Degree Course: INGEGNERIA DELLE TECNOLOGIE DELLA COMUNICAZIONE E DELL'INFORMAZIONE (DM 270) Syllabus for A.Y. 2015/2016

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20801694 - DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS (objectives)

- GIUNTA GAETANO (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/03

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ITA

20802045 - INFORMATION THEORY AND CODING (objectives)

- NERI ALESSANDRO (syllabus)

Elements of Information Theory: Entropy, Relative Entropy, and Mutual Information. Joint Entropy and Conditional Entropy. Sufficient Statistics. Fano's Inequality. Lossless source coding. Optimal Codes. Bounds on the Optimal Code Length. Kraft Inequality for Uniquely Decodable Codes. Huffman Codes. Optimality of Huffman Codes. Shannon-Fano-Elias Coding. Universal Source Coding. Universal Coding for Binary Sequences. Arithmetic Coding. Lempel-Ziv Coding.
Mutual Information and equivocation. Channel Capacity. Properties of Channel Capacity. Examples of Channel Capacity: Binary Symmetric and Gaussian Channels. Channel Coding Theorem. Fano's Inequality and the Converse to the Coding Theorem. Source-Channel Separation Theorem.
Rate Distortion Theory. Scalar Quantization. Max-Lloyd quantizer. Vector Quantization. Linde, Buzo, and Gray algorithm.
Audio signals coding. Characteristics of the human auditory sytem, perception of complex audio signals, absolute threshold of hearing, critical bandwith, Anatomy and physiology of the basilar membrane. Masking mechanisms.
Speech coding in the time domain: G.711, G.726 e G.727. Model based coding: G729. Audio coding in the transform domain: MPEG 1 layer I, II e III, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4.
Image coding elements: the Discrete Cosine Transform. JPEG encoding.
Channel Coding. Linear Block Codes. Generator Matrix. Block Codes in Systematic Form
Parity Check Matrix. Syndrome Error Detection. Minimum Distance of a Block Code. Error-Correction Capability of a Block Code. Syndrome Detection and the Standard Array. Hamming Codes. Reed-Solomon Codes.
Convolutional Codes. Convolutional Encoder Representations. Distance Properties of Convolutional Codes. Maximum Likelihood Detection. Markov chains. Decoding of Convolutional Codes: The Viterbi Algorithm. Error Probability Analysis for Convolutional Codes. Hard and Soft Decisions. Punctured Convolutional Codes and Rate-Compatible Schemes.
Concatenated encoders, Recursive Systematic Convolutional Encoders. Turbo Encoders. Construction Methods for Turbo Codes: Interleavers, Code Concatenation Methods. Turbo Code Performance as a Function of Size and Type of Interleaver . Decoding of Turbo Codes: The Turbo Decoder, Probabilities and Estimate, Symbol Detection, The Log Likelihood Ratio. The BCJR MAP Algorithm and the LLR Calculation. Turbo Decoding
Forward Error Correction and Automatic Repeat ReQuest. Forward Error Correction. Automatic Repeat ReQuest. ARQ Schemes. ARQ Scheme Efficiencies. Hybrid-ARQ Schemes.
Low-Density Parity Check Codes. Description of LDPC Codes. Construction of LDPC Codes. Decoding of LDPC Codes: The Tanner Graph. Decoding Algorithm for LDPC Codes
Packet oriented channel coding: Fountain and Raptor Codes.
Estimation Theory. Minimum Mean Square Error estimator: general solution an Gaussian in Gaussian estimate. Minimum Mean Magnitude error estimator. Maximum Posterior Probability and Maximum Likelihood estimates. Cramèr Rao lower bound for monodimensional and multidimensional estimates. Efficient estimators. Fisher’s Information Matrix. Time of arrival estimation. Joint time and Doppler shift estimation. Wavelet transform and multiresolution analysis. Signal restoration based on wavelet transform shrinking.

