Postgraduate - UnitECE5884 - Wireless communications

This unit entry is for students who completed this unit in 2015 only. For students planning to study the unit, please refer to the unit indexes in the the current edition of the Handbook. If you have any queries contact the managing faculty for your course or area of study.

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6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL

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Level	Postgraduate
Faculty	Faculty of Engineering
Organisational Unit	Department of Electrical and Computer Systems Engineering
Offered	Clayton Second semester 2015 (Day)
Coordinator(s)	Professor Jamie Evans

Synopsis

This unit introduces the fundamentals of wireless communications and networking. Students will learn about the characteristics of wireless channels, coding, modulation techniques, methods of combating fading including space, time and frequency diversity, multiple access techniques and cellular networks.

A selection of more advanced topics will also be covered including MIMO systems, heterogeneous networks, cognitive and cooperative communications.

Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

describe various models for wireless channels
analyse the performance of a range of wireless communication networks
simulate a wide range of wireless communication network and interpret the results
design wireless communication networks to achieve a range of performance objectives
discuss emerging wireless technologies including their potential gains and implementation challenges.

Assessment

Continuous assessment: 50%
Examination (3 hours): 50%

Students are required to achieve at least 45% in the total continuous assessment component and at least 45% in the final examination component and an overall mark of 50% to achieve a pass grade in the unit. Students failing to achieve this requirement will be given a maximum of 45% in the unit.

Workload requirements

3 hours lectures/tutorials and 9 hours of private study per week.

Chief examiner(s)

Professor Jamie Evans