City & Guild Telecommunication
System Engineering Diploma Level
01 Fundamentals of Electronic
Communication 2
1. Applied mathematics
2. Boolean algebra, logic gates and
relaxation oscillators
3. Telecommunication systems and networks
4. Noise
5. Logarithms and decibels
6. Transmission lines
7. The basic principles of filters and
radio
frequency (r.f.) oscillators
8. Modulation
02 Communication Systems and Digital
Networks 2
1. Data communication fundamentals
2. The Open Systems Interconnection (OSI)
reference model
3. Transmission Control Protocol /
Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
4. Data packets, frames and cells
5. Switching and routing
03 Fundamentals of Electronic
Communication 3
1. Stabilised power supplies
2. Optical fibre systems
3. Modulation
4. Digital transmission and multiplexing
5. Pulse modulation and Time Division
Multiplex (TDM) systems
6. Access networks and digital telephone
exchanges
04 Communication Systems and Digital
Networks 3
1. Structured cabling
2. Local Area Networks (LANs),
Metropolitan Area Networks
(MANs) and Wide Area Networks (WANs)
3. Transmission systems
4. End systems
5. Network management
6. Internet Data Centre (IDC)
05 Radio System
1. Fundamentals of
electromagnetic radiation
2. Antennas and feeder systems
3. Radio propagation
4. Radio transmitters
5. Radio receivers
6. Mobile telecommunication systems
7. Satellites
