Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Must have knowledge about:

• The impact of various factors on communication system behavior
• The block level description of a full communication system and the corresponding procedures required for its operation
• Communication protocols and OSI model
• At least one of the following aspects:
  • Link budget establishment for a communication system
  • Modern techniques for wireless radio transmission
  • Distribution, storage and processing of data in a distributed system
  • Real-time, performance, safety, robustness, security or mobility aspects
• Must understand the scientific communication processes related to conference presentations and related to publishing in peer-reviewed scientfic journals.
• Must know how to organize a scientific publication

Skills

Must be able to:

• Design, implement and analyze a solution to a practically occurring communication problem
• Establish a communication system chain
• Perform suitable test of implemented application to verify its consistency with established specifications
• Can explain the process of and criteria for peer reviewed scinetific communications
• Can write a paper for a scientific conference/journal
• Can prepare and give an oral and poster presentation for a scientific conference

Competences

Must have the ability to:

• Make a basic design, test and verification of a communication problem
• Read and understand selected scientific literature and next apply the theories, methods, and/or tools in order to solve a selected problem
• Present the problem, the suggested solution(s), experiments and simulation results, as well as the overall conclusion in terms of a scientific paper and a poster
• Present orally the main contribution and conclusion from the work in terms of a 15 minutes conference presentation
• Work according to a scientific method and present results in the form of a scientific article and at a seminar/scientific conference
• Formulate and explain scientific hypotheses and results achieved through scientific work
• Analyze results and draw conclusions on a scientific basis
• Are able to judge and prioritize the validity of various of scientific information
• Can apply internationally recognized principles for acknowledging and citing work of others properly

Type of instruction

Types of instruction are listed in §17; Structure and contents of the programme.

Exam

Exams