Industrial communications media and hardware
C Murphy
6 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 laboratory hours * Caulfield * Prerequisites: ELE5241
Transmission line theory. Practical lines: line types characteristics, equalisation and termination. Buses and interfaces. Optical fibres: sources, detectors, splices, couplers and switches. Free space and propagation: radio optical links - transmission impairments.
Assessment
Laboratory work/Seminar participation: 30% * Tests: 30%
Recommended texts
Flood J E and Cochrane P (eds) Transmission systems (IEE Telecommunications Series: 27) Peregrinus, 1991
Kennedy G and Davis B Electronic communication systems 4th edn, Macmillan/McGraw-Hill, 1993
Minoli D Telecommunications technology handbook Bell Communications Research and New York University, Artech House, 1991