Courses – Fakultet tehničkih nauka u Novom Sadu

Subject: Principles of digital communications (17.SK300)

Native organizations units: Department of Power, Electronic and Telecommunication Engineering

Type of studies	Title
Undergraduate Academic Studies	Postal Traffic and Telecommunications (Godina: 3, Winter)

General information:

Category	Professional-applicative
Scientific or art field	Telecommunications and Signal Processing
Interdisciplinary	No
ECTS	5

Educational goal:

This course represents an introduction to the field of digital communications and its main goal is familiarizing the students with systems for digital signal transmission, their main components and methods of analysis. The emphasis is placed on baseband transmission, estimation of the performance parameters of the corresponding systems, as well as the transmitter/receiver design.

Educational outcome:

After successfully completing the course, students will: 1.) Be familiar with the main components of systems for baseband digital signal transmission and will be able to describe their functionality, 2.) Possess the theoretical knowledge necessary for analyzing such systems.

Course content:

Introduction to statistical theory of communications. The transmitter of digital signals – scrambling and line coding. The probability of error in baseband digital signal transmission – impact of noise and inter-symbol interference. The receiver of digital signals – equalization, matched filter.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, tutorials, computer practice, lab practice, consultations. The student can take only a certain part of the material which is a unique whole (section) within the syllabus of the subject. This form of taking is not obligatory and is declared as the Final Exam I part.

Literature:

Authors	Title	Year	Publisher	Language
Lukatela, G., i dr.	Digitalne telekomunikacije	1984	Građevinska knjiga, Beograd	Serbian language
U. Madhow	Fundamentals of Digital Communication	2008	Cambridge University Press	English
B. Sklar	Digital Communications	1988	Prentice Hall, New Jersey	English
Milošević, V., i dr.	Digitalne telekomunikacije, skripta	2005	WUS Austria iFakultet tehničkih nauka, Novi Sad	Serbian language
Stojanović, I. S.	Osnovi telekomunikacija	1977	Građevinska knjiga, Beograd	Serbian language