Instructor:  Dr. Albert Lozano-Nieto,                         
                    Penn State University at Wilkes-Barre Campus
                    Room 122, Technology Center. 
                    Phone #: 675-9245                 email: AXL17@psu.edu

Meeting times:   Monday through Friday  8-10, Room TC 19
                               May 17 - June 16

Textbooks:    Telecommunications, 4th edition.  Warren Hioki,  Prentice Hall

OTHER:  Students with special needs are encouraged to contact me so we can make the required arrangements.

POLICY ON ACADEMIC HONESTY

The work in all the tests, quizzes and exams is to be yours alone. Failure to abide by this rule or the omission of any other deliberately dishonest act, may result in failure of the course with no late drop permitted.  Students are encouraged to discuss homework and work together as is helpful. However, the written solutions is to be an individual effort.  Laboratory experiments, however, will be group efforts.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

Noise in communication systems, types of modulation, transmission codes, interfaces, telephone networks and modems.
Routing of telecommunications messages, characteristics, methods and control
 

 

COURSE OUTLINE

SECTION 1:  INTRODUCTION

            - Personal presentation
            -  Course goals and operation

SECTION 2: NOISE IN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
          Reference:  Textbook Chapter 2
                    2.1   Effects of noise
                    2.2   Measurement of noise
                    2.3   Types of noise

SECTION 3: FREQUENCY MODULATION
         Reference:  Textbook Chapter 4
                    3.1 Angle modulation
                    3.2 Modulation Index
                    3.3 Bandwidth of FM signal
                    3.4 Power considerations in FM
                    3.5 Noise of the FM signal

SECTION 4: PULSE MODULATION AND ENCODING TECHNIQUES
         Reference:   Textbook Chapter 5
                     4.1 Introduction to Pulse Modulation
                    4.2 Pulse-Code Modulation (PCM)
                    4.3 Pulse-Width Modulation (PWM)
                    4.4 Pulse-Position Modulation (PPM)
                    4.5 Delta Modulation
                    4.6 Encoding techniques

                New:  Additional exercises
 

SECTION 5: TRANSMISSION CODES
         Reference: Textbook, Chapter 6
                    5.1 Binary-coded decimal (BCD)
                    5.2 Baudot
                    5.3 EBCDIC
                    5.4 ASCII
                    5.5 Bar codes

SECTION 6: TERMINALS
         Reference: Textbook, Chapter 7
                    6.1 Terminal Classifications
                    6.2 Terminal Interfaces

SECTION 7: THE UART
         Reference: Textbook , Chapter 9
                    7.1 The UART Interface
                    7.2 The UART Receiver section
                    7.3 The UART Transmitter section
                    7.4 Interfacing the UART

SECTION 8: THE TELEPHONE NETWORK
                    8.1 The public switched telephone network
                    8.2 Transmission media for trunks
                    8.3 Central office switching system
                    8.4 Multiplexing
                    8.5 North American Digital multiplex hierarchy

SECTION 9: MODEMS
                    9.1 Interface techniques
                    9.2 Modulation techniques
                    9.3 Modem transmission modes
                    9.4 The Bell family of modems
                    9.5 ITU-TS modems and recommendations
                    9.6 ISDN, cable modems

SECTION 10: FIBER OPTICS
                    10.1 Advantages and disadvantages of fiber-optic systems
                    10.2 Fiber-optic communication systems
                    10.3 Theory of light
                    10.4 Attenuation losses in optical fibers
                    10.5 Numeral aperture
                    10.6 Light-emitting and -receiving diodes

GRADING

                        2 partial tests                                                      50 %
                        1 final comprehensive exam                             40 %
                        Homework and assignments                            15 %

 
Grading Scale:

 

100		96		92		87		83		79		75		70		60
	A		A-		B+		B		B-		C+		C		D		F

Revision: May 2004. Albert Lozano

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