TEE 102
Introduction to Telecommunications Engineering
2
Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. explain the field of telecommunication and its relationship with other branches of Electrical
Engineering;
2. describe the various types of signals and waveforms;
3. explain the concept of time and frequency representation of signals;
4. compare various transmission media for telecommunication signals;
5. appreciate networking services and their impact on society; and
6. discuss the basic switching schemes.
Course Outline
Introduction to Telecommunication; relationship with other fields of Engineering. Taxonomies
of telecom systems; signal waveforms and information, audio, data, video; conversion of
sound to electrical signals; amplitude, frequency, phase, wave-shape, the relationship
between velocity (v), frequency (f) and wavelength (λ). Analog and digital signals, time and
frequency domain representations of signals; transmission of signals through various media;
copper pairs, coaxial, waveguides, radio, optical fibres and satellite. Introduction to networks
services and their impact on society, LANs, MANs, and WANs. Data networks; the internet,
global navigation. Electromagnetic spectrum and frequency allocation for various services;
basic principles of switching; space and time division switching networks; store-and-forward
switching; examples of switching systems.
200 Level