Course Description - Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology

Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology
Undergraduate Catalog 2005
TCS 451 Data Communications and Networks 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: None
Network models, OSI layers and protocols, TCP/IP, VoIP,
wide‐area and local‐area networks, routing algorithms
and switching techniques, networking equipment, such
as ATM, router, and bridge.
TCS 452 Digital Communication Systems 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 332 or consent of Head of School
Fundamental digital transmission concepts. Sampling
Theorems. Random and nonrandom signals, low pass
random signals. Baseband and carrier digital
transmission systems. Quantization. Source coding. Pulse
code modulation, delta modulation. Bandpass digital
modulation techniques: principles of ASK, PSK, FSK,
performance comparisons, and spectral analysis. Channel
Coding methods for error detection and correction.
Synchronization subsystems. Time‐division multipleaccess
systems.
TCS 453 Satellite Communication Systems 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 332 or consent of Head of School
Introduction to space communications and frequency
used. Satellite orbits and their effect on communication
systems design. Communication satellites and their
principal subsystems. Multiple access. Earth stations.
Satellite networks. Techniques in satellite
communications.
TCS 454 Fiber Optics 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 331 or consent of Head of School
Cylindrical dielectric waveguide and propagating
conditions, optical cable types, link budget and
evaluation, optical transmission parameters, laser
principles, laser modulation techniques by feeding
baseband IF or RF, optical detections, regenerative
repeater, application of optical components: optical
divider and combiner, coupler, and lens, optical fiber
production and process. Fiber optic communication
systems. Coding, multiplexing and demultiplexing.
TCS 455 Mobile Communications 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 332 or consent of Head of School
Principles of cellular radio, mobile radio propagation and
channel modeling, multiple access methods, physical and
logical channels, digital mobile communication systems:
TDMA, GSM, CDMA, WCDMA, multi‐carrier and OFDM
systems.
TCS 456 Optical Communications 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 331 or consent of Head of School
Characteristics of lightwave propagation in optical
fibers. Types of optical fibers. Optical transmitters and
receivers. Optical filters and amplifiers. Optical
components: optical divider and combiner, coupler, lens,
switches. Optical communication systems. Coding,
multiplexing, demultiplexing, switching, and wavelength
conversion. Optical network architectures.
TCS 461 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 331 or consent of Head of School
Basic principles and analytical techniques of
electromagnetic wave propagation. Transmission lines.
Waveguides and resonators. Basic microwave networks.
Scattering. Radiation. Basic antenna theory.
TCS 462 Antennas 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 331 or consent of Head of School
Basic definitions and theorems, formulation of the
radiation problems, isotropic point source, power and
field patterns, directivity and gain, radiation impedance,
wave polarization, radiation from current elements.
Analysis and design of linear wire antenna, linear array
antenna, Uda‐Yagi antenna, log‐periodic antenna,
aperture antenna. Antenna measurement techniques.
TCS 471 Switching Theory 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 371 or consent of Head of School
Models for sequential circuits: state tables and state
diagrams, clock and pulse modes, and Mealy and Moore
model. Analysis of synchronous sequential circuits (SSC):
completely and incompletely specified circuits, state
assignment, equivalent states, state reduction, circuit
realization, and synthesis of SSC. Analysis of
synchronous sequential circuits (ASC): races, cycles,
hazards, and synthesis of ASC. Introduction to fault
diagnosis, Sequential circuit and regular expression.
TCS 472 Digital Signal Processing 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 372 or consent of Head of School
Discrete‐time signals and systems. Linear time‐invariant
systems and their properties. Sampling of continuoustime
signals and convolution. IIR and FIR filter designs.
Effects of finite word length. The discrete Fourier
transform. Fast Fourier transform algorithms. Relations
between Fourier Transform (FT), Discrete‐frequency FT
(DFFT) or Fourier series, Discrete‐time FT (DTFT), and
Discrete FT (DFT: Discrete both time & frequency).
TCS 473 Digital Filter Design 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 372 or consent of Head of School
Analog filter fundamentals for the study of digital filters.
Common analog filters: Butterworth, Chebyshev,
elliptical, and Bessel filters. Fundamentals and design
techniques of FIR and IIR filters. Finite wordlength
effects and sensitivity analysis.
TCS 474 Digital Speech Processing 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 372 or consent of Head of School
Speech Quality & Intelligibility. Speech coding standards,
Linear Predictive coding techniques, Frequency domain
codes. Speech enhancement and noise reduction.
Speech recognition.
TCS 475 Digital Image Processing 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 372 or consent of Head of School
Digital image fundamentals. Image transformations.
Image enhancement. Image restoration. Image
compression. Image segmentation. Representation
schemes and descriptors.
TCS 476 Adaptive Filtering 3(3‐0‐6)
Prerequisite: TCS 372 or consent of Head of School
Fundamental concepts of adaptive filtering.
Introduction to design and implementation of digital
adaptive filters. Analysis and practical considerations of
filtering algorithms and structures.
TCS 477 Signal Processing for 3(3‐0‐6)
Communication Systems
Prerequisite: TCS 472 or consent of Head of School
Speech coding and decoding, image coding and decoding,
transmultiplexers, filter banks, channel estimation,
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