Lecturer: Eugenio Costamagna  

Course name: Comunicazioni elettriche
Course code: 062163
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 transmission theory using a minimum mathematical formalism and supplying exercises and examples using suitable hardware and software tools.

Course programme

Statistics and stochastics processes

Information transmission

• Analog and digital modulations
• Baseband and passband spectra
• Detection of signals in noise
• Optimum receivers for digital signals
• Analog and digital modulators and demodulators
• Bandwidth efficiency of modulation schemes

Multiple access methods

• Time division multiplexing
• Frequency division multiplexing
• Code division multiplexing

Elements of information theory; analog and digital channel capacity

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 del corso, sia per Comunicazioni Elettriche che per Teoria dei Segnali.

Dispense del corso. Utile compendio in italiano della trattazione svolta sull'Haykin.

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 Jakson, 1990. (per consultazione).

Testing and exams

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