An Advanced Course in Communication Systems Based on Case Studies

A non-compulsory course in communication systems on the graduate level is presented. It is organized as a case study of a technical system design problem with a different subject in successive years. The main aim of the course is to let the students apply their theoretical knowledge from previous courses to a well defined problem of practical significance. The approach used is intended to give insight into the way development work is done in an industrial laboratory. The prerequisites and objectives of the course are stated, followed by a description of its organization. As an example one subject offered in 1970 is presented, dealing with Pulse-Code-Modulation over pair cables. Some observations from the course are given, together with the results from an evaluation of the student response.