Introduction to Telecommunication Systems Concepts: Definition, model and elements of telecommunication systems, telecommunication channels' attributes. Signals and systems theory review in the frequency domain, basic concepts of stochastic processes. Analog modulation techniques, amplitude modulation (DSB-SC, AM, SSB, VSB, QAM), angle modulation (PM, FM), noise effect on analogue communication systems, radio and television broadcasting and reception. Analog pulse modulation: Sampling theory and practice, binary PAM, PDM, PPM, multiplexing in time. Digital pulse modulation: Analog signals quantization, pulse code modulation (PCM, DPCM, DM), line coding, base-band transmission, base-band pulse shaping. Band-pass digital communication model.
Student Performance Evaluation
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The courses of the Computer Science Department are designated with the letters "CS" followed by three decimal digits. The first digit denotes the year of study during which students are expected to enroll in the course; the second digit denotes the area of computer science to which the course belongs.
First Digit
Advised Year of Enrollment
1,2,3,4
First, Second, Third and Fourth year
5,6
Graduate courses
7,8,9
Specialized topics
Second Digit
Computer Science Area
0
Introductory - General
1
Background (Mathematics, Physics)
2
Hardware Systems
3
Networks and Telecommunication
4,5
Software Systems
6
Information Systems
7
Computer Vision and Robotics
8
Algorithms and Theory of Computation
9
Special Projects
The following pages contain tables (one for each course category) summarizing courses offered by the undergraduate studies program of the Computer Science Department at the University of Crete. Courses with code-names beginning with "MATH" or "PHYS" are taught by the Mathematics Department and Physics Department respectively at the University of Crete.