通信工程专业英语教学大纲英文版

EnglishforCommunicationEngineeringCourseSyllabusCoursecode:24040120StudentTargetedat:CommunicationEngineeringDuration:30hoursCredit:2.0I.Coursedescription&AimsThiscourseisamajorelectivecourseforundergraduateswhomajorincommunicationengineering.Throughstudyingthiscourse,studentswilllearnaboutthetechnicalEnglishterminologiesininformationandtelecommunicationengineering,andwillmasterthegrammarandusagesofscientificEnglish.Moreover,thiscoursewillhelpstudentsimprovetheirabilitiesinreading,translatingandwritingEnglishprofessionalliteratures.II.BasicRequirementsBefamiliarwiththetechnicalEnglishterminologiesininformationandtelecommunicationengineering;MasterthegrammarandusagesofscientificEnglish;BeskillfulatreadingandtranslatingEnglishprofessionalliteratures;MasterthebasicwritingskillsofscientificEnglish.III.CourseContents1.ContentsChapter1BriefIntroductiontoScientificEnglishGrammarChapter2StateoftheArtofInformationandCommunicationTechnologiesChapter3DigitalRepresentationofInformationChapter4ImageProcessingandMultimediaSystemsChapter5IntroductiontoCommunicationSystemsChapter6HistoryofDigitalCommunicationsChapter7OpticalFiberCommunicationsChapter8MobilePersonalCommunicationsandGSMChapter9Third-Generation(3G)MobileCommunicationSystemsChapter10Fourth-Generation(4G)MobileCommunicationSystemsChapter11IntroductiontoFifth-Generation(5G)MobileCommunicationSystemsChapter12InternetandTelecommunications2.AssignmentsSomeproblemsorexerciseswillbeassignedafterclasstohelpstudentsdeveloptheirabilitiesintranslatingandwritingEnglishprofessionalliteratures.3.ExperimentsNotrequired4.PracticeNotrequiredIV.Schedule1.ScheduleLecturesLecturingHoursTeachinghourLecturingExperimentComputerRemarksChapter122Chapter222Chapter322Chapter444Chapter522Chapter622Chapter722Chapter844Chapter944Chapter1022Chapter1122Chapter1222Total30302.TeachingmethodThiscourse’scontentsfocusonboththefundamentalsofinformationandcommunicationengineeringandemergingcommunicationtechnologies.Therefore,thecoursematerialsshouldnotbelimitedtothecontentsoftextbookandjustneedtofollowthestate-of-artofrelatedtechnologyfields.3.CourseEvaluationAttheendofthiscourse,studentswillbeevaluatedontheirclassroomparticipation,assignments,andthefinalexamination.Theformulais:Classparticipation(10%)+Assignments(10%)+Finaltest(80%)=Courseresult(100%).V.Textbooks&ReferenceBooks1.Textbooks[1]XiulanXu,etal.,EnglishforInformationandCommunicationEngineering,Post&TelecomPress,2010.[2]YilinChang,etal.,EnglishforCommunicationEngineering,XidianUniversityPress,2001.2.References[1]JeffreyG.Andrews,etal.,“WhatWill5GBe?”,IEEEJournalonSelectedAreasinCommunications,vol.32,no.6,Jun.,2014,pp.1065-1082.[2]GerhardFettweis,etal.,“5G:PersonalMobileInternetbeyondWhatCellularDidtoTelephony”,IEEECommunicationsMagazine,vol.52,no.2,Feb.,2014,pp.140-145.[3]ZukangShen,etal.,“Overviewof3GPPLTE-advancedcarrieraggregationfor4Gwirelesscommunications”,IEEECommunicationsMagazine,vol.50,no.2,Feb.,2012,pp.122-130.[4]P.W.C.Chan,etal.,“Theevolutionpathof4Gnetworks:FDDorTDD?”,IEEECommunicationsMagazine,vol.44,no.12,Dec.,2006,pp.42-50.Preparedby:LiangZhonghuaDepartmentChair:______SchoolDean:___________