Harsh RB

Communication Technologies

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Unit 1 Information Theory and Communication Technologies

Unit 2 Wireless Communication Technologies

Unit 3 Cellular Mobile Networks

Unit 4 Free Space Optical Communications

Unit 5 Network Security and Management

Syllabus

UNIT - I: Information Theory & Fundamentals

  • Information Theory: Shannon Capacity, Information Content, and Entropy.

  • Data Handling: Multimedia Data, Data Processing, and Boolean Logics.

  • Coding & Transmission: Source Coding, Channel Coding, Modulation Schemes, and the Internet.

UNIT - II: Wireless Communication Technologies

  • Local & Personal Networks: WLAN, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and other Wireless PAN technologies.

  • Wide Area & Satellite: Wireless WAN Technologies and Satellite Communications.

  • Services: Broadcast Services and long-range wireless data transmission.

UNIT - III: Cellular Mobile Networks

  • Generations: Evolution from GSM (2G) and UMTS (3G) to LTE (4G) and 5G Mobile Networks.

  • Architecture: Mobile Network Planning Aspects, cell site design, and capacity management.

UNIT - IV: Optical Communications

  • Fiber Technologies: Optical Fiber, FTTC (Curb), FTTH (Home), and FTTB (Building).

  • Free Space Optics: Free Space Optical Links, Channel Modeling with interference factors, and Deep Space Optical Communications.

UNIT - V: Network Security and Management

  • Cryptography: Symmetrical and Asymmetrical Encryption, Authentication, and Hash-Values.

  • Network Integrity: Integrity Checks and Telecommunications Management Network (TMN).

  • Administration: SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), Functionalities of Network Management, and Future Trends.

Based on:

Shun-Ping Chen, “Fundamentals of Information and Communication Technologies” 2020

and

Google Gemini’s Summarization

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