| CODE | CCE5103 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Broadband Communications Systems | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | Not Applicable | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 6 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Communications and Computer Engineering | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit introduces the student to broadband communications systems. The course will cover: (1) broadband Interconnects and PANs, such as FC, USB, UWB; (2) Gigabit WiFi based on the IEEE802.11 family and its evolution; (3) Gigabit LANs at the Physical and MAC layer also covering Gigabit, 10Gigabit, 40/100Gigabit Ethernet; (4) Gigabit MANs including Metro Ethernet and PONs; and (5) Broadband WANs. The Architecture of broadband networks (including Access, Transmission, Switching, Routing and signalling systems) and Transmission systems (including Optical and Microwave and Future transmission systems) shall be overviewed. Fixed Broadband Networks (including Copper based (xDSL,HFC) and Optical (PON, APON)), Mobile Broadband Networks (including Cellular 3G/4G/LTE/WiMAX) and Broadband Satellite Systems shall be studied. Study-unit Aims: The future is broadband. This study-unit aims to familiarize students with current and future broadband systems be they interface systems in the PAN, interconnection schemes in Datacentres or networked systems in the Local, Metropolitan and Wide Area Networks. The students will familiarize with various broadband systems and their components, and shall familiarize with the critical design parameters of each of the covered broadband system. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Understand the technologies and engineering techniques underpinning broadband technologies in Personal Area Networks, WLANs, the home and Datacentres. - Understand the technologies and engineering techniques underpinning broadband technologies in LANs both wired and wireless. - Understand the design of Fixed Terrestrial, Mobile Terrestrial and Satellite broadband wide area networks and telecommunications systems. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Select appropriate broadband interfacing and technologies and operate these within their engineering limits. - Design, analyze and measure (performance) broadband PANs and WLANs. - Design, analyze and measure (performance) broadband MANs. - Design, analyze and measure (performance) broadband WANs, terrestrial fixed and mobile and satellite based. Syllabus Introduction: What is Broadband? Broadband Optical Media Gigabit WLANs Gigabit LANs - Common MAC strategies - Organisation of Gigabit LANs - Optical/Copper PMD Gigabit MANs - Metro Ethernet Broadband WAN Architecture - Access, Transmission, Switching and signalling subsystems Broadband WAN Transmission Systems - Optical Core SDH - Broadband microwave point-to-point, - Future Systems: millimetric point-to-point links, Optical Broadband Switching and Routing Broadband Access Networks - Copper based: ADSL2+ and VDSL2 - HFC based: - Optical: PON, APON - Architecture & Physical Layer Mobile Broadband Networks IMS and UC applications |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Saviour Zammit |
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