35167 - Communication Systems: Theory and Measurement M

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students acquire the knowledge and the ability to cope with modulation/demodulation techniques, signal processing and receiver architectures, measurement of spectra, signals and filter design.

Course contents

The goal is to enrich the students with the communications methodologies provided by vehicles nowadays. These communications strategies are used for connecting internal and external systems (intra-vehicle domains, V2X domains involving other vehicles, road devices, and network infrastructure nodes).
The students will have a clear picture of the protocols and standards used to manage these communications.

 

The course is structured in three modules
MODULE 1:
The first module takes care of the internal vehicle system (inter-vehicular communications). It studies the sensors type, the vehicle hardware architecture, and the application domains in which the sensors and each particular device operate.
Together with the architecture, also the typical vehicular signal bus will be studied.
We will investigate several protocols: CAN, CAN-FD, LIN, FlexRay, MOST and Automotive Ethernet (10BASE-T1S)


MODULE 2:
The second module takes care of inter-vehicular communications, i.e., the communications between the vehicle and the external world. It studies the protocol suite and the communication standards used to manage communications between vehicles and between a vehicle and the internet.
Protocols studied: Bluetooth, LoRa, and IEEE 802.11p/bd.
Even in this case, the focus will be on the applications on top of the communication system, emphasizing the broadcast messages.
Also, the GPS system will be investigated.


MODULE 3:
The third module completes the picture moving from theory to practice.
Arduino Yun nodes will be used in laboratory class for creating an inter-vehicular network for testing purposes by using the real IEEE 802.11p protocol.

Readings/Bibliography

Optional: Vehicular Networking, Christoph Sommer and Falko Dressler

Teaching methods

Slides during class for modules 1 e 2.
Hands-on Arduino Yun (together with slides) in laboratory class for module 3.


All the lessons will be live on Teams. Lessons will be recorded as well and shared with the students, together with the slides.

Assessment methods

The exam methodology is a mandatory written test and an optional oral test.
The written test will cover modules 1 and 2, and it is mandatory.
The oral examination is non-mandatory and will cover all the modules.
A non-mandatory (up to the students) project based on Arduino Yun (or other hw/sw platforms) can be presented during the oral test.
Project examples and ideas will be given during the class.


The written test is a 2 hours test composed of 11 open questions. Each question counts for a maximum of 3 points.

Teaching tools

All the lessons will be live on Teams. Lessons will be recorded as well and shared with the students, together with the slides.

Office hours

See the website of Carlo Augusto Grazia