Program Overview
Program Overview
The university program in question appears to be related to the School of Information Science and Engineering, with a focus on Information Engineering. The program details are as follows:
Course Essential Information
- Course Code: Principles of Communications
- Credits/Periods: 3 credits / 48 periods
- Period Allocation: Lecture: 48; Others: 0
- Course Classification: Core course, bilingual
- Semester: The fall semester in the junior year
- Faculty: School of Information Science and Engineering
- Major Program: Information Engineering
- Languages of Instruction: Lecture and discussion: Chinese and English; Blackboard writing, assignments, and tests: English
- Prerequisites: Advanced mathematics, signal and system
- Follow-up Course: Digital communication
Course Introduction
Principles of Communications is a core course targeting communication science majors. It is an introductory course as well as an indispensable basic course, which concentrates on the ways in which various signals are generated, transmitted, modulated, and demodulated. The course aims to equip students with the essential knowledge about principles of communications and ideas to solve common problems.
Course Content and Time Allocation
The content of teaching is divided into seven sections, following the step from basic conception to analytical methods, and finally to engineering application:
- Introduction of Communication System (4 periods / in class): To learn about the process of communication, signal channel, modulation, analog and digital communication system, Shannon's theorem on information capacity, etc.
- Random Process (8 periods / in class): To understand the general description of random process, numerical characteristics, Wiener-Khinchin theorem, Gaussian process, and one-dimensional density function.
- Continuous Wave Modulation (8 periods / in class): To know that continuous wave modulation is a basic component of analog communication system; to grasp the description of amplitude modulated signal and angle modulated signal.
- Pulse Modulation (8 periods / in class): To know the principles of sampling, quantification, and coding needed to transmit an analog signal through a digital system.
- Baseband Pulse Transmission (6 periods / in class): To understand the principle and performance of the matched filter, bit error rate due to channel noise, and the generation principle of ISI.
- Signal Space Analysis (6 periods / in class): To understand the basic problems of signal transmission in additive white Gaussian noise (AWGN) channels; to grasp the geometric expression of finite energy signals.
- Bandpass Data Transmission (8 periods / in class): To grasp the basic principles of 2ASK, 2FSK, 2PSK, and 2DPSK digital modulation, block diagrams of modulation and demodulation, and compare the anti-noise performance of different systems.
Research Areas
The School of Information Science and Engineering has several areas of research, including:
- Communication
- Signal Processing
- Microwave
- Circuits and Systems
International Programs
The university offers various international programs, including:
- International Bachelor Program
- International Master Program
- Undergrad Exchange Program
- Graduate Exchange Program
- International Joint Program
Student Resources
The university provides several resources for students, including:
- Campus Guidance
- Student Organization
- International Students
- CSC Visiting Scholarship