The Department of Information Sciences and Technology The Volgenau School of Engineering George Mason University 4400 University Drive Fairfax. VA 22030-4444 IT 300 Section 002 Modern Telecommunications Syllabus Spring 2018 Instructor: E-mail: Office Hours: Office Location: Dr. Riki Y. Morikawa rmorika2@gmu.edu Wednesday, 1 to 3PM (or by appointment) Science and Technology Campus, BRH 102C Catalog Description This is an introductory course for IST students who wish to pursue a career in the telecommunications and networking industry. It provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamentalconcepts that are the foundations of telecommunications sciences. Concepts learned in the course are applied towards understanding related topics in higher level classes. Course Objectives Students will gain literacy in the understanding the fundamentals of modern telecommunication systems. The course has three major objectives: To explain theoretical foundations underlying analog and digital telecommunication technologies. To gain an understanding of basic signaling, modulation, and the physics behind signal transmission and propagation in wired, wireless and optical communication systems. To introduce cutting-edge telecommunications systems and trends such as 4G and 5G cellular, IPv4 and IPv6, satellite communications, and optical networking. Prerequisites (IT 101 or IT 105) and (MATH 108 or MATH 113) and (IT 102 or MATH 112 or MATH 125). Prerequisite enforced by registration system. Course Textbook: "Fundamentals of Telecommunications and Networking for IT", Morikawa 2018, Kendall Hunt Publishing Company Dubuque, IA (ISBN 978-1-5249-5207-5) Religious Holidays A list of religious holidays is available on the University Life Calendar page. Any student whose religious observance conflicts with a scheduled course activity must contact the Instructor at least 2 weeks in advance of the conflict date in order to make alternative arrangements. Privacy Instructors respect and protect the privacy of information related to individual students. Issues relating to an individual student will be discussed via email, telephone or in person. Instructors will not discuss issues relating to an individual student with other students (or anyone without a need to know) without prior permission of the student.faculty and staff will take care to protect the privacy of each student's scores and grades. 1
Disability Accommodation The Office of Disability Services (ODS) works with disabled students to arrange for appropriate accommodations to ensure equal access to university services. Any student with a disability of any kind is strongly encouraged to register with ODS as soon as possible and take advantage of the services offered. Accommodations for disabled students must be made in advance ODS cannot assist students retroactively, and at least one week's notice is required for special accommodations related to exams. Any student who needs accommodation should contact the Instructor during the first week of the semester so the sufficient time is allowed to make arrangements. The accommodations provided will be limited only to those specified on the ODS form. Mason Diversity Statement George Mason University is fully committed to diversity. Further information on the University s statement regarding this matter may be found from the following link:http://ctfe.gmu.edu/professional-development/mason-diversity-statement/ Honor Code All members of the Mason community are expected to uphold the principles of scholarly ethics. On admission to Mason, students agree to comply with the requirements of the GMU Honor System and Code(see http://oai.gmu.edu/). The Honor Code will be strictly enforced in this course! Any use of the words or ideas of another person(s), without explicit attribution that clearly identifies the material used and its source in an appropriate manner, is plagiarism and will not be tolerated. All student written work will be submitted via plagiarism tools such as SafeAssign. Communication Registered students will be given access to a section of the Blackboard Learning System for this course. Blackboard will be used as the primary mechanism to disseminate course information, lecture slides and materials, the lab project, and homework assignments. Communication with the Instructor on issues relating to the individual student should be conducted using GMU email, telephone, or in person meeting;...not in public forums on Blackboard. Grading Grades will be awarded in accordance with the GMU Grading System for undergraduate students. Raw scores may be adjusted by the Instructor to calculate final grades. The grading scale for this course is: 97 100% A+ 93 96% A 90 92% A 87 89% B+ 83 86% B 80 82% B 77 79% C+ 73 76% C 70 72% C 60 69% D 0 59% F 2
