- Digital Communications: 3th year, 1st Semester - Communications theory: 2nd year, 2nd Semester

The student will acquire knowledge about the principles of contemporary telecommunication systems. With an integrating and systemic character, the student acquires the ability to analyze and design complete telecommunication systems according to the fundamental quality parameters and requirements. He/She will also be able to evaluate the pros and cons of different technological alternatives. Also, the student will be capable of communicating efficiently in written and oral form, the procedure followed to solve problems of design of mobile communication systems.

S1_FT: To plan and organize team work making the right decisions based on available information and gathering data in digital environments. C2_ECRT1: Ability to learn and acquire autonomously the requisite new knowledge for the design, development and utilization of telecommunication systems and services. C5_ECRT4: Ability to analyze and specify the fundamental parameters for a communications system. C6_ECRT5: Ability to weigh the advantages and disadvantages of different alternative technologies for development and implementation of communication systems, from the point of view of signal space, perturbations and noise, and analog and digital modulation systems. C7_ECRT6: Ability to conceive, develop, organize and manage telecommunication networks, systems, services and infrastructures in residential (home, city, digital communities), business and institutional contexts, responsibility for set up, continuous improvement, together with knowledge of social and economic impact. C12_ETEGITT1: Ability to construct, use and manage telecommunication networks, services, processes and applications, such as systems for capture, transport, representation, processing, storage, and multimedia information presentation and management, from the point of view of transmission systems C13_ETEGITT2: Ability to select circuits, radiofrequency, microwave, radio broadcasting, radio_links and radio determination subsystems and systems. C17_ETEGITT6: Ability to design network architectures and telematics services. C19_ETEGITT8: Ability to construct, develop and manage telecommunication systems applications, such as systems for capture, analog and digital processing, codification, transport, representation, processing, storage, reproduction, management and presentation of audiovisual services and multimedia information.

Introduction to Telecommunications systems: Systems, networks and services; core and Access networks; regulation - Main parameters: coverage, transmission, multiple access, traffic, quality of service - Broadband communications: IDSN, xDSL, SDH, (D)WDM - Terrestrial Mobile Communications systems: Coverage, design, 2G, 2.5G, 3G, 3.5G, 4G, 5G - Satellite Systems: fixed and mobile - Broadcast Systems:

Two learning activities are proposed, namely, theoretical clases and study cases. Theoretical Classes (4 ECTS): Theoretical classes using the blackboard, slides or video presentations where all the concepts are explained. In these lectures, the student will acquire the main concepts about mobile communications systems and their design and performance. Also practical excercises are included here. Study Cases and Practical Classes (2 ECTS): In order to acquire a more integrate view on the systems, several study cases have to be solved by the students either individual or in groups. In the lab, link budget satellite simulators will be used for the reinforcement of the concepts learned in class.