Teaching
The group participates in the teaching of different courses at the Department of Information and Communication Technologies of Universitat Pompeu Fabra.
Undergraduate Courses
Principles of Telecommunication Engineering
Telematics Engineering Degree, 1st year course.
This introductory course gives an overview of core topics in communication systems including modulation, coding, cryptography and multiple access. The students are also introduced to system's performance measures (signal-to-noise ratio, maximum transmission rate, etc.) and to specific modulation schemes such as Amplitude Modulation (AM).
Communication Systems
Telematics Engineering Degree, 2nd year course.
The objective of this course is to introduce the student in the basic tools required for the analysis and design of modern communication systems. The course is divided into two distinct parts regarding to its contents. The first half of the course presents the principles and main applications of cryptology, while the second presents an introduction to analog and digital communication systems.
Data Transmission and Coding
Telematics/Audiovisual Systems Engineering Degree, 2nd year course.
Data Transmission and Coding covers the main concepts used in the analysis and design of a digital communications system, including information theory applied to compression and data coding, as well as coding for error correction in communication channels.
Graduate Courses
Digital Communication Theory
Master in Advanced Sciences for Modern Telecommunications,
joint Master program with Universitat de València
The objective of this course is to get the student acquainted with advanced topics that are essential to the design and functioning of modern communication systems. In order to provide guiding themes, special emphasis is given to wireless networks and to digital subscriber lines. The topics covered include: review of band-pass and low-pass representation, channel modeling, channel capacity, energy per bit, advanced modulation techniques, fundamental bounds of error probability, intersymbol interference, linear equalization (ZF, MMSE), optimal sequence detection, capacity for parallel channels, SNR gap, Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM), bit loading, vector coding, block and convolutional codes, spread spectrum techniques for multiuser communications.
Advanced Wireless Communications and Mobility
Master in Advanced Sciences for Modern Telecommunications,
joint Master program with Universitat de València
Advanced Wireless Communications and Mobility studies the fundamental principles underlying the design and performance of wireless communication systems. Attention is paid to both theoretical foundations and practical examples drawn from state-of-the-art commerical systems such as GSM, UMTS, IEEE 802.16 WiMAX, IEEE 802.11 WiFi, and LTE.