Grade Distribution Midterm Exam 25% Final Exam 20% Homework (4) 20% Team Research Paper& Presentation 20% Virtual Lab (1) 10% Student Participation 5% Examinations The Midterm and Final Exams will be held in-classduring the regular lecture period.exams will include multiple choice questions that will require problem solving and a solid understanding of course materials. The final exam will be held during the scheduled final exam period posted on the GMU Registrar's website: http://registrar.gmu.edu/calendars/ All exams will be closed notes, closed book and will take place in the same classroom as lectures. The in-class exam is given online using Bb. Students are required to bring their own laptopsinstalled with the RespondusLockDown browser application, which is available on Bb free of charge to GMU students. All equations required to complete problem solving questions will be provided. Calculators are required for all exams. Students wishing to take the exam on paper vice online, can do so with prior notification to the instructor. If the paper exam is requested, the student will need to bring a SCANTRON form (Form No. 882-E) and a no. 2 pencil. Calculators are required for all exams. Students must be prepared to present proper photo identification (Student ID, Drivers license, etc.) on the date of the exam. Make-up exams will only be given to students with highly legitimate excuses such as a documented medicalissue, family emergency, or exam conflict with another GMU course. Makeup exams will typically be given in the paper format. You must contact the instructor well in advance of the exam date (i.e., typically more than two weeks prior) unless it is a documented emergency or illness.date/time conflicts with a job are not acceptable excuses. Virtual Lab Session Students will conduct one individual lab using the MATLAB application. Instructions on how students can access the MATLAB application can be found at http://doit.gmu.edu/students/computer-labs/virtual-computing-lab/. The labs will be completed via GMU Virtual Computing Lab (VCL). The instructor will provide further guidance prior to the lab. There will be no makeup labs. Homework There will be fourmultiple choice homework assignments with strict due dates enforced. Homework assignments will be posted on Blackboard (Bb) approximately one week in advance of the due date. Students will submit completed assignments on Bb and will have three attempts to submit each assignment.the three attempts allow the student to review the questions prior to submitting final answers, and to allow for any technical difficulties encountered while completing the assignment. The highest scored attempt will be counted as the HW grade. Solutions to the homework questions will be automatically available to the student through Bb after the assignment due date. Late homework assignments are not accepted. Makeup assignments are only given to students with highly legitimate reasons for missing the original due date. Team Research Paper and Presentation Each student will participate on a team comprised of 3 to 4 students,to work on a semester research paper and presentation. No more than four students are permitted per team. Students are allowed to form their own teams with fellow classmates if they choose. Once a team has been formed, one student from the team shall submit the names of all team members to the 3
instructor. Students who are not on a team by the date listed on the attached course schedule will be assigned to a team by the instructor. Each team is required to choose, write and submit a scholarly research paper (10-12 pages) describing an emerging telecommunications technology. Each team topic must be approved by the instructor prior to any research being done (see research topic date submission on the attached course schedule).all papers go through the SafeAssignplagiarism tool which checks against copyright materials as well as previously submitted IT 300 team papers. Don t plagiarize! It s not worth it! Each research team will be given approximately 20 minutes (15 minutes for the brief, 5 minutes for Q&A) to brief