(reference books)

ING-INF/03

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ITA

Optional group: AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801664 - OPERATIONAL RESEARCH (objectives) The objective of the course is to endow the students with the key aspects of deterministic optimization, including linear and nonlinear programming. Topics include basic theory, modeling, algorithms, and applications. - Derived from 20801664 RICERCA OPERATIVA in INGEGNERIA DELLE INFRASTRUTTURE VIARIE E TRASPORTI (DM 270) LM-23 N0 PACCIARELLI DARIO (syllabus) 1. Introduction to Mathematical Programming Convex Programming Linear Programming 2. Linear Programming Formulation Resource allocation Inventory Management Project planning 3. Solving Linear Programming Problems Geometry of Linear Programming The Simplex Algorithm 4. Duality Theory The weak and strong duality theorems Orthogonality conditions Sensitivity analysis 5. Non-linear programming Gradient, Hessian Local minimum, Necessary conditions (first and second order) Local minimum, Sufficient conditions (secondo order and convex case) Gradient method, Line search Newton method, 6. Constrained non-linear programming KKT conditions Barrier method and Penalty functions	6	MAT/09	54	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801697 - OPTICS (objectives) The course provides the students with tools for dealing with diffraction and propagation of optical fields, which are at the basis of opto-electronic and photonic applications. In such a context, it introduces and develops the concept of optical coherence and presents suitable techniques for solving propagation problems in vacuo and in materials. - SANTARSIERO MASSIMO (syllabus) 1. Wave propagation, diffraction and interference - preliminaries on waves - Fourier series and integral - plane-wave expansions - direct and inverse propagation formulas - applications: gratings, diffraction-free beams, interferometers, diffractive optical elements, multilayer structures 2. Fresnel and Fraunhofer diffraction - diffraction from circular and rectangular apertures - light beams and paraxial optics - gaussian beams - applications: Fresnel lenses, collimation and focusing of laser beams, optical resonators 3. Classical theory of coherence - statistical properties of the scattered field - mutual intensity and degree of coherence - intensity correlations - cross-spectral density - applications: Fourier spectroscopy, astronomical measurements, optical coherence tomography 4. Optical systems - basic equations of geometrical optics - centered optical systems - imaging in coherent and incoherent light - aberrations - OTF and MTF - applications: typical optical systems and their features, spatial filtering, optical information processing, holography (reference books) - F. GORI, "ELEMENTI DI OTTICA", ED. ACCADEMICA (1995) - Notes provided by the teacher	6	FIS/03	48	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801702 - INFORMATION SECURITY (objectives) For introduction to cryptography: give an introduction to cryptography useful for understanding present-day innovations; explain the mathematical notions instrumental in the design of cryptographic algorithms and interest the students in the applications. The course aims to provide the tools for analyzing the security in telecommunication systems. The theoretical foundations, real implementation, systems for measuring the effectiveness of existing networks, security models are introduced during the course. The problem of security in networked systems is introduced in, with reference to the cryptographic algorithms, protocols and standards. The course aims to provide a capacity for rational and systematic framework for ict security issues and tools available, including a preliminary capacity assessment of costs / benefits. Cloud systems security is also analyzed. The course will also touch on the the mathematical concepts needed in undertanding and possibly contructing cryptosystems and protocols, particularly in the realm of public-key cryptography.
