INQ1098073 - VISIBLE-LIGHT AND METASURFACES COMMUNICATIONS 2023-2024

Lecturers:

Profs. Anna Valeria Guglielmi and Luca Schenato

Syllabus:

link to didattica.unipd

Textbooks:

Zhaocheng Wang, Qi Wang, Wei Huang, Zhengyuan Xu, Visible Light Communications: Modulation and Signal Processing, ISBN: 978-1-119-33138-4 November 2017 Wiley-IEEE Press - Available online with SSO university login here
Nan Chi, LED-Based Visible Light Communications, ISBN: 978-3-662-56658-9 2018 Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Additional textbooks and resources on VLC and metasurfaces will be indicated during the course.

Class schedule:

Tue 10:30-12:15, room Ee [address: Polo Did. Ing. via Gradenigo 6A]
Thur 14:30-16:15, room Fe [address: Polo Did. Ing. via Gradenigo 6A]

Office hours (in the second semester 23/24):

Prof. Guglielmi: Tue 14:00-15:00, in the office on the 2nd floor, call 0498277917 to access the building. Please drop an email to annavaleria.guglielmi@unipd.it , possibly at the latest the day before coming.

Prof. Schenato: Tue 14:00-15:00, in office 212 on the 2nd floor; call 049827785 to access the building. Please drop an email to luca.schenato@dei.unipd.it, possibly at the latest the day before coming.

Exam mode: 

Written exam with a duration of 2h. No material (books, notes, etc.) can be used during the exam. Electronic  (not programmable) calculators are allowed.

The written exam will include two parts: a first part lasting 30 minutes with about 20 multiple-choice questions and a second part of 90 minutes with open questions (usually three open questions). The exam will fail if less than 10 questions of the first part are answered correctly; in this case, the second part will not be corrected. Otherwise, the first part will be scored up to 10 points, and the second up to 23 points. In the answers, you are supposed to provide text, diagrams, or formulas as requested. The exam lasts two hours.

Exam dates:

(I call) Monday, 24/06/2024, 10:00-12:30 (room Ee). Enrollment on Uniweb from 04 to 20 Jun. 2024.
(II call) Friday 19/07/2024, 14:00-16:30 (room Le). Enrollment on Uniweb from 29 Jun. to 16 Jul. 2024.
(III call) Thursday 12/09/2024, 14:00-16:30 (room Me - updated). Enrollment on Uniweb from 23 Aug. to 09 Sept. 2024.
(IV call) Monday 27/01/2025: 09:00-11:30 (room Fe). 

Prerequisites:

Students are supposed to know the basics of probability, signal processing, and digital transmission systems. With reference to the book "Communications Networks and Systems" by Benvenuto and Zorzi (Wiley) also available online here, students are assumed to know the following:

• Chapter 2 Deterministic and Random Signals: sections 2.1 (no frequency domain), 2.5, 2.6
• Chapter 3 Sources of Digital Information: all the chapter
• Chapter 4: Characterization of transmission media and devices: section 4.3.2
• Chapter 5: Digital modulation systems: Sections from 5.1 to 5.6
• Chapter 6: Channel coding and capacity: Sections 6.1 and 6.4

The concepts of Fourier transform and frequency domain representation of signals and systems are unnecessary, as I will briefly introduce them during my course.

Students are supposed to know the basics of complex number operations and the basics of vectorial operations. Moreover, they are supposed to know the fundamental laws of electromagnetism and electrical engineering, including circuit theory, transmission lines, and electromagnetic field propagation theory.