Lecturer: Eugenio Costamagna  

Course name: Teoria dei segnali
Course code: 062155
Degree course: Ingegneria Elettronica e delle Telecomunicazioni
Disciplinary field of science: ING-INF/03
The course relates to:
University credits: CFU 5
Course website: n.d.

Specific course objectives

The course is provided to introduce the signal theory using a minimum mathematical formalism and supplying exercises and examples using suitable hardware and software tools.

Course programme

Signals in the time domain

• Time continuous, time discrete and periodic signals
• Energy, correlation, convolution and ortogonality
• Sampling theorem, quantization, coding
• Linear systems, I/O, random signals, causality, matching

Signals in the frequency domain

• Base changes, concept of transform
• Examples of simple transforms
• The Fourier tranform pair and related properties
• Spectral analysis
• Armonic distorsion and intermodulation
• Sampling in the frequency domain

Staistical properties of signals

• Basic statistics
• Examples of statistical distributions; moment calculations
• Random processes
• Gaussian noise and sums of gaussian noises
• Spectral analysis of random signals

Course entry requirements

mandatory: basic differential and integral calculus capacities desirables: transform concept, Fourier transforms, first elements of statistics

Course structure and teaching

Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre): 30
Practical class (hours/year in lecture theatre): 20
Practicals / Workshops (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0
Project work (hours/year in lecture theatre): 0

Suggested reading materials

S. Haykin, M. Moher. Introduzione alle telecomunicazioni analogiche e digitali. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana, 2007. Adatto a coprire tutti gli argomenti dei corsi di Teoria dei Segnali e di Comunicazioni Elettriche.

Dispense del corso. Costituiscono un utile compendio in italiano della trattazione svolta nel corso.

Leon W. Couch II. Fondamenti di Telecomunicazioni. Pearson, Prentice Hall. Adatto a coprire tutto lo svolgimento del corso e con molto materiale aggiuntivo, sia per Teoria dei segnali che per Comunicazioni Elettriche.

S. Benedetto, E. Biglieri, V. Castellani. Teoria della trasmissione numerica. Gruppo Editoriale Jackson, 1990. Per consultazione.

Testing and exams

Exam consists of a written test followed by an oral test.