Study Programmes 2015-2016
ELEN0017-1  
Analysis and Design of Telecommunications Systems
Duration :
30h Th, 30h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in electrical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Master in physical engineering (120 ECTS)5
Lecturer :
Marc Van Droogenbroeck
Language(s) of instruction :
English language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
Contents:
  • I. Modeling of telecommunications systems: estimation theory, low-pass equivalent representation of signals and systems, calculation of noise budget in telecommunications systems
  • II. A system view of telecommunications chains: digital modulation, ideal transmission systems for digital communications and inter-symbol interferences modeling, spread-spectrum, GPS basics, multiplex and access techniques to a multiplex signal, telephone traffic theory
  • III. Topics related to the physical layer: transmission over a twisted-pair, design of a radio link for terrestrial mobile communications
Learning outcomes of the course :
This lecture follows the course "Principles of analog and digital telecommunications systems". The modeling elements of telecommunications systems are exposed.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
  • master modelization aspects of a telecommunications system;
  • design a transmission system;
  • feel confortable with all the aspects of transmission;
  • evaluate and predict the performance.
In addition, exercise sessions will help students to integrate theoretical concepts and to apply them.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
ELEN008-0 Principles of analog and digital telecommunications systems (30h+30h)
Please note that, for whom who where unable to follow this previous course, we provide a document with the prerequisite (see the bottom of this page). This will help you to check if you are prepared to follow this new course. 
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 advanced 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 :
Assessment methods and criteria :
Oral examination including theoretical and practical questions.
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
This course takes place during the first quadrimester. It includes a lecture on theory and training session per week.
For any practical informations (course timetables, notes (HTML version), slides): see http://www.ulg.ac.be/telecom
Contacts :
Teacher : M. Van Droogenbroeck (04/366 26 93) Assistant : P. Latour
Items online :
Slides of the course
There will be no full lecture notes in english for this course. However, an old full (and outdated) text version in french is still available at http://orbi.ulg.ac.be/handle/2268/1765 A text with the prerequisite is also available