- Digital Communications: 3rd year 1st Semester - Systems and Transmission Channels: 3rd year 1st Semester And it is highly recommended to study simultaneously at the same semester: - Propagation waves and wireless transmission - Satellite and space communications

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.

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. C13_ETEGISC2: Ability to apply techniques on which telecommunication networks, services and applications are based in fixed environments as well as mobile, personal, local or long distance, with different bandwidths, including telephone, radio broadcasting, television and data, from the point of view of transmission systems. C17_ETEGISC6: Ability to analyze, codify, process and transmit multimedia information using analog and digital signal processing techniques.

1. Introduction to telecommunication Systems: classification, Basic Concepts of networks, Systems and services, regulation. 2. Basic concepts of telecommunication systems: traffic; routing; basic telephone network; flow control and congestion; multiple access. 3. Fixed communication systems: access through wireline, optical fibre and wireless; SDH; (D)WDM; WiFi; WMAN. 4. Terrestrial Mobile Communications systems: classification; TETRA; GSM; GPRS-EDGE. 6. IoT and BigData in Communication Systems.

Theoretical-Practical Classes - 1.68 ECTS Workshops and laboratory sessions - 0.32 ECTS Student individual work or group work - 3.84 ECTS Final Exam - 0.16 ECTS Theory sessions will consist of lectures using a whiteboard/blackboard, supported by slides or other audiovisual aids to illustrate specific concepts. In these classes, explanations of theoretical concepts will be complemented by solving exercises. Through these sessions, the student will acquire the fundamental content of the course. It is important to note that these classes will require initiative, as well as individual and group work from the student (there will be concepts to be studied independently based on provided guidelines, specific cases to be developed, etc.). For problem-solving sessions, students will be provided with the problem statements in advance. Problem-solving by the student aims to assimilate the concepts explained in theory classes within a more applied context, allowing for self-assessment of their knowledge.