440-2105/01 – Transmission Media (PM)
| Gurantor department | Department of Telecommunications | Credits | 6 |
| Subject guarantor | Ing. Jan Skapa, Ph.D. | Subject version guarantor | Ing. Jan Skapa, Ph.D. |
| Study level | undergraduate or graduate | Requirement | Compulsory |
| Year | 1 | Semester | summer |
| | Study language | Czech |
| Year of introduction | 2021/2022 | Year of cancellation | |
| Intended for the faculties | FEI | Intended for study types | Bachelor |
Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences
After completing the course, students will be able to qualitatively and quantitatively describe communication transmission media.
Teaching methods
Lectures
Seminars
Tutorials
Experimental work in labs
Project work
Summary
The content of the course aims to acquaint students with the transmission media used in telecommunications. Students will get acquainted with their features, advantages and limitations.
Compulsory literature:
Recommended literature:
Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester
3 tests
1 semestral project
written test
E-learning
https://lms.vsb.cz/
Other requirements
No additional requirements.
Prerequisities
Subject has no prerequisities.
Co-requisities
Subject has no co-requisities.
Subject syllabus:
Metallic lines
1. Basic concepts of transmission technology. Block diagram of the transmission chain.
2. Equivalent circuit for a metallic two-wire parallel transmission line.
3. Homogeneous lines at high frequencies.
4. Inhomogeneities of metallic lines.
Optical lines
5. Light. Principles of data transmission by optical fibers.
6. Dispersion in optical fibers and its compensation. Losses and attenuation in optical fibers.
7. Sources and detectors for optical communication systems. Wavelength division multiplex systems.
8. Measurements on optical fiber paths.
9. Fiberless optics - properties of the atmosphere as an optical transmission medium; atmospheric attenuation; wander, scintillation.
Radio communication
10. History, radio spectrum division and management.
11. Basic principles of wave propagation, wave types and properties.
12. Basic models of propagation, losses, Fressnell zone.
13. RF feeders and connectors. Antennas - basic parameters, types and their properties.
Conditions for subject completion
Occurrence in study plans
Occurrence in special blocks
Assessment of instruction