Basic Course on Communications Engineering, 5 cr

Tampere University

Description
Completion options

Teaching periods

Course code

COMM.100

Language of learning

English, Finnish

Academic years

2024–2025, 2025–2026, 2026–2027

Level of study

Basic studies

Grading scale

General scale, 0-5

Persons responsible

Responsible teacher:

Markus Allén

Responsible organisation

Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences 100 %

Coordinating organisation

Electrical Engineering Studies 100 %

Content

The basics of analog and digital transmission. The operational blocks of transmitter and receiver and their functions.
Transmission media: copper wires and optical fibers. Radio waves and antennas.
Modulation methods. Signal-to-noise ratio. Symbol error ratio.
Wired and wireless communications networks. Synchronization and frame structures. Multiplexing. Local area network and the protocols of internet.
The future of communications engineering and main technological trends.

Learning outcomes

Prerequisites

Recommended prerequisites

Further information

Learning material

Equivalences

Studies that include this course

Completion option 1

Requirements for passing the course are project work and exam. It is also possible to achieve course grade 1 without taking an exam by active course participation, which is defined more precisely for each implementation. The Finnish implementation is organized in period 2 and the English implementation in period 3.

All parts of the completion option are compulsory.