{"id":6,"date":"2015-04-08T11:11:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T09:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2026-05-26T16:13:05","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T14:13:05","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/teaching\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><strong>M.Sc. in Cybersecurity<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#comms_technologies\">Communication technologies @ 938II &#8211; Electronics and Communication Technologies (2025-26)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>M.Sc. in Communications Engineering<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"#comms_systems\">Communication systems @ 1014I &#8211; Communication Systems and Cybersecurity (2025-26)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong><a href=\"#past_courses\">Past courses<\/a><\/strong><\/h4>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a name=\"comms_technologies\"><\/a>Communication technologies @ 938II &#8211; Electronics and Communication Technologies<\/h4>\n<h5>(G. Bacci &#8211; September-December 2025, 6 ECTS)<\/h5>\n<h6><a href=\"#\">[back to top]<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=11079703::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_technologies_2025\"><b>Class register<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/10\/938II_00_Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Outline of the course<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/10\/938II_01_Signals_systems.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Signals &amp; systems:<\/b><\/a> (8 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Analog vs. digital signals<\/li>\n<li>Fourier analysis<\/li>\n<li>Digital systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/10\/938II_02_Digital_communications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Digital communication systems<\/b><\/a> (12 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Building blocks of transmitter and receiver<\/li>\n<li>Sampling, source coding, and channel coding<\/li>\n<li>Modulation techniques and Shannon capacity<\/li>\n<li>Multiplexing and multiple access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/11\/938II_03_Wireless_systems.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wireless communications<\/b><\/a> (6 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Basics of wireless propagation<\/li>\n<li>Multipath propagation: Frequency and time selectivity<\/li>\n<li>Basic concepts: cells, frequency reuse and handover<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/12\/938II_04_Cellular_technologies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Main cellular technologies<\/b><\/a> (6 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>History of cellular communication standards<\/li>\n<li>4G systems<\/li>\n<li>5G systems<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/12\/938II_05_Optical_communications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Fiber-based technologies<\/b><\/a> (12 hours)<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>Basics of optical communications<\/li>\n<li>Multi-mode and single-mode fibers<\/li>\n<li>Optical devices: lasers and photodiodes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2025\/12\/938II_06_Access_technologies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wired technologies for access networks<\/b><\/a> (4 hours)<\/li>\n<li>\n<ul>\n<li>FFTx technologies: architectures and passive optical networks (PONs)<\/li>\n<li>xDSL technologies: architectures and waterfilling criterion<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a name=\"comms_systems\"><\/a>Communication systems @ 1014I &#8211; Communication Systems and Cybersecurity<\/h4>\n<h5>(G. Bacci &#8211; March-May 2026, 6 ECTS)<\/h5>\n<h6><a href=\"#\">[back to top]<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none\">\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=11079704::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_systems_2025\"><b>Class register<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2026\/04\/1014I_00_Outline.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Outline of the course<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2026\/04\/1014I_01_Primer_digital_communications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>A primer on digital communication systems<\/b><\/a> (15 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Main building blocks: Source coding; Encryption; Channel coding; Modulation; Multiplexing; Multiple access\n<li>Multiplexing vs. multiple access: Time\/code division multiplexing; Frequency\/time\/code division multiple access; Packet-oriented multiple access; Efficiency comparison across multiplexing and multiple access techniques\n<li>Channel modeling: Basics of wireless propagation; Large- and small-scale fading; Multipath propagation: Frequency and time selectivity;\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2026\/05\/1014I_02_Wireless_communications.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wireless technologies for access networks<\/b><\/a> (20 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Basic concepts: History of cellular communication standards; Basic definitions; Planning of a cellular network\n<li>4G systems: Introduction to 4G systems; Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); OFDM-based multiple-access schemes; The LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) standard; Resource allocation in LTE-A; Network management and inter-operability in LTE-A; Highlights of IEEE 802.16m; Enabling technologies for 4G standards\n<li>5G systems: Introduction to 5G systems; Network densification; mm-wave technology; Massive MIMO; Cognitive radio and spectrum sensing; The 5G NR standard\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/people.unipi.it\/giacomo_bacci\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/607\/2026\/05\/1014I_03_Wired_technologies.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Wired technologies for access and transport networks<\/b><\/a> (15 hours)\n<ul>\n<li>Fiber-based technologies: Naive architecture of a fiber-optical link; direct detection on-off keying (DD-OOK); Multi-mode step-index (MM-SI) and multi-mode graded-index (MM-GI) fibers; Basics of optical devices\n<li>Access-network technologies: Introduction to passive optical networks (PONs); Architectures for access networks: xDSL vs. FTTx; Definition of key elements in a PON; Fault detection and fault restoration in fiber-based terrestrial and underwater networks\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><b>Project development<\/b><\/a> (10 hours)\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><a name=\"past_courses\"><\/a>Past courses<\/h4>\n<h6><a href=\"#\">[back to top]<\/a><\/h6>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>2021-2022:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=3332597::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_systems_2021\">Communication systems @ 1014I &#8211; Communication Systems and Cybersecurity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2022-2023:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=7083646::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_technologies_2022\">Communication technologies @ 938II &#8211; Electronics and Communication Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=7083644::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"digital_communications_2022\">Fundamentals of digital communications @ 919II &#8211; Digital communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=7085849::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_systems_2022\">Communication systems @ 1014I &#8211; Communication Systems and Cybersecurity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2023-2024:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=10336115::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_technologies_2023\">Communication technologies @ 938II &#8211; Electronics and Communication Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=10336114::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"digital_communications_2023\">Fundamentals of digital communications @ 919II &#8211; Digital communications<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=10338089::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_systems_2023\">Communication systems @ 1014I &#8211; Communication Systems and Cybersecurity<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>2024-2025:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=11060612::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"comms_technologies_2024\">Communication technologies @ 938II &#8211; Electronics and Communication Technologies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/unimap.unipi.it\/registri\/dettregistriNEW.php?re=11060615::::&amp;ri=011629\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" name=\"digital_communications_2024\">Fundamentals of digital communications @ 919II &#8211; 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