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Telecommunication Fundamentals
Instructor
Prof. Samy El-Hennawey
Assistant
Eng. Rana Karem
Course Specifications
A- Basic Information
Course Title: Telecommunication Fundamentals
Course Code: ECE218 l GEE337
Program on which the course is given: B.Sc. in Electronics &
Communications Engineering
Department offering the course: Electronics and Communications Engineering
Department teaching the course: Electronics and Communications
Engineering
Academic year/Level: 3rd /6th
Date of specification approval: 20/9/2017
Credit Hours: 3 Lectures: 3 hrs / week
Tutorial/ Practical: 1.5 hrs/weekTotal: 4.5 hrs / week
Course Prerequisite: ECE215 / GEE 330 Signals and Systems
Course coordinator: Prof. Samy El-Hennawey
B- Professional Information
Final: 55%
Exam: 35
Quizzes: 10%
Tutorials (preparation, performance, assignments) 5%
Participation 5%
Attendance: 5%
6- References
1. Course notes: Instructor notes: offered on data show and white
board
Insufficient for studying
2. Textbook: Simon Haykin, " Communication Systems“, Fourth
Edition, John Willey &Sons Inc, 2000
3. Supplementary Reference, B. P. Lathi , “Modern Digital and Analog
Communication Systems”, International Edition, Oxford University
Press, 2010
4. Supplementary Reference, Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Data
Communications and Networking” Mc Graw Hill, Fourth Edition
2007
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Importance of this course
Computer comm. NW
Analog Digital Analog Digital Device to device
Comm. Comm. Sys. Sys.
Protocols
- Analog comms. - Mobile comm. sys.
- Digital comms. - Optical comm. sys.
- Information Theory - Satellite comm. sys.
- Cryptography
Telecommunications
Tele (Far) - Communications
Telecommunications means communicating over
a long distance.
Early telecommunications
smoke signals and drums
Telephone
1936 - TV Broadcast
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Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Communication Systems
What is communication?
Transportation of information from one point to another
medium/channel
receiver.
Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Communication Systems
There are two basic modes of communication: point-to-
point and broadcast.
In point-to-point communication mode, communication
takes place over a link between a single transmitter and
a receiver.
Telephony is an example of such a mode of
communication.
In the broadcast mode, there are a large number of
receivers corresponding to a single transmitter.
Radio and television are examples of broadcast mode of
communication.
Transmission Terminology
efficiency)
Maximize transmission speed (maximize transmission rate)
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Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Elements of a Communication System
Information sources:
Voice, music, images, video, and data (called message)
Input Transducer:
An electrical transducer may be defined as a device that converts some
Signal:
Information converted in electrical form and suitable
for transmission is called a signal.
Signals can be either analog or digital.
Analog signals are continuous variations of voltage
or current.
Digital signals are those which can take only
discrete stepwise values. Binary system that is
extensively used in digital electronics employs just
two levels of a signal.
Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Elements of a Communication System
Transmitter:
A transmitter processes the input message signal so as to make it
suitable for transmission through a channel and subsequent reception.
Signal processing for transmission almost always involves modulation
and may also include coding. In addition to modulation, other functions
performed by the transmitter are amplification, filtering and coupling
the modulated signal to the channel.
Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Elements of a Communication System
Channel:
The channel can have different forms: The atmosphere (or free space),
coaxial cable, fiber optic, waveguide, etc.
The signal undergoes some amount of degradation from noise,
interference and distortion
Propagating signals degrade over distance
Receiver:
The receiver’s function is to extract the desired signal from the received
signal at the channel output and to convert it to a form suitable for the
output transducer.
Other functions performed by the receiver: amplification (the received
signal may be extremely weak), demodulation and filtering.
Output Transducer:
Converts the electric signal at its input into the form desired by the
system user.
Example: Loudspeaker, personal computer (PC), tape recorders.
Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Attenuation:
The loss of strength of a signal while propagating through a medium is
known as attenuation. It will be discussed in detail later
Amplification:
It is the process of increasing the amplitude (and consequently the
strength) of a signal using an electronic circuit called the amplifier.
Amplification is necessary to compensate for the attenuation of the signal
in communication systems.
Signal Transmission Fundamentals
Basic expressions used in communication system
Range:
It is the largest distance between a source and a destination up to which
the message can be detected by the receiver.
Transmitter Receiver
Source (Tx) (Rx) Destination
Transmission
medium
range
Repeater:
A repeater is a combination of a receiver and a transmitter.
A repeater, picks up the signal from the transmitter, amplifies and
retransmits it to the receiver sometimes with a change in carrier frequency.
Repeaters are used to extend the range of a communication system.
Repeaters are used to extend the range
Mic (Sensor)
Sound
Analog Communication
System Speaker
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Digital Communications Systems
The base-band signal to be processed at the
transmitter is digital
For analog sources, we should use:
Analog-to-digital conversion: ADC
Digital-to-analog conversion: DAC
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