CPEN 308 — Fundamentals of Information Transmission
Computer Engineering · University of Ghana
History and overview of information transmission, reasons for studying data transmission, modern trends in telecommunication technology for data transmission, role of information transmission in computer engineering. Fundamental principles: telecommunication signals and their representation, building blocks of a telecommunication systems, description of communication systems types - optical fiber system, microwave system, satellite system, mobile communication system, basic concepts of signal transmission in transmission media, time and frequency signal bandwidth, signal-to-noise ratio, channel and channel capacity, sampling theorem. Linear communication techniques: amplitude modulation process, frequency modulation process, phase modulation process, multiplexing strategies. Digital communication principles: analog to digital conversion of voice, process of signal sampling, quantization, pulse code modulation, time division multiplexing, amplitude shift keying, frequency shift keying, phase shift keying, spread spectrum techniques, digital demodulation.
- Credits
- 2
- Level
- Level 300
Other courses on this programme
- CPEN 201 — C++ Programming
- CPEN 301 — Signals and Systems
- CPEN 302 — Computer Systems Engineering
- CPEN 303 — Computer Architecture
- CPEN 304 — Digital Signal Processing
- CPEN 305 — Computer Networks
- CPEN 306 — Microelectronic Devices and Circuits
- CPEN 307 — Operating Systems
- CPEN 309 — Programming Language Fundamentals
- CPEN 312 — Object Oriented Programming with Java
- CPEN 314 — Industrial Practice
- CPEN 102 — Introduction to Database Systems
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Start freeCourse details from University of Ghana Volume 3 Handbook for the Bachelor's Degree: Course Descriptions for Programmes in the Sciences (2017).