ECE5413

Mobile communications systems and networks ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: T Cornall

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (Day)

Synopsis: Land and satellite-based mobile radio services, systems and networks. Mobile cellular telephone, and wireless LAN systems. Characteristics of the mobile radio channel; multipath fading, shadowing and Doppler effects. Modulation, coding and diversity to combat these adverse effects. Switching and other protocols in support of mobility. Multiaccess methods. Mobility management. Future developments in mobile telecommunications and associated new design problems.

Assessment: Examination (3 hours): 70% + Assignments and project work: 30%

Contact Hours: 26 lectures and 26 hours of practice classes and laboratory classes

Prohibitions: ECE4413