| Competences |
| Type A | Code | Competences Specific |
| A1 | Be able to write, carry out and sign projects within the field of telecommunications engineering with the purpose of the conception, development or use of networks, services and applications of telecommunications and electronics. | |
| A4 | Be able to analyse, use and develop technology within the field of telecommunications. | |
| TEL1 | Be able to construct, use and manage telecommunications networks, services, processes and applications, understood to be systems of capture, transport, representation, processing, storage, management and presentation multimedia information from the point of view of the telematics services. | |
| TEL2 | Be able to apply the techniques on which telematics networks, services and applications are based, such as management systems, signalling and switching, routing and security (cryptographic protocols, tunnels, firewalls, mechanisms for payment, authentication and content protection), traffic engineering (graph theory, queue theory and teletraffic), pricing, reliability and service quality, in fixed, mobile, personal, local or long-distance environments, with different bandwidths, including telephony and data. | |
| TEL3 | Be able to construct, use and manage telematics services using tool analytical tools for planning, dimensioning and analysis. | |
| Type B | Code | Competences Transversal |
| Type C | Code | Competences Nuclear |
| C4 | Be able to express themselves correctly both orally and in writing in one of the two official languages of the URV |
| Learning outcomes |
| Type A | Code | Learning outcomes |
| A1 |
Dissenya un sistema de transmissió de contingut digital escollint les tecnologies més adients als requeriments de qualitat en el servei. Dissenya sistemes de comunicació multimèdia. | |
| A4 |
Utilitza el format per a comprimir contingut digital adient a cada situació. Comprèn les característiques dels diferents sistemes d’emmagatzematge de contingut digital. Coneix les tecnologies d’accés als continguts digitals. Dissenya sistemes de comunicació multimèdia. | |
| TEL1 |
Utilitza el format per a comprimir contingut digital adient a cada situació. Dissenya un sistema de transmissió de contingut digital escollint les tecnologies més adients als requeriments de qualitat en el servei. | |
| TEL2 |
Dissenya un sistema de transmissió de contingut digital escollint les tecnologies més adients als requeriments de qualitat en el servei. Comprèn com protegir el contingut digital dels usos indeguts. | |
| TEL3 |
Dissenya un sistema de transmissió de contingut digital escollint les tecnologies més adients als requeriments de qualitat en el servei. Dissenya sistemes de comunicació multimèdia. | |
| Type B | Code | Learning outcomes |
| Type C | Code | Learning outcomes |
| C4 |
Produce grammatically correct oral texts. Produce well structured, clear and effective oral texts. Produce oral texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation. Produce grammatically correct written texts Produce well-structured, clear and rich written texts Produce written texts that are appropriate to the communicative situation |
| Contents |
| Topic | Sub-topic |
| Introduction. Evolution of multimedia services | |
| Representation of information | Text encoding Digital audio acquisition Digital video acquisition |
| Compression of information | Basics of compression Lossless compression Lossy compression for audio Lossy compression for video |
| Distribution of multimedia content | Structures for multimedia data Delivery techniques Transport and distribution |
| Reception of multimedia content | Network access technologies Playing of contents Storage Content protection |
| Quality of service | Quality of multimedia services Basic protocols and algorithms Quality of service in LANs Quality of service on the Internet |
| Services of voice and video | Telephony service Voice over IP Videoconference and telepresence |
| Planning |
| Methodologies :: Tests | ||||||||||
| Competences | (*) Class hours |
Hours outside the classroom |
(**) Total hours | |||||||
| Introductory activities |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Lecture |
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24 | 42 | 66 | ||||||
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms |
|
26 | 32 | 58 | ||||||
| Presentations / expositions |
|
2 | 10 | 12 | ||||||
| Personal tuition |
|
1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| Objective short-answer tests |
|
6 | 6 | 12 | ||||||
| (*) On e-learning, hours of virtual attendance of the teacher. (**) The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students. | ||||||||||
| Methodologies |
| Description | |
| Introductory activities | International students must contact the professor to address the development of the subject. The course is taught in Catalan and, hence, students will be provided with some additional material in English. |
| Lecture | Lectures and some practical exercises will be scheduled during the course. The material will be published in Moodle. |
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms | Labs mainly consist of implementing a multimedia compressor, deploying a multimedia website and installing a VoIP PBX. |
| Presentations / expositions | Students will make oral presentations on their works. |
| Personal tuition | Tuition will be arranged by email. |
| Personalized attention |
| Description |
| L'estudiant disposarà de les hores de consulta del professor de l'assignatura per resoldre dubtes relacionats amb aquesta. |
| Assessment |
| Methodologies | Competences | Description | Weight | ||||||
| Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms |
|
Contact the professor. | 40 | ||||||
| Presentations / expositions |
|
Contact the professor. | 10 | ||||||
| Objective short-answer tests |
|
Contact the professor. | 30 i 20 | ||||||
| Others |
| Other comments and second exam session | |||
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Contact the professor. |
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| Sources of information |
| Basic |
Francisco J. Hens, Triple Play, 1a, Wiley
David A. Austerberry, The technology of audio and video streaming, 2a, Focal Press
J.M. Huidobro, Sistemas de telefonía, 5a, Thomson
Eyal Menin, The streaming media handbook, 1a, Prentice Hall
Eric Diehl, Securing Digital Video, 1a, Springer
John Watkinson, The MPEG handbook, 2a, Focal Press |
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| Complementary |
Markus Hofmann, Content networking, 1, Elsevier
Gerard o'Driscoll, The essential guide to digital-set top boxes and interactive tv, 1, Prentice Hall |
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| Recommendations |
| Subjects that it is recommended to have taken before | |||
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(*)The teaching guide is the document in which the URV publishes the information about all its courses. It is a public document and cannot be modified. Only in exceptional cases can it be revised by the competent agent or duly revised so that it is in line with current legislation.