MODULE 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF SIGNALS AND SYSTEM

Fourier Analysis of Signals and Systems: The Fourier Transform, Transmission of Signals through Linear Time-Invariant System, Canonical Representation of Band-Pass Signals, Linear Modulation Theory, Numerical Computation of the Fourier Transfom

Probability Theory and Bayesian Inference: Probability Theory, Random Variables, The Gaussian Distribution, The Central Limit Theorem, Bayesian Inference. Application to communication systems.

Stocastic Processes: Definition, Strictly Stationary and Weakly Stationary Processes, Ergodic Processes, Transmission of a Weakly Stationary Process through a Linear Time-invariant Filter, Power Spectral Density of a Weakly Stationary Process, The Gaussian Process, Noise

Basics of Information Theory: Entropy, Lossless Data Compression Algorithms, Channel Capacity

MODULE 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

1. Basics of Signals, Spectra, Digital Communications, and Information Theory (4 hours)
2. Digital Data Signals for wired and wireless media – Wireless Communications (6 hours)
3. Generation of cellular networks (2G to 5G), multiplexing and multiple access, including CDMA and OFDM(A) (12 hours)
4. Fiber-Optic communications for Internet backbones (12 hours)
5. Technologies for the access network: the families of xDSL and FTTx (8 hours)
6. Physical-secure communications: Spread spectrum signaling and anti-jamming/spoofing (6 hours)

Oral exam with the teachers

MODULE 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF SIGNALS AND SYSTEMS

The student who successfully passes the exam will have acquired the knowledge necessary for the analysis of signals and systems and the basic technologies for data transfer in communications systems.

MODULE 2: FUNDAMENTALS OF DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS

The student who successfully completes the course will have the ability to understand the main communication standards for the delivery of digital information in the Future Internet. She/He will master digital signalling and formatting for wireless and wired communications in optical backbones,  4G and 5G cellular networks and in xDSL, and will have a fundamental knowledge about the issues of digital encoding of information and exploitation of communication resources like energy and bandwidth.  moded. 

Oral exam with the teachers, and development of howeworks during the course.

The student will acquire also a vision of the market and of the industrial needs in the field of communication networks

Through some questions during the oral exam and classes.