20801702-1 - ELEMENTI DI CRITTOGRAFIA (objectives) For introduction to cryptography: give an introduction to cryptography useful for understanding present-day innovations; explain the mathematical notions instrumental in the design of cryptographic algorithms and interest the students in the applications. The course aims to provide the tools for analyzing the security in telecommunication systems. The theoretical foundations, real implementation, systems for measuring the effectiveness of existing networks, security models are introduced during the course. - MEROLA FRANCESCA (syllabus) Introduction to cryptography. Cryptosystem. Classical Ciphers: additive ciphers, substitution ciphers, affine ciphers, transposition cipher, Vigenere cipher, Hill cipher, affine linear ciphers.Introduction to cryptanalysis. Cryptanalysis. Types of attack. Cryptanalysis of substitution, affine, Vigenere, Hill ciphers.Elements of Shannon theory. Perfect secrecy. Characterization of cryptosystems realizing perfect secrecy. One-time pad. Stream ciphers. Linear shift registers.Block ciphers. Substitution-permutation networks. Feistel ciphers. Data Encryption Standard. Triple DES. Advanced Encryption Standard (AES).modes of operation.Introduction to public key cryptography. Elements of complexity theory. Knapsack problem. Merkle-Hellman cipher.The RSA cryptosystem. The square and multiply algorithm. Primality testing. RSA and factoring. Some attacks on RSA.The discrete logarithm problem. Diffie-Hellman key exchange. Elgamal cryptosystem. Digital signature. Signature schemes. The RSA scheme.Notes on some cryptographic protocols.Modular arithmetic. Groups, cyclic groups. Permutations. Congruences, Euler function, invertible elements in Zn. Finite fields. Euler's theorem, Fermat's little theorem. Euclidean algorithm for calculating the MCD. (reference books) D. Stinson, Cryptography: theory and practice, Chapman and Hall.A. Languasco, A. Zaccagnini, Manuale di crittografia, Hoepli.W. Stallings, Crittografia e sicurezza delle reti, McGraw Hill.	6	MAT/03	36	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801758 - DATABASES I (objectives) Presentation of models, methods and tools for the definition, design and development of software systems that manage large sets of data. A student who has passed the course will be able to: (i) develop software applications that make use of databases of even high complexity, (i) design and built autonomously databases of medium complexity, and (iii) be involved in the project and development of large databases of high complexity. - Derived from 20801758 BASI DI DATI I in INGEGNERIA GESTIONALE E DELL'AUTOMAZIONE (DM 270) LM-32 N0 ATZENI PAOLO (syllabus) Database systems: general properties. Relational model. Relational algebra. SQL. Conceptual database design. Logical database design. Normalization- (reference books) P. Atzeni et al. Basi di dati 4/Ed. McGraw-Hill, 2014 (in alternative, any major database textbook, contact the instructor for advice) Additional material available on the course site: http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~atzeni/didattica/BDN/BDNindex.html	6	ING-INF/05	54	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

