Communication technologies basics

Study programs

Teaching information

Teachers

doc. Ing. Ján Papaj, PhD. prof. Ing. Jozef Juhár, PhD. doc. Ing. Matúš Pleva, PhD.

Schedule

Learning outcomes

Explain the development of ICT and their impact on the development of society. Know the importance of communication networks and their services for users. Be able to present and express information and methods of its transmission over electronic communication networks (analog signal, digital signal). Understand the basic functions of transmission (transmission, addressing, interconnection / signaling, signaling) and the basic parameters of electronic communication networks (transmission rate, delay, error rate). Know the names of basic technologies of electronic communication networks and their models and topologies. Explain the importance of standardization and know the main standardization organizations for information and communication technologies. Know the general protocol structure, terms protocol, function, service, functional entity layers and the importance of protocols and services between layers.

Course outline

1. Introduction. Communication technologies and services. 2. Telecommunication network, basic concepts, history, convergence. 3. Modern computer networks. 4. Wireless and mobile networks. 5. Security in information and communication systems 6. Programming in information and communication networks / systems 7. Electronics and logic circuits for communication systems 8. Transmission media 9. Multimedia signals (picture, video, sound) 10. Multimodal interaction in information and communication systems.

Completion conditions

Assessment and completion of the course: Graded credit test Continuous assessment: Final assessment: Student passes the final assessment and passes the examination when he or she meets the requirement to obtain at least 51% out of 100%. Graded credit test Overall assessment: Overall assessment is the sum of the assessments obtained by students in the assessment period. The overall result is determined in accordance with the internal regulations of the Technical University in Košice. (Study Regulations, the internal regulation principles of doctoral studies)

Recommended literature

[1] Komunikačné technológie 1, M. Drozdová, L. Mikuš a P. Palúch, Edis, 2014. [2] Computer Networks and Internets 6ed, Douglas E. Comer, Pearson Education, 2020.

Notes

To successfully complete the course, it is necessary to obtain a credit and successfully pass the exam. This includes the student's participation in educational activities of direct teaching, lectures, exercises, as well as independent study and independent creative activity of the student in processing the semester assignment / assignments, project on a specified topic, to a specified extent, in a specified design of a total of 180 hours intensity of the student's work per semester.

Grade distribution

Total graded students: 801