Syllabus 2007/2008 ETS130

Syllabus academic year 2007/2008

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

ETS130

Higher education credits: 7,5. Grading scale: TH. Level: G1 (First level). Language of instruction: The course will be given in Swedish. Compulsory for: C1. Course coordinator: Lecturer Jens A Andersson, jens_a.andersson@telecom.lth.se, Inst f telekommunikationssystem. Assessment: The examination consists of a written exam, and a written and oral report which concludes a deep study project. The written exam can give grade 3 or 4, which also is the course grade. If a student performs over average on both the written exam and the deep study project, the student can after an extra oral exam be granted grade 5 on the course. Parts: 3. Home page: http://www.telecom.lth.se.

Aim
This course is an introduction to communication systems. It is also aimed at being a practical example of how a course at LTH can be designed and thereby an introduction to the studies on the C program.

Knowledge and understanding
For a passing grade the student must

be able to describe simple signal and data flows for some of the protocol functions that are part of a data network in particular and a telephone networks to some extent
be able to give a perspicuous description of link handling and setup of connections and sessions between communicating devices on the link level
be able to give an overview of the creation of connections and sessions between communicating devices on the network and transport level
be able to describe multilayered protocol models and also the interplay between the different layers

Skills and abilities
For a passing grade the student must

be able to use tools for studying data transfer in a local area network
from theory and practical analysis be able to explain phenomenons found in data transfer
be able to present, orally and in writing, a phenomenon within the subject field

Judgement and approach
For a passing grade the student must

be able to value information of a phenomenon within the subject field, and from this information explain the phenomenon in an understandable way

Contents
The course is an introduction to communication systems. As an example of a communication network Internet, on local, regional, and global level, and Ethernet are used throughout the course. The starting point for the course is the knowledge most of us have regarding data communication - a computer connected to a wall outlet or a network device. Step by step new components, needed for local communication between several computers and later for global communication over networks of different types and with different protocols, are added. More in detail the course covers these areas:

conversion between analogue information and binary data
error detection
error handling
protocols on different model layers
addressing methods
access methods
path selection algorithms
Ethernet
Internet
public switched telephone network
mobile telephone networks

Literature
Kihl Palm, M: Datakommunikation - En inledande översikt. Studentlitteratur 2006.
Articles.

Parts

Code: 0107. Name: Examination.
Higher education credits: 2,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: The written exam can be graded 3 or 4. Contents: Written exam. An extra oral exam on the project is optional for grade 5 on the course if grade 4 is attained on the project and 85% of total points is attained on the written exam.

Code: 0207. Name: Laboratory Work.
Higher education credits: 2,5. Grading scale: UG. Assessment: Approved assignments. Contents: Laboratory work and group assignment.

Code: 0307. Name: Project.
Higher education credits: 2,5. Grading scale: TH. Assessment: Written and oral presentation. The project can be graded 3 or 4. Contents: Written and oral presentation on a phenomenon within the subject field.