Telecommunication
Title: Telecommunication
Seats: 30 students
Period: July 23 - August 10, 2012
Study hours per day: approx. 8
Number of ECTS: 5
Objective of course: To impart knowledge of some interesting telecommunication systems through `learning-on the-job’. To introduce students to DTU and demonstrate project-based teaching.
Contents: The course starts with an introduction to DTU and DTU Fotonik. The emphasis is on aspects of the course relevant for future guest and MSc students. DTU Fotonik research facilities are also presented.
The course then comprises two projects each involving six days of work with submission of a final report. The projects are in areas in which DTU enjoys international renown. They are likely to include:
– Experiments with lasers and optics for optical communication
– Wireless over fiber
– Modelling and simulation of a communication network
– Video coding
Prerequisite qualifications: The summer course is intended for students around the mid-point of a five-year course in electronics, telecommunication or computer-engineering. The principal selection criteria will be knowledge of telecommunication and knowledge of written and oral English.
Admission requirements Telecommunication:
Computer science
Information and data transmission
Computer networks
Telecommunication
Evaluation: The two reports are evaluated. If both are approved, this constitutes a pass. Assessment: Approved/Not Approved.
For complete information on the course and the department, please visit: http://www.fotonik.dtu.dk/English.aspx
Price
There is no tuition fee, but a cost for accommodation: €300
Coordinator
Professor Knud J. Larsen
DTU Fotonik
DTU Building 343
DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
Denmark
Phone: +45 4525 3629
Fax: +45 4593 6581
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