ECE4413 - Mobile systems and networks

Leader: T Cornall

Offered

Malaysia First semester 2007 (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%
Laboratory and assignment work: 30%

Contact hours

26 lectures, 26 hours of practice classes and laboratory classes

Prerequisites

ECE3202 and MAT3901