Second semester

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20801696 - MICROWAVES (objectives)

- Derived from 20801696 MICROONDE in INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA PER L'INDUSTRIA E L'INNOVAZIONE (DM 270) LM-29 N0 BILOTTI FILIBERTO (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/02

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ITA

Optional group: AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801098 - OBJECT-ORIENTED PROGRAMMING (objectives) Providing methods and tools for developing applications, with emphasis on the quality of code. At the end of the course, students should be able to develop autonomously applications of medium complexity, and to participate in the development of large applications. - Derived from 20801780 PROGRAMMAZIONE ORIENTATA AGLI OGGETTI in INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (DM 270) L-8 N0 CRESCENZI VALTER (syllabus) PART 1: CLASSES AND OBJECTS CONSTRUCTORS INFORMATION HIDING PART 2: CODE QUALITY COHESION AND COUPLING TESTING DEBUGGING PART 3: POLYMORPHIM INTERFACES SUBSTITUTION PRINCIPLE INHERITANCE PART 4: COLLECTIONS GENERICS LISTS, SETS, MAPS ITERATORS PART 5: CODE REUSE COMPOSITION AND INHERITANCE ABSTRACT CLASSES PART 6: STREAMS AND EXCEPTIONS EXCEPTION HANDLING STREAM REFLECTION (reference books) Available from the site course: slides, and code during the lessons, tests, and homeworks.	6	ING-INF/05	54	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801690 - MULTIMEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (objectives) The course aims to provide systematic and modeling aspects related to the support of multimedia services in telecommunications networks. We will define the characteristics of the media and the different sources (human visual system, auditory system, etc..). Will cover aspects related to architectural and protocol models and in particular will be considered source coding, secure information channel coding, and integration of different information media (video, audio, data, reality 'virtual). Part of the course is devoted to innovative coding and transmission. - CARLI MARCO (syllabus) Introduction to Multimedia: Historical overview, multimedia representations, software tools, authoring tools. Basics of Image Formation: Camera and lenses, digitization, image formation, basic camera models and geometry. Standard image formats. Colors in images and videos. Multimedia compression basics: Lossless Compression: Variable length coding, Dictionary based coding. Basics for Lossy Compression: Fourier Transform, Discrete Cosine Transform. Application to image compression (JPEG compression) Video Processing: Fundamental concepts of video, image and video compression, MPEG video coding, MPEG4, 7, and beyond. Audio Processing: Basics of digital audio, quantization and transmission of Audio. Audio compression, Audio MPEG. Multimedia vs. communication Quality of Service Human factors in Multimedia communication • Multimedia applications: content-based retrieval in digital libraries: case studies (reference books) P. Havaldar and G. Medioni “Multimedia Systems – Algorithms, Standards and Industry Practices”, Cengage Learning – 978-1-4188-3594-1 Ohm, Multimedia Communication Technology, Springer, ISBN: 978-3-642-62277-9 (Print) 978-3-642-18750-6 (Online)	6	ING-INF/03	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20801702 - INFORMATION SECURITY (objectives) For introduction to cryptography: give an introduction to cryptography useful for understanding present-day innovations; explain the mathematical notions instrumental in the design of cryptographic algorithms and interest the students in the applications. The course aims to provide the tools for analyzing the security in telecommunication systems. The theoretical foundations, real implementation, systems for measuring the effectiveness of existing networks, security models are introduced during the course. The problem of security in networked systems is introduced in, with reference to the cryptographic algorithms, protocols and standards. The course aims to provide a capacity for rational and systematic framework for ict security issues and tools available, including a preliminary capacity assessment of costs / benefits. Cloud systems security is also analyzed. The course will also touch on the the mathematical concepts needed in undertanding and possibly contructing cryptosystems and protocols, particularly in the realm of public-key cryptography.
20801702-2 - SICUREZZA DELLE TELECOMUNICAZIONI (objectives) The problem of security in networked systems is introduced in, with reference to the cryptographic algorithms, protocols and standards. The course aims to provide a capacity for rational and systematic framework for ict security issues and tools available, including a preliminary capacity assessment of costs / benefits. Cloud systems security is also analyzed. The course will also touch on the the mathematical concepts needed in undertanding and possibly contructing cryptosystems and protocols, particularly in the realm of public-key cryptography. - CARLI MARCO (syllabus) Kerberos e DiameterSicurezza IPWeb securityAuthenticationIntrusion detectionHoney potAndroid securityCloud securityBig data securityForensicsDigital watermarking (reference books) Stallings’ Cryptography and Network Security, Seventh Edition	6	ING-INF/03	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20801912 - METAMATERIALS (objectives) The course aim at giving the student the tools for the analysis and the design of innovative micro- and nano-electronics devices based on the employment of metamaterials. - VEGNI LUCIO (syllabus) Theory and applications of Metamaterials 1. General concepts on Metamaterials (hystorical notes; metamaterial parameters and electromagnetic energy in reciprocal composite media; symmetry properties and tensor description of complex media; differentiali forms and electromagnetic materials). 2. Modelling of Metamaterials (governing equations describing electromagnetic behaviour of materials; the Method of Moments for artificial materials; numerical methods for periodic structures; mixing rules). 