Academy of Technical and
Art Applied Studies Belgrade

Communications Standards and Technologies Course code: 317313 | 8 ECTS credits

Basic information
Level of Studies:
Year of Study: 2
Semester: 3
Requirements:
Goal: Introducing students with communication standards from a technical, regulatory and economic aspect.
Outcome: Students can understand the principles of communication standards, their practical application and the ability to convert standards.
Contents of the course
Theoretical instruction:
  1. Introductory lecture (introduction to the plan and program, goals, outcome and methods).
  2. What are communication standards, historical overview. Technical, regulatory and economic aspects of communication standards. Standardization procedure.
  3. Reliability and quality of services in infrastructure systems (communication and energy systems).
  4. Signal propagation in wired and wireless systems. Communication standards of the physical level of wired networks.
  5. Standardization of physical transmission media. Structural cabling
  6. Basics of transmission in communication networks. Protocols: ARP, DNS, DHCP, TCP, UDP, IP. Network (LAN, MAN, WAN), broadband services and applications
  7. IP MultimediaSubsystem (IMS), VoIP and IPTV
  8. Broadband cable access (xDSL, ADSL, HDSL, RADSL, VDSL, DSLAM, DOCSIS) Hybridfiber-coaxial (HFC)
  9. Optical Networks (WDM, DWDM). Optical broadband access (G-PON, B-PON, E-PON)
  10. Cable TV – CATV
  11. Hybrid Broadband Broadcast TV - HBBTV
  12. Wireless communication standards: IEEE 802.11 and additional manufacturer standards. IEEE 802.11n, 802.11ac, WiMAX (IEEE 802.16).
  13. Standards of mobile communication systems. (LTE, MobileWiMAX). Mobile OTT services.
  14. Audio and video standards (JPEG, MPEG, H.26x, 3D).
  15. Final considerations and preparation for the written part of the exam.
Practical instruction (Problem solving sessions/Lab work/Practical training):
  1. Students will be introduced to practical examples of the application of standards in communication systems. A special part of the practical lessons is the conversion of standards in Ubuntu, such as changes in audio and video standards
Textbooks and References
  1. M. Dukić,Principi telekomunikacija, Akademska misao, Beograd, 2014.
  2. A. Nešković, Radio komunikacije, Akademska misao, Beograd, 2015.
  3. S. Gorshe, A. Raghavan, T. Starr, Stefano Galli, Broadband Access: Wirelineand Wireless, Wiley, 2014.
  4. Roger L. Freeman, Telecommunication System Engineering, JohnWiley&Sons, 2004
  5. Michael Gendron, BusinessDrivenDataCommunications, PrenticeHall, 2012
Number of active classes (weekly)
Lectures: 4
Practical classes: 3
Other types of classes: 0
Grading (maximum number of points: 100)
Pre-exam obligations
Points
activities during lectures
0
activities on practial excersises
20
seminary work
0
colloquium
10
Final exam
Points
Written exam
70
Oral exam
0