Foundations of Communication Technology
WS 2006/07
Prof. Dr. A. Strey
University of Innsbruck, Institute of Computer Science
Contents:
1 Overview
- communication systems
- analog vs. digital communication
- iso/osi seven layer model
2 Theoretical Foundations
- signals (energy, power, correlation)
- fourier analysis
- linear systems
- modulation
- sampling and nyquist's criterion
- noise and channel capacity
3 physical layer
- communication basics
- transmission media
- multiplexing
- examples: public telephone system, RS 232, ADSL
4 data link layer
- framing
- flow control
- error detection and correction
- protocols
- medium access control
- examples: HDLC, IEEE 802, ATM
5 network layer
- packeting
- interconnection networks
- routing
- exmaples: IP, X.25
6 transport and higher layers
7 wireless communication
- electromagnetic waves
- spread spectrum systems
- examples: WLAN, GPS
Literature:
B.P. Lathi: Modern Digital and Analog Communication Systems, Oxford University Press, 1998I.A. Glover, P.M. Grant: Digital Communications, Prentice Hall, 2004
A.S. Tanenbaum: Computer Networks, Pearson Education, 2003
Exercises and Solutions:
The exercise sheets and selected Matlab sources can be found in the "Document Links" on the left side.
Slides:
The slides of the lecture are available as pdf files (in color, 4 pages per slide).
| Introduction | FCTintro.pdf |
| Chapter 1: Overview | FCToverview.pdf |
| Chapter 2, Part A: Signals | FCTsignals.pdf |
| Chapter 2, Part B: Fourier Analysis | FCTanalysis.pdf |
| Chapter 2, Part C: Modulation | FCTmodulation.pdf |
| Chapter 2, Part D: Digital Data Transmission | FCTdigital.pdf |
| Chapert 2, Part E: Transmission with Noise | FCTnoise.pdf |
| Chapter 3, Physical layer | FCTphysical.pdf |
| Chapter 4, Data Link Layer | FCTdatalinkA.pdf |
| Chapter 4, Data Link Layer (cont'd) | FCTdatalinkB.pdf |
| Chapter 4, Data Link layer (cont'd) | FCTdatalinkC.pdf |
| Chapter 5, Network Layer | FCTnetworkA.pdf |
| Chapter 5, Network Layer (cont'd) | FCTnetworkB.pdf |
| Chapter 6, Wireless Communication | FCTwireless.pdf |
A list of errors in the slides can be found here.
