- Docente: Franco Callegati
- Credits: 12
- SSD: ING-INF/03
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Franco Callegati (Modulo 1) Davide Dardari (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Cesena
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Electronics System Engineering for Sustainable Development (cod. 8612)
Learning outcomes
Understand the basics of modern digital communication and telecommunication network, with particolar emphasis on computer networks.
Course contents
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
1. Random processes. Stationarity and ergodicity. Gaussian random processes. PAM random processes.
2. Theory of modulation (bandpass signals and systems). Modulation schemes based on sinusoidal carrier.
3. The thermal noise in devices. The AWGN channel. Effect of noise on received signal quality.
4. Introduction to baseband and passband analog and digital transmission systems.
5. Elements of information theory.
NETWORKS
1. Introduction to telecommunication networks. Legacy networks
and services. Computer network architectures: layering and the
ISO-OSI Reference Model. Internet Architecture
2. Internet architecture and the TCP/IP protocols suite. UDP and TCP. The finite state machine of TCP.
3. Data link protocols: error recovery, flow control. ARQ protocols and their performance. Internet checksum and CRC.
4. The IP protocol. Addressing, subnetting and supernetting, CIDR. Direct and indirect forwarding. Hosts, routers and Gateways.
5. Signaling and management in IP networks: ICMP, DHCP, NAT, ARP.
6. Local Area Networks (LANs). Aloha, CSMA, CSMA-CD. The Ethernet LAN and IEEE 802.3. Wireless LANs and IEEE 802.11. LAN interconnection: repeaters, bridges, hub, switches and routers.
Readings/Bibliography
L. Calandrino, M. Chiani, Lezioni di
comunicazioni elettriche, Pitagora Editrice,
Bologna.
M. L. Merani, M. Casoni, W. Cerroni,
Hands-On Networking. From Theory to Practice, Cambridge University
Press, 1st edition (2009), ISBN-13:
9780521869850.
J. F. Kurose, K. W. Ross, Computer
Networking: A Top-Down Approach, Addison Wesley, 5th edition
(2009), ISBN-10: 0136079679
ISBN-13:
9780136079675.
Teaching methods
Lectures.
DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS
Laboratory experiences using oscilloscopes,
function generators and spectrum
analyzers
INTERNET
Protocol analysis using software protocol
analyzers (Wireshark).
Practical configuration of simple networks
with access routers and switches.
Assessment methods
The assesment will include two parts, one for each teaching module. Detailed information are available on AMS Campus. Please contact the Professors for details about the assesment in English.
Teaching tools
Lecture notes and slides available on the AMS Campus system.
Office hours
See the website of Franco Callegati
See the website of Davide Dardari