Communication systems 2
I Cosic and C Murphy
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 laboratory hours * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: ELE3241
Telecommunication networks; services, telephone traffic, equipment, signalling, switching, line characteristics, transmission, multiplexing, pulse code modulation. Australian telecommunication networks. Optical fibre communication systems: fibre types, modes of transmission, multiplexing, signal degradation, optical sources and receivers, modulation and other applications.
Assessment
Examinations (3 hours): 80% * Laboratory work; 20%
Prescribed texts
Dunlop J and Smith D G Telecommunications engineering Van Nostrad Reinhold, 2nd edn
Hioki W Telecommunications Prentice-Hall, 1990
Recommended texts
Green P E Jr Fibre optic networks Prentice-Hall, 1993