Study Programmes 2015-2016
ELEN0008-1  
Principles of analog and digital telecommunications systems
Duration :
30h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :
Bachelor in engineering5
Bachelor in engineering5
Master in aerospace engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in aerospace engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in electrical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in physical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Marc Van Droogenbroeck
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Table of contents: introduction, signals and telecommunications systems, continuous wave modulation, random variables, stochastic processes and noise, propagation and radio systems, introduction to digitization, digital baseband transmission, digital modulation, main principles of GSM networks, detection/error codes, 4G networks
Learning outcomes of the course :
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
  • understand and exploit the theoretical and practical considerations involved in telecommunications;
  • explain the origin of the major limitations of transmission systems;
  • describe and model a signal that is transmitted in a communication channel;
  • understand some large telecommunications systems.
In addition, exercises sessions will help students to integrate theoretical concepts and to apply them.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
The course is based on "ex-cathedra" lectures (30 hours) and practical courses (30 hours). The "ex-cathedra" lectures describe in detail the basic theoretical concepts involved in telecommunications systems. The practical courses involve exercise sessions.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face.
Recommended or required readings :
A full paper version of the lecture notes is available and can be bought at the AEES.
Electronic documents are available on the ORBI http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/]. More precisely:


 
Be aware that the some material for the exam is only explained in the slides.
An old HTML version of the lecture notes is also available on the following web site: http://www.ulg.ac.be/telecom/teaching/notes/
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written examination comprising theoretical and practical questions
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
For any practical informations (course timetables, notes (HTML version), slides, evaluation details), follow http://www.ulg.ac.be/telecom
Contacts :
Teacher : M. Van Droogenbroeck (04/366 26 93) Secretary : 04/ 366 26 91 Assistant : P. Latour
Items online :
Lecture notes (PDF version, in french)
Lecture notes (PDF version, in french)
Principes des télécommunications analogiques et numériques
Notes de cours partielles sous la forme de fichiers HTML (cette version n'est plus mise à jour, attention)
Slides
Lecture slides