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Communication Systems, Project Course, 12 credits
Kommunikationssystem CDIO, 12 hp
TSKS05
Main field of study
Electrical EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleCourse type
Programme courseExaminer
Danyo DanevDirector of studies or equivalent
Klas NordbergEducation components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 12 hRecommended self-study hours: 308 h
ECV = Elective / Compulsory / Voluntary
Main field of study
Electrical EngineeringCourse level
Second cycleAdvancement level
A1XCourse offered for
- Computer Science and Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering, M Sc in Engineering
- Communication Systems, Master's programme
- Information Technology, M Sc in Engineering
- Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering - International, M Sc in Engineering
Specific information
The Entrepreneurship part overlap with other CDIO courses and cannot be included more than once in a degree.
Exchange students may apply for the course after arrival to LiTH but before it starts. The international officer for exchange studies must be contacted before applying.
Entry requirements
Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Prerequisites
Signals and Systems, Signal theory, Digital Communication, and at least one or more more advanced level communication related courses, like for example Digital communication continuation course or Radio Communication. Basic computer programming skills is necessary, preferrably in an object oriented language.Intended learning outcomes
The project shall be carried out using industrial practice, and it shall develop and consolidate competence in the following areas:
- Apply knowledge and methods from previous courses and when necessary new knowledge shall be developed.
- Integrate knowledge from different disciplines, such as communication systems, signal processing, computer programming, etc. and apply this knowledge in new contexts.
- Define requirements for the project based on preliminary specifications, and investigate the conditions under which the project work can be carried out.
- Present the project outcome for the customer and other students, whom are not expected to be experts within the fields of expertise of the students who carried out the work.
- Show the ability to, and in an independent way, manage the project work using a project model and with limited support in terms of supervision.
- Plan, implement and evaluate a project.
- Analyze and break down problems.
- Take initiative and find creative solutions.
- Actively contribute to the forming of a well functioning project group.
- Of high technical quality and be based on state-of-the-art knowledge and methods in communication systems.
- Documented in terms of a project plan, a project schedule, and a technical report.
- Presented orally as well as with a poster.
- Evaluated in a review report.
- account for models that describe what it takes for a new venture to have a stable basis for further development and to assess the level of development of ventures using such models; and
- account for the information and analyses needed to evaluate a development project from a business point of view and have the ability to collect and analyze relevant information for the purpose.
Course content
The project will be closely related to the ongoing research within the divisions of Communication Systems and Information Coding or to companies working in these areas. The contents of the projects will change from year to year. The two projects offered 2010 were:
1) "Peer-to-peer Video Telephony", where students built a software-defined radio communication system, consisting of programmable radio transmitters, receivers, and relays. The task was to build a communication system with as high performance as possible. A challenge is to obtain higher performance by using techniques that are not yet used in the present commercial communication standard.
2) "Receiver Models for a Java Based Radio Network", where the project group derived and implemented a receiver model in a Java based radio network simulator at Ericsson Research in Linköping.
The project members will use and apply knowledge and methods from other communication related courses.
More details about this year's project can be found on the course web page.
Teaching and working methods
Some initial lectures, followed by self studies and project work. Each project group, which is formed by 5–8 students, will be assigned a supervisor to support its work. The students also have limited help from technical experts.
Before the project work is started, the project group shall negotiate a requirement specification with the customer, and write a project plan and a time plan for the project. The project shall be carried out according to the LIPS project model. The project documents shall adhere to the templates that are part of the LIPS model.
The course runs over the entire autumn semester.
Examination
| UPG1 | Entrepreneurship assignements | 3 credits | U, G |
| PRA1 | Project work | 9 credits | U, G |
Grades are given as ’Fail’ or ’Pass’.
Grades
Two-grade scale, U, GDepartment
Institutionen för systemteknikDirector of Studies or equivalent
Klas NordbergExaminer
Danyo DanevCourse website and other links
http://www.commsys.isy.liu.se/en/student/kurser/TSKS05Education components
Preliminary scheduled hours: 12 hRecommended self-study hours: 308 h
Course literature
Additional literature
Compendia
Other
| Code | Name | Scope | Grading scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| UPG1 | Entrepreneurship assignements | 3 credits | U, G |
| PRA1 | Project work | 9 credits | U, G |
Grades are given as ’Fail’ or ’Pass’.
Regulations (apply to LiU in its entirety)
The university is a government agency whose operations are regulated by legislation and ordinances, which include the Higher Education Act and the Higher Education Ordinance. In addition to legislation and ordinances, operations are subject to several policy documents. The Linköping University rule book collects currently valid decisions of a regulatory nature taken by the university board, the vice-chancellor and faculty/department boards.
LiU’s rule book for education at first-cycle and second-cycle levels is available at http://styrdokument.liu.se/Regelsamling/Innehall/Utbildning_pa_grund-_och_avancerad_niva.
Additional literature
Compendia
Other
Note: The course matrix might contain more information in Swedish.
I = Introduce, U = Teach, A = Utilize
| I | U | A | Modules | Comment | ||
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| 1. DISCIPLINARY KNOWLEDGE AND REASONING | ||||||
| 1.1 Knowledge of underlying mathematics and science (G1X level) |
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| 1.2 Fundamental engineering knowledge (G1X level) |
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| 1.3 Further knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural science (G2X level) |
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X
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PRA1
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| 1.4 Advanced knowledge, methods, and tools in one or several subjects in engineering or natural sciences (A1X level) |
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| 1.5 Insight into current research and development work |
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| 2. PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES | ||||||
| 2.1 Analytical reasoning and problem solving |
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PRA1
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| 2.2 Experimentation, investigation, and knowledge discovery |
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| 2.3 System thinking |
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PRA1
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| 2.4 Attitudes, thought, and learning |
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PRA1
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| 2.5 Ethics, equity, and other responsibilities |
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X
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PRA1
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| 3. INTERPERSONAL SKILLS: TEAMWORK AND COMMUNICATION | ||||||
| 3.1 Teamwork |
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PRA1
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| 3.2 Communications |
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PRA1
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| 3.3 Communication in foreign languages |
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| 4. CONCEIVING, DESIGNING, IMPLEMENTING AND OPERATING SYSTEMS IN THE ENTERPRISE, SOCIETAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTEXT | ||||||
| 4.1 External, societal, and environmental context |
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| 4.2 Enterprise and business context |
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| 4.3 Conceiving, system engineering and management |
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PRA1
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| 4.4 Designing |
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PRA1
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| 4.5 Implementing |
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PRA1
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| 4.6 Operating |
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| 5. PLANNING, EXECUTION AND PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS WITH RESPECT TO SCIENTIFIC AND SOCIETAL NEEDS AND REQUIREMENTS | ||||||
| 5.1 Societal conditions, including economic, social, and ecological aspects of sustainable development for knowledge development |
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| 5.2 Economic conditions for knowledge development |
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| 5.3 Identification of needs, structuring and planning of research or development projects |
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| 5.4 Execution of research or development projects |
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| 5.5 Presentation and evaluation of research or development projects |
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