their topic and findings to the entire classduring dedicated lecture periods near the end of the semester. Each member of the team is required to have a speaking role during the presentation. During all student presentations, mandatory attendance by all students in class is required and will be figured into the overall student participation grade. Each research team will also participate as a "team panel" to evaluate other presentations, ask questions, and provide written feedback. Participation as a team panel member will also be figured into your overall student participation grade. Student Participation Student attendance during lectures is mandatory. Attendance sign-up sheets will be randomly used throughout the semester to determine the attendance and participation grade. It is vital that all students attend lectures and ask clarifying questions, as this will be the principle means for conveying key concepts that students will be responsible for on home work assignments, the virtual lab, and exams. Student participation grades will be determined by the following: Participation in class discussions Attendance during team presentations Active involvement as a panel member during team presentations Class attendance sign-up sheets given randomly during the semester 4
Spring2018, IT300 002, 430PM - 710PM, BRH 258- note: lecture topics may be adjusted as needed Lecture Topics & Sessions: Week Date Content Reading and Assignments Morikawa: CH1 - Fundamental Principles of Course Overview Communications(not responsible for section 1 1/24 1.4.3 and 1.4.4) Lecture 1: Fundamental Principles of Comms(OSI RM, Def.) 2 1/31 3 2/7 4 2/14 5 2/21 6 2/28 7 3/7 8 3/21 9 3/28 10 4/4 11 4/11 12 4/18 5 Lecture 1 (cont'd): Fundamental Principles of Comms(Acoustic, EM, Optical, Carrier Representation, Simplex/HDX/FDX, Decibels) Lecture 2: Analog and Digital Comms Pt1 (AM, FM, PM) Lecture 2 (cont'd): Analog and Digital CommsPt2 (Sinusoidal equation review, analog modulation problems) Lecture 3: Digital Comms (ASK, FSK, PSK, QAM, Hartley's Law) MATLAB Demo Lecture 3 (cont d): Digital Comms (PCM, Line Coding, Error Control, TDM) Lecture 4: Transmission System Fundamentals (SNR, thermal noise, Shannon-Hartley, propagation delay, BER, attenuation, TIR, UTP, coaxial, fiber optic) Lecture 4 (cont d): Transmission System Fundamentals (optical sources & detectors, unguided propagation modes, microwave, satellite, free space topics (FSO)) Lecture 5: RF Wireless Communications (EM propagation and polarization, power density, Antenna Reciprocity Theorem, DAMA, TDMA, FDMA, spread spectrum, OFDM) Midterm Exam Review (Chapters 1 through 5) Midterm Exam (lectures 1 through 5) - during regular lecture period using Respondus Lecture 6:LANs, PANs (centralized/decentralized, DTE/DCE, 802.3, 802.11, Link Analysis, 802.15) Lecture 7:PSTN &WANs (PSTN, Regulation, PDN, WAN, T-1, SONET, WDM, DWDM, ATM, FR, Carrier Ethernet, CCS, PBX, CENTRX, ACD) Lecture 8:Network Access (DSL, CATV, PONS, WLL, BWA) Lecture 9:Internet (History, NAP, IXP, IPv4, ARP, DHCP, NAT, ICMP, DNS, IPv6, TCP, UDP, Ports, Sockets, OSPF, BGP, MPLS) Lecture 10:Cellular (Cell concept, Frequency reuse, GSM Architecture, Frequency borrowing, Densification,DAMA, 1G through 4G, 5G) Final Exam Review (Chapters 6 through 10) 13 4/25 Team Presentations 14 5/2 Team Presentations 15 5/9 Final Exam (not cumulative) - during regular lecture period using Respondus Morikawa: CH2 - Analog Communications Team Assignments Due (Sunday, 2/4) Morikawa: CH3 - Introduction to Digital Communications (sec 3.1 to 3.3) HW 1 - Lectures 1 & 2 (due Sunday2/11) Morikawa: CH3 - Introduction to Digital Communications (sec 3.4 to 3.8) Virtual Lab (due Sunday 2/18) Research Proposal (due Sunday 2/18) Morikawa: CH4 - Transmission System Fundamentals (sec 4.1 through 4.4) Morikawa: CH4 - Transmission System Fundamentals (sec 4.5) Morikawa: CH5 - RF Wireless Communications (only responsible for what is presented during lecture 5) HW2 - Lectures 3 & 5 (due Saturday 3/3) Morikawa:CH6 - Local and Personal Area Networks Morikawa: CH7 Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) and Wide Area Network (WAN) (not responsible for section 7.3.3) Morikawa:CH8 - Broadband Access HW 3 - Lectures 6 & 8 (due Sunday 4/8) Morikawa:CH9 - The Internet Morikawa:CH10 - Cellular Networks HW 4 - Lectures 9 & 10 (due Sunday 4/22) Team Papers & Pres. (due Sunday 4/22)
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