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Optical and Microwave Communication Systems
Engineering - OLD Program
London, England
Dates: 8/29/18 - 12/15/18
Optical and Microwave Communication Systems
OVERVIEW
CEA CAPA Partner Institution: London South Bank University
Location: London, England
Primary Subject Area: Electrical Engineering
Instruction in: English
Transcript Source: TBD
Course Details: Level 400
Recommended Semester Credits: 4
Prerequisites: Fundamentals of Communication Theory, or reasonable equivalent
DESCRIPTION
This module engages the student with practical and theoretical aspects of optical and microwave communication technology. The module is divided into two parts.
The first part will introduce the key semiconductor devices, photonic components that comprise optical communication systems. Operation principles of optical transmitters and receivers will be described. The lectures will also provide the design techniques for typical optical fibre transmission systems as well as their application scenarios through carefully selected design examples.
The second part of the lecture series will cover microwave communication systems incorporating line of sight (LOS) issues, high frequency transmission and detection schemes along with optical-microwave integration e.g. Radio Over Fibre (RoF) techniques via application examples.
A trade-off among the system cost, transmission speed and distance will be considered from the point of view of engineering design. This module will carefully take advantage of topics taught elsewhere such as
LTE and UWB for application scenarios. Both theory and engineering applications are balanced to teach the module.
The first part will introduce the key semiconductor devices, photonic components that comprise optical communication systems. Operation principles of optical transmitters and receivers will be described. The lectures will also provide the design techniques for typical optical fibre transmission systems as well as their application scenarios through carefully selected design examples.
The second part of the lecture series will cover microwave communication systems incorporating line of sight (LOS) issues, high frequency transmission and detection schemes along with optical-microwave integration e.g. Radio Over Fibre (RoF) techniques via application examples.
A trade-off among the system cost, transmission speed and distance will be considered from the point of view of engineering design. This module will carefully take advantage of topics taught elsewhere such as
LTE and UWB for application scenarios. Both theory and engineering applications are balanced to teach the module.