3. Nanostructured Metamaterials (risonances in permittivity and permeability; Lorentz model for dielectrics; Drude model for metals; Debye model for dielectric fluids; examples of metamaterial geometries; artificial dielectrics, wire media, artificial bi-anisotropic media 4. European Projects on nanostructured Metamaterials (MAGNONICS, METACHEM, NANOGOLD, NIM_NIL). 5. Applications of Metamaterials (biosensors, superlens, cloaking, tags to store and process information. Meta-circuits and meta-antennas at microwave, millimeter, TeraHertz and optical frequencies). 6. Manufacturing technologies of Metamaterials at TeraHertz and optical frequencies. 7. Meta-component design at student’s free choice. (reference books) ➢ References [1] Weng Cho Chew, Waves and fields in inhomogeneous media, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 1990. [2] The Handbook of nanotechnology, Nanometer structures, Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Editor, SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004 [3] Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Russel Messier, Sculptured thin films, SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2005	9	ING-INF/02	72	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20802093 - PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS (objectives) The course allows the students to acquire the knowledge and the ability to apply design techniques for digital systems in general and in particular with programmable platforms. The course analyzes the typical structure and the technology of modern programmable electronic components, develops the ability to design a digital electronic system from specifications to implementation and experimental verification of the behavior, the ability to draft a technical report on the design and characterization of a component or digital electronic system. - Derived from 20802093 ELETTRONICA DEI SISTEMI PROGRAMMABILI in INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA PER L'INDUSTRIA E L'INNOVAZIONE (DM 270) LM-29 N0 SAVOIA ALESSANDRO STUART (syllabus) Introduction to embedded systems: Classification Application fields Fundamentals of digital electronics: Logic circuits Combinatorial circuits Sequential circuits Programmable logic circuits Number systems and data formats: Binary and hexadecimal numbers Conversion between different bases Binary representation of integer numbers Binary representation of real numbers Microcomputer organization: Base structure Microcontrollers vs. microprocessors CPU Bus Memory organization I/O organization Instruction set Introduction to interrupts Embedded programming in assembly language: Low-level programming Assembler Characteristics of assembly instructions Multiplication and division Data and variable allocation Subroutines and Interrupt Service Routines Embedded programming in C: High-level programming Compiler Structure of a C program Examples Mixing C and assembly code Fundamentals of interfacing: Power sources Clock Power-on reset Bootstrap Embedded peripherals: Interrupt types and handling Timers and counters Embedded memories Bus arbitration Direct memory access (DMA) External world interfaces: General purpose input-output ports (GPIO) General interfacing through GPIO Interfacing switches and switch arrays Interfacing LEDs and LED-based displays Interfacing DC loads Interfacing AC loads Interfacing motors Principles of serial communication: Data communications fundamentals Types of serial channels: UART, USB, SPI, I2C The analog signal chain: Sensors interfacing and signal conditioning Operational amplifiers Comparators Sampling Analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog converters (ADC and DAC) (reference books) Books: Manuel Jiménez, Rogelio Palomera, Isidoro Couvertier, “Introduction to Embedded Systems: Using Microcontrollers and the MSP430“, Springer Science & Business Media, 11 set 2013. Paolo Spirito, “Elettronica digitale”, McGraw-Hill Companies, 2002. Suggested readings: EXPERIMENTER BOARD WEB PAGE - Texas Instruments MSP-EXP430FR5739 http://www.ti.com/tool/msp-exp430fr5739 EXPERIMENTER BOARD USER'S GUIDE - MSP-EXP430FR5739 Experimenter Board User's Guide (Rev. B) http://www.ti.com/lit/ug/slau343b/slau343b.pdf MCU USER'S GUIDE - MSP430FR57xx Family User's Guide (Rev. C) http://www.ti.com.cn/cn/lit/ug/slau272c/slau272c.pdf MCU DATASHEET - MSP430FR573x Mixed-Signal Microcontrollers (Rev. J) http://www.ti.com/lit/ds/slas639j/slas639j.pdf INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENT -Texas Instruments Code Composer Studio (IDE) v5 Windows/Linux http://www.ti.com/tool/ccstudio	9	ING-INF/01	72	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20810025 - TELECOMMUNICATION ECONOMY (objectives) The course provides basic elements for the understanding of economic phenomena characteristic of telecommunication markets. It provides an overview on the historical evolution of the information and communication market, with details on the areas of media and information and communication technologies (ICT), and on the effects that these latter have in modern society. Specific attention is devoted to regulatory aspects currently in force in these areas, and on the issues associate to regulation. Elements of "net economy" are also proposed, and future enabling technologies discussed. Basic elements concerning management, organization and business planning are also described. - Brescia Franco Rosario (syllabus) 1. Italian economy: data, trends and prospects. 2. The economic role of the state and the market. 3. The telecommunications sector. 4. The report on TLC in Italy. 5. Regulation, antitrust and privacy for the TLC industry. 6. Universal service. 7. European Digital Agenda and Italian Digital Agenda. 8. Italian strategy for ultra-wideband. 9. Methodologies for the frequency allocation. 10. Towards 5G (reference books) handouts distributed in class	6	ING-INF/03	36	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA

