COURSE UNIT TITLE

: COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
EEE 5027 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS DESIGN ELECTIVE 3 0 0 8

Offered By

Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AHMET ÖZKURT

Offered to

ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Course Objective

The course aims to provide an advanced communication system design procedure learning and related parameter research. The areas to be investigated mainly are line of sight links and satellite communication fundamentals and dependencies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   he students are expected to learn basics of microwave channel losses and athmospheric conditions
2   the students are expected to understand Friis Equation and application to parth loss.
3   The students are expected to solve problems in line of sight (LOS) communication link structures
4   the students are expected to gain basic skills about the application of LOS links, satellite systems and GSM microwave hardware.
5   The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction to radio propagation
2 Fading and losses on radio links
3 Friis Equation, variables and applications
4 Line of sight microwave link design 1
5 Line of sight microwave link design 2
6 Student Presentation
7 Student Preentation
8 Midterm Exam
9 Principles of Satellite links
10 Satellite Link Design
11 Student Presentations
12 Student Presentations
13 GSM microwave network Design Fundamentals
14 General discussions

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Radio System Design for Telecommunications, R.L. Freeman, Wiley, 2007 Third Edition, ISBN: 978-0-471-75713-9

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The course is taught in a lecture, class presentation, discussion and project format. All class members are expected to attend and both the lecture and seminar hours, to take part in the discussion sessions and to prepare two main system design projects.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 ASG 1 ASSIGNMENT 1
3 ASG 2 ASSIGNMENT 2
4 FIN FINAL EXAM
5 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.25 + ASG1 +ASG 2/2 * 0.25 + FIN * 0.50
6 RST RESIT
7 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.25 + ASG 1 +ASG2/2 * 0.25 + RST * 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm and final exam:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of microwave channel losses and athmospheric conditions
2. The students are expected to understand Friis Equation and application to parth loss.
3. The students are expected to solve problems in line of sight (LOS) communication link structures
Homework:
1. The students are expected to learn basics of microwave channel losses and athmospheric conditions
2. The students are expected to understand Friis Equation and application to parth loss.
3. The students are expected to solve problems in line of sight (LOS) communication link structures
4. The students are expected to gain basic skills about the application of LOS links, satellite systems and GSM microwave hardware.
5. The students are expected to prepare a technical report about the Project proposals.

Language of Instruction

English

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ahmet.ozkurt@deu.edu.tr
tel: 0232 3017134
ahmetozkurt.net

Office Hours

2 hours, each week

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 50 50
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 194

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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LO.142244
LO.2422343
LO.3443343333211
LO.4323342
LO.5352111