), to design an analogical-digital transformation, a filter; he/she will understand the operation and block diagram of systems for the digital transmission of signals in the baseband and for the multiplexing of signals (in baseband and bandpass). He/she will be able to characterize a random process in spectral and statistical terms including the operation of analog modulation equipment. A student will also have acquired the basic skills necessary for the evaluation and verification of the main elements constituting a modern telecommunications network and the Internet.

In particular, at the end of the course, the students will understand: signal theory, linear and angular analogical modulations and relative performances in the presence of noise; structure and classification of a telecommunications network; the concept of switchboard and the description of the structure of the telephone network; the definition of the main Internet interconnection elements: hubs, switches, routers, gateways, terminals. Ethernet. IP, TCP, UDP and IP addressing scheme.

TEACHING METHODS

Lectures supplemented by possible practical tests in the laboratory.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Signal Processing

• Linear time invariant systems and convolution integral.

• Fourier transform.

• Energy and power of signals.

• Real sampling.

• Numerical coding of analog signals via PCM systems (A / D and D / A conversion).

• Numerical transmission (PAM).

• Multiplexing of multiple signals in the frequency (FDM) and time domain (TDM).

• Probabilities and random variables. Introduction to random processes.

• Overview of analogue, linear and angular modulations, and relative performances in presence of noise.

Telecommunications Networks

• Introduction to TLC Networks

• Packet and circuit switching

• Protocol and service concepts

• Functional level architecture

• Ethernet, 802, 802.1q, Fieldbus, Industrial Ethernet

• HDLC, PPP

• IP

• TCP / UDP

• PMU and interconnection of PMUs

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

- A.B. Carlson, P. B. Crilly, J. C. Rutledge, Communication Systems, McGraw-Hill, 2001 (4th edition).

- Slides used during the lectures.

- Behrouz A. Forouzan, TCP / IP protocols, Mc-Graw-Hill, 2006.

- Notes issued by the lecturer on specific topics.

- Extracts of international regulations and scientific documentation provided by the lecturer.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

MARIO MARCHESE (President)

FRANCO RINO DAVOLI

GABRIELE MOSER

FABIO PATRONE

SEBASTIANO SERPICO (President Substitute)

ANDREA TRUCCO (President Substitute)

GIANNI VERNAZZA (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

https://corsi.unige.it/8731/p/studenti-orario

Class schedule

FUNDAMENTALS OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

Typically the exam consists of a written test consisting of 4 questions (2 for the signal processing part, 2 for the telecommunications network part) of identical value followed by an oral exam (for the signal processing part) or by a brief oral comment on the writing test (for the telecommunications networks part).

In the covid emergency period, the written exam was replaced by an oral exam consisting of 2/3 questions for the signal processing part, 2/3 questions for the telecommunications network part.

Technical requirements: video camera fixed on the face plus video camera showing a sheet in which to write the answers to the oral questions (as done in class by the lecturer). The presentation of an identification document is mandatory during the exam. The exam will be done through the Teams platform.

ASSESSMENT METHODS

Typically the exam consists of a written test consisting of 4 questions (2 for the signal processing part, 2 for the telecommunications network part) of identical value followed by an oral exam (for the signal processing part) or by a brief oral comment on the writing test (for the telecommunications networks part).

Students with learning disorders ("disturbi specifici di apprendimento", DSA) will be allowed to use specific modalities and supports that will be determined on a case-by-case basis in agreement with the delegate of the Engineering courses in the Committee for the Inclusion of Students with Disabilities.

Exam schedule

FURTHER INFORMATION

Students who have a valid certification of physical or learning disabilities on file with the University and who wish to discuss possible accommodations or other circumstances regarding lectures, coursework, and exams should speak both with the instructor and with Professor Federico Scarpa (federico.scarpa@unige.it ), the School's disability liaison.