An e-learning project for Communications Engineering - LNTwww

We describe the e-learning project »LNTwww«. This provides various online courses on the subject of »Communications Engineering«. The target group of our online offer are students of these or similar disciplines as well as practicing engineers and scientists.

Screenshot of the English version »en.lntwww.de«. Note:
(1) LNTwww is acronym of the German term »Lerntutorial für NachrichtenTechnik im world wide web«
(2) LNT also stands for the German name »Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für NachrichtenTechnik« of our institute

We describe the e-learning project »LNTwww« for Communications Engineering with nine didactic multimedia textbooks including exercises with solutions, learning videos, and interactive applets. It is offered by the TUM Institute for Communications Engineering« and freely accessible. Registration is not necessary and no system requirements are needed.

The German-language version »www.LNTwww.de« was created by members of our Institute between 2001–2021. In spring 2020 we started the English translation, in spring 2023 we finished.

The target group of this online offer are students of »Communications Engineering« as well as practicing engineers. The target group of the e-learning project »LNTwww« are students of »Communications Engineering« as well as practicing engineers. The e-learning project »LNTwww« stellt verschiedene Online-Kurse zum Thema Communications Engineering bereit. Die Zielgruppe unseres Online-Angebotes sind Studierende dieser oder ähnlicher Fachrichtungen sowie praktizierende Ingenieure und Naturwissenschaftler. is offered by the »TUM Institute for Communications Engineering«. Die Grafik zeigt die Startseite unserer Plattform:

The didactic concept of LNTwww,

Content and scope of LNTwww,

Design and structure of LNTwww.

$\text{Example 1:}$ To illustrate these texts, here is an example of how to use our learning tutorial:

$(1)$ After pressing the »Book Collection« button, a selection screen appears with the nine textbooks as well as the book »Biographies and Bibliographies«.

$(2)$ After selecting the »Information Theory course«, its »start page« appears with links to four main chapters and to exercises, multimedia elements and literature.

$(3)$ We now select the first main chapter »Entropy of Discrete Sources« and of this in turn the first subchapter »Discrete Memoryless Sources« with eight sections.

$(4)$ This exemplary subchapter explains the procedure for calculating the entropy of binary and non-binary sources. As in conventional mathematical and technical literature, the facts are illustrated by texts, models, graphs, diagrams, equations and derivations.

$(5)$ The last two sections of each subchapter are exercises and references to the topic covered.

Periodic signal $x_{\rm P}(t)$ and $x_{\rm P}\hspace{0.01cm}'(t)$ and its line spectra However, multimedia elements are also used.

Periodic signal $x_{\rm P}(t)$ and $x_{\rm P}\hspace{0.01cm}'(t)$ and its line spectra