Foundations of Communication Technology

WS 2007/08
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

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, 1998
I.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.

Interesting links:

Digital modulation (Univ. of Chemnitz)

Slides:

The slides of the lecture are available as pdf files (in color, 4 pages per slide).

Introduction	FCTintro4.pdf
Chapter 1: Overview	FCToverview4.pdf
Chapter 2, part A: Signals	FCTsignals4.pdf
Chapter 2, part B: Fourier Analysis	FCTanalysis4.pdf
Chapter 2, part C: Modulation	FCTmodulation4.pdf
Chapter 2, part D: Digital Data Transmission	FCTdigital4.pdf
Chapter 2, part E: Noise	FCTnoise4.pdf
Chapter 3: Physical layer	FCTphysical4.pdf
Chapter 4: Data link layer	FCTdatalink4.pdf
Chapter 5: Network layer Chapter 6: Wireless communication	FCTnetwork4.pdf FCTwireless4.pdf