This subject works the following transversal competences:

Capacity to solve problems with drive, decision making and to communicate and transmit knowledge, habilities and dexterities understanding the ethic and professional responsibilty of the Technical Engineer in Telecommunications Engineering.



Capacity to work in multidisciplinary teams in a multilingual environment and to communicaty, both in oral and written form, knowledge, procedures, results and ideas related to telecommunications and electronics.



And the following competence from the basic module:

Understand and master the fundamental concepts of linear systems and their corresponding functions and transforms.



This main competences would yield the following learning results:



Use the formal time-domain representations of continuous and discrete time signals and systems, and understand the dynamics of linear systems in the time domain.



Represent signals and understand the dynamics of linear systems in the frequency domain.



Use the A/D and D/A conversion.



Individually solve and explain the proposed problems/homework.



Solve practical telecommunications engineering applications with real-live signals in cooperative laboratory sessions.

1st topic. Continuous and discrete signals in the time-domain

2nd topic. Continuous and discrete systems in the time-domain

3rd topic. Continuous signals and systems in the frequency-domain

4th topic. Discrete signals and systems in the frequency-domain

5th topic. Sampling



And the following lab sessions (weekly)

Session 1 Handling signals in matlab

Session 2 Plotting continuous and discrete signal

Session 3 Audio signals and wav files

Session 4 Frequency domain continuous and discrete

Session 5 The voice signal

Session 6 ECG and the waveform generator

Session 7 Linear filtering

Session 8 Applications of linear filtering

Session 9 Waveform distortion in linear filtering

Session 10 Spectral analysis

Session 11 Sampling and aliasing

In the lectures the teacher presents the necessary theoretical background for topics 1-4, and solves problems in the classroom. The teacher facilitates the autonomous learning of the student by presenting short questions and additional problems to be solved bu the student.



During the lab sessions the teacher and students will solve practical problems using the Matlab environment, and the students will work in groups. The teacher encourages group work, and the capacity for analysis and synthesis through additional work related to each of the lab sessions.



The seminars will consists in two evaluation sessions for the lab sessions as well as for the completion of the theoretical aspects of topic 5.

The evaluation of the theoretical part (65%) and of the laboratory (35%) of the subject are independent the student must obtain a minimum grade of 5 in both parts to pass the subject.



* Evaluation of the theoretical part



a) Once each of topics 1, 2, 3 y 4 is finished a short 15 minute evaluation to solve a short question of the topic.



b) Part 1: once topics 1 and 2 are finished, a partial exam with problems and short questions. The grade from the exam (75%) will be averaged with the short questions of topics 1 and 2 mentioned in a) (25%). The minimum grade to pass part 1 is 5.



c) In the ordinary evaluation there will be two exams:

* Part 2: exam on topics 3, 4 and 5 with problems and questions. The grade from this exam (75%) will be averaged with the short questions on topics 3 and 4 (25%) from a) to compute the grade on part 2.

* Exam on topics 1 and 2 for the students who have not passed part 1.



To pass the theoretical part the minimum grade is 5 (60% part 2 and 40% part 1) and a minimum grade of 4 in both parts is mandatory.



* Evaluation of the lab

- Evaluation exam of lab sessions 1-6: 40% of the lab grade.

- Evaluation exam of lab sessions 7-10: 7-10: 60% of the lab grade.



The evaluation exams will be done in lab sessions. To pass the lab the minimum grade is 5, with a minimum grade of 4 in each of the three parts.



Imposibility to do the mixt evaluation

The particular cases mentioned in "normativa de gestión para las enseñanzas de grado" must communicate their particular situation to the teaching staff at the start of the course. Both parts will search the best way to evaluate, taylored to the specificity of the student.

The necessary materials to complete the subject will be available in eGela and comprise:
Lecture notes (topics 1-5).
Problem book (topics 1-5).
Short questions booklet.
Lab session guides (sessions 1-11) and a template for each of the lab session reports.

Basic bibliography

Notes and problem book created by the teaching staff and available in eGela.

In-depth bibliography

Proakis JG, Manolakis DG. Digital signal processing (4th edition).

Oppenheim AV, Willsky AS. Signals and systems (2nd edition).

Oppenheim AV. Discrete-time signal processing (3rd edition).

Burrus CS. Computer based exercises for signal processing using Matlab 5.