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Measurement in Telecommunications

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction English
Code 450-4054/02
Abbreviation MTLK
Course title Measurement in Telecommunications
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Cybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Course coordinator prof. Ing. Radek Martinek, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Lectures:
Modern concept of measuring system for telecommunications, hardware platform, role of the software
PC based data acquisition system, HW tools, development environmets, graphical programming, virtual instrument and its parts - front panel, block diagram, express functions
Control of measuring instruments via communication interface, basic functions, instrument drivers
FDMA - measurements in analog communication systems - basic requirements, measurement of voltage, power and level
Signal sources for stimulation during measurement on telecommunication systems,measuring instruments for voltage, power and level measurement
TDMA - measurements on digitalcommunication systems, description of principles and measurements in DECT systems
Oscilloscopes - basic classes, controls, vertical amplifier and time base, trigger and signal conditioning, logical analyzers
Methods and instruments for digital communication systems - jitter and BER mesurements
Digital modulation schemes, virtual instrumentation based measurement systems for digitally modulated communication systems
CDMA - basic principles of UMTS, principles of measurements in the code domain
Spektrum analyzers -basic principles, parameters, configuration
VSA - vector signal analysers and vector signal generators, measurements in UMTS systems

Laboratories:
Getting started with graphical programming in LabVIEW
Development of first virtual instrument
Control of measuring instruments via communication interface
Instrument driver implementation and using
Virtual instrument for FDMA systems
Stimulation signal generation using plug-in measurement board
Virtual oscilloscope
Triggering modes of virtual oscilloscopes
Simulation of BER measurement
Semestral project - asignment of task
Semestral project - solving the task
Semestral project - debugging and verification

Literature

[1] Rohde, U. L., Zahnd, H., & Whitaker, J. C. (2017). Communications receivers: principles and design. McGraw-Hill Education.
[2] Arslan, H. (Ed.). (2007). Cognitive radio, software defined radio, and adaptive wireless systems. Springer Science & Business Media.

Advised literature

[1] Derickson, D.: Digital Communications Test and Measurement: High-Speed Physical Layer Characterization (paperback) (Prentice Hall Signal Integrity Library), Prentice Hall, 2012, ISBN: 978-0133359480 .
[2] Coombs, C., F.:Communications Network Test & Measurement Handbook, McGraw- Hill 1997, ISBN: 978-0070126176 .
[3] Rohde, U. L., Zahnd, H., & Whitaker, J. C. (2017). Communications receivers: principles and design. McGraw-Hill Education.