SECOND YEAR

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20801861 - OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS (objectives)

- CINCOTTI GABRIELLA (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/03

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20802000 - TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS AND SERVICES (objectives)

20802000-1 - PIANIFICAZIONE E GESTIONE DEI SERVIZI E DELLE RETI DI TELECOMUNICAZIONE (objectives)

- MAIORANA EMANUELE (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/03

Core compulsory activities

ITA

20802000-2 - SISTEMI RADIOMOBILI (objectives)

- NERI ALESSANDRO (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/03

Core compulsory activities

ITA

Optional group: AD A SCELTA - (show)

20801863 - COMPONENTI A IPERFREQUENZE (objectives) THE STUDENT WILL LEARN HOW TO UNDERSTAND PROPERTIES AND DESIGN OF VARIOUS MICROWAVE COMPONENTS (BOTH PASSIVE AND ACTIVE), CIRCUITS, USED IN BASIC RF/MICROWAVE FRONTEND FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS AND LEARN HOW TO APPLY THESE PROPERTIES FOR PARTICULAR DESIGNS. THE STUDENT WILL LEARN HOW TO DESIGN BASIC RF/MICROWAVE FRONTEND FUNCTIONAL BLOCKS USING BOTH ANALYTICAL TOOLS AND ADVANCED COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN TOOLS. THE STUDENT WILL, THROUGH THE LAB SESSIONS, DEVELOP AN INTUITION AND PHYSICAL FEELING FOR MICROWAVE PHENOMENON AND TO GET FIRST HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE WITH MICROWAVES COMPONENTS AND EQUIPMENT. - TOSCANO ALESSANDRO (syllabus) PART 1 - Transmission lines, Matching, Smith chart, Narrowband microwave networks, Small reflection theory, Wideband microwave networks, Binomial impedance transformer and Chebyshev impedance transformer, Matrix representation of microwave networks, Matrix ABCD, Impedance and admittance matrices, Scattering matrix and relationships with other matix representations PART 2 - Scattering matrix [S] of a N-port network, Properties of a component from [S]: Reciprocity, Matching and Lossless, Unitary matrix condition, Analysis of a microwave network from its scattering matrix, Analysis of a microwave component with not-matched ports, Signal flow representation of the scattering matrix PART 3 - 3-port networks, Analysis of e 3-port network, Microwave circulators, [S] matrices of a circulator, Operation of a circulator, Analysis and Design of a Circulator, Power dividers, [S] matrix of a power divider, Proprieties of a power divider, Junction dividers, Lossy dividers, Wilkinson dividers, Mode analysis of a Wilkinson divider, Balanced and Unbalanced power dividers, 2-port power dividers, N-port power dividers, Design of a power divider for microwave applications PART 4 - 4-port networks, Analysis of a 4-port network, Directional Couplers (DC), Types of Directional couplers (Symmetric, Antisymmetric, Hybrid), Proprieties and parameters of a DC, Waveguide Directional Couplers: Bethe Hole Coupler, Double Bethe Hole Coupler, Multi hole Bethe Coupler, Coupled Lines Directional Couplers, Theory of coupled lines, Hybrid Directional couplers, Quadrature Hybrid Couplers: Mode analysis and design, Rat-race Hybrid: Mode analysis and Design PART 5 - Analysis and design of microwave filters, Matching networks for microwave amplifiers, Introduction to the analysis and design of metamaterial-based microwave components (reference books) David Pozar, Microwave engineering 4th Edition S.J. Orfanidis, Electromagnetic Waves and Antennas I Bahl and P. Bhartia, Microwave solid state circuit design	9	ING-INF/02	54	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20802044 - SISTEMI BIOMETRICI (objectives) The course aims at providing the necessary instruments for the analysis and design of biometric systems, both uni-modal and multi-modal systems. In the course, the principles to include the needed security ad privacy requirements in the project of the system are fully addressed. The notions learnt during the course will be brought to fruition with the realization of a functioning biometric system during the lab activity. - CAMPISI PATRIZIO (syllabus) Biometrics fundamentals: identity and biometrics. Introduction to biometric systems. Biometric applications. Biometric modalities. Physical: fingerprints, face (2D and 3D), hand geometry, palmprint, vein patterns, iris, thermography). Behavioral: signature, voice, keystroke, gait, lip motion). Biometric system design: biometric system architecture. Biometric system design stages: system requirements, system specification, architecture, implementation, deployment, and maintenance. System testing: FAR, FRR, FTE, FTA, curves ROC, DET, CMC, usability, and scalability Sicurezza, vulnerabilità, e privacy di un sistema biometrico: attacchi ad un sistema biometrico, protezione del template (criptosistemi biometrici, "cancelable templates"). Security, vulnerability, and privacy of a biometric system: attacks, privacy enhancing technologies (PETs). Multimodal biometric systems. Biometric Standards. Social, cultural, and legal implications. (reference books) Guide to Biometrics, R. M. Bolle , J. H. Connell , S. Pankanti , N. K. Ratha , A. W. Senior , Springer, 2003. Handbook of Biometrics , A. K. Jain, P. Flynn, A. Ross, Springer, 2007. Handbook of Multibiometrics, A. A. Ross, K. Nandakumar, and Anil K. Jain, Springer, 2006.	9	ING-INF/03	54	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20801729 - INFRASTRUTTURE DELLE RETI DI CALCOLATORI (objectives) The purpose is to provide advanced knowledge on computer networks, with methodological and technical contents. Special attention is devoted to scalability issues. At the end of the course the student is supposed to get the following concepts: interdomain and intradomain routing, congestion control, architectures for scalable systems. The student is also supposed to get advanced technicalities on widely adopted protocols. Finally, the student is supposed to understand the main economic and technical drivers of the internet evoulution. - Derived from 20801729 INFRASTRUTTURE DELLE RETI DI CALCOLATORI in INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (DM 270) LM-32 N0 PATRIGNANI MAURIZIO (syllabus) PART 1: The application level. The point of view of the applications. Network service QoS. Design of scalable architectures for Web services. Internet data center architectures. Content delivery networks. Peer-to-peer networks and distributed hash tables. PART 2: The relationship between transport and application layers. The socket library and its use. PART 3: Congestion control and the transport layer. Transport techniques. TCP and congestion control. Focus: TCP exercises and examples. PART 4: Routing methodologies and technologies. Routing algorithm for the network infrastructure. Link-State-Packet algorithms. Routing protocols and the Internet network. Software Defined Networks. Spanning tree computation for switched networks. PART 5: Interdomain routing. Border Gateway Protocol. Scalability of BGP. Internet architecture. Internet data analysis. Design of a transit AS. Stability of BGP protocol. PART 6: Virtual networks. Virtual local networks (VLAN). Evolution of the Spanning Tree Protocol. MPLS-based Virtual Private Networks. PART 7: IPv6. NAT and IPv4 exhaustion. Basics of IPv6 protocol and address space. ICMPv6. Source address selection and multihoming. IPv4-IPv6 transition mechanisms. (reference books) Slides provided by the teacher.	9	ING-INF/05	81	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

Second semester

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20801862 - ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION (objectives)

- SCHETTINI GIUSEPPE (syllabus) (reference books)

ING-INF/02

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20802140 - SOFTWARE COGNITIVE RADIO (objectives) The software defined radio (sdr) technology as well as the open standards will provide a dramatic cost reduction and a proliferation of wireless radio-applications for every aspect of our modern life. The course aims to provide students with advanced signal processing in the field of software radio. In particular, during the course the student will learn to connect the different blocks of a complex system in a single set of integrated and interdependent processes. In addition, the course will provide an overview of some telecommunications systems, briefly describing the radio key-concepts. - BENEDETTO FRANCESCO (syllabus) The need for SDR. 3G software radio applications. A traditional radio architecture and an ideal software defined radio architecture. Software defined radio project complexity. Basic SDR block diagram. System level functional partitioning and digital frequency partitioning. COTS implementation of the basic architecture. RF implementation issues. Noise and channel capacity. Link budget. Free space loss, practical loss models, IMT 2000 path loss models. 3G RF requirements: receiver and 3G transmitter requirements. Multicarrier power amplifiers. Signal processing capacity tradeoff . Digital Filtering. Digital conversion fundamentals. Sample rate, bandpass sampling, oversampling, antialias filtering, ENOBS, quantization, static and dynamic errors. ADC techniques. Dithering, clock jitter and aperture uncertainty, figure of merit. DACs. Digital NCO, digital mixers, digital filters. DUCs and DDCs. DSP performance. FPGAs, symbol rate and chip-rate partitioning . Smart Antennas. 3G smart antennas requirements. Applying SDR principles to antenna systems. Switched beam arrays, optimum combining/adaptive arrays. DOA arrays, beam forming for CDMA . Object-Oriented Representation of Radios and Network Resources. Major software architectural choices. HW specific software architecture. Abstracted open software architecture. JTRS software communications architecture specification. Real-time operating systems. High level software languages . Cognitive Radios and Cognitive Radio Networks. Cognitive radios and dynamic spectrum acces. Analytical approach and algorithms for DSA. Fundamental limits of cognitive radios. Spectrum sensing to detect specific primary system. Spectrum sensing for cognitive multi-radio networks. Delta compression and security issues. Applying the game theory to cognitive radios . Future trends in SDR. Applications for wireless systems. SDR examples: framework and platforms, base transceiver station, 3G SDR testbeds . (reference books) Lecture slides. Book chapters and scientific articles as supplementary material. Interactive www-based leaning materials. Paul Burns, "Software Defined Radio for 3G ", Editor: Artech House, ISBN: 1580533477, link all'anteprima su google books . John Bard, Vincent J. Kovarik Jr., "Software Defined Radio", Wiley Series in Software Radio, Print ISBN: 9780470865187, Online ISBN: 9780470865200.	6	ING-INF/03	48	-	-	-	Core compulsory activities	ITA
20801692 - ELABORAZIONE DELLE IMMAGINI (objectives) THIS COURSE AIMS AT PROVIDING THE STUDENTS WITH THE FUNDAMENTALS TECHNIQUES OF REPRESENTATION, PROCESSING AND COMMUNICATIONS OF DIGITAL IMAGES. - Derived from 20801692 ELABORAZIONE DELLE IMMAGINI in INGEGNERIA ELETTRONICA PER L'INDUSTRIA E L'INNOVAZIONE (DM 270) LM-29 N0 PALMA CLAUDIO (syllabus) Ch.5-Image restoration Ch.6-Color image processing Ch.7-Wavelets and Multiresolution processing Ch9-Morphological image processing Ch.10- Image segmentation. Processing training with MATLAB in class will be provided Details on the chapters are available on the text: Gonzalez-Woods Digital image processing- 3a Ed. Ed. Pearson-Prentice Hall © 2008 (reference books) GONZALEZ - WOODS ELABORAZIONE DELLE IMMAGINI DIGITALI- 3A EDIZIONE (IN ITALIANO) ED. PEARSON-PRENTICE HALL © 2008	9	ING-INF/01	90	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA
20801965 - SISTEMI INFORMATIVI SU WEB (objectives) PROVIDING TECHNOLOGICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL PARADIGMS TO DESIGN AND DEVELOP WEB BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS. - Derived from 20801965 SISTEMI INFORMATIVI SU WEB in INGEGNERIA INFORMATICA (DM 270) L-8 N0 MERIALDO PAOLO (syllabus) GESTIONE DELLA PERSISTENZA: JDBC, DAO, FRAMEWORK PER LA GESTIONE DELLA PERSISTENZA. TECNOLOGIE E METODOLOGIE LATO CLIENT: HTML, CSS, ACCESSIBILITÀ E USABILITÀ, METODOLOGIE PER IL PROGETTO DI PAGINE WEB. TECNOLOGIE, ARCHITETTURE E METODOLOGIE LATO SERVER: JSP, SERVLET, JSF, PATTERN ARCHITETTURALE MVC (reference books) MATERIALE FORNITO DAL DOCENTE (TRASPARENZE, PROGETTI, ESERCIZI). MANUALI: M. HALL "CORE JAVA SERVLET AND JSP" – PRENTICE HALL	6	ING-INF/05	54	-	-	-	Related or supplementary learning activities	ITA

20802015 - TRAINING

Per stages e tirocini presso imprese, enti pubblici o privati, ordini professionali (art.10, comma 5, lettera e)

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20802113 - ART. 10, COMMA 5, LETTERA D

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20802091 - FINAL EXAM

Final examination and foreign language test

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20810000 - A SCELTA STUDENTE

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