Broadband Communications

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• understand the concept of broadband in its wireless and wired form.
• understand the basics of wireless broadband data transmission.
• use the knowledge of wireless terrestrial broadband links to analyze and design corresponding systems.
• understand the concept of noise in wireless broadband links.
• understand the basic concepts of satellite broadband links.
• use the knowledge of satellite broadband links to analyze and design corresponding systems.
• understand the basic operating principles of the popular GPS satellite positioning system.
• understand the basic concepts of the popular wireless broadband communication systems WiFi, LTE-4G, 5G.
• use the basic concepts of the above systems to analyze, maintain and upgrade these systems.

Indicative Module Content

• Internet service quality assurance mechanisms.
• Multi-broadcast, broadband protocols, and routing algorithms with guaranteed quality of service.
• Broadband service architectures in mobile communications networks.
• Optical and microwave broadband networks.
• Multiple access, routing, scheduling, resource allocation and congestion control techniques.
• Stratified design of communication protocols.
• Broadcast quality